Chapter 4

It was early spring, and the wind was still chilly. The swimming pool was extremely cold.

“Nate, let me go! If you dare to touch me, Liam won’t let you off the hook!”

Emma laughed.

“Nate, I bet some random man must have scammed Lila. How dare she use Liam from the most affluent White family in this city, to scare you? Everyone knows that Mr. White is a stoic man. I bet he doesn’t even know what Lila looks like.”

Nate sneered as he peered down at me in disdain.

“Lila, you should think twice before you lie. You’re almost thirty years old, and you have a child. Why do you think Liam will like you? Did you come up with these lies just to make me angry?”

I stumbled as he kept dragging me. With much difficulty, I freed one of my hands and took out my phone.

“Nate, if you don’t believe what I said, I’m going to give Liam a call now!”

Emma snatched my phone from me and sneered. She said, “Lila, don’t even think of getting a rogue man to save you!”

After she spoke, she raised her hand and threw my phone into the swimming pool. My phone immediately sank to the bottom of the pool.

“Emma, what are you doing?”

Emma covered her mouth in fake naivety.

“Oh no, it slipped. But Lila, it’s just a phone. Who cares if it’s gone? I’ll get Nate to buy you a new one.”

At the same time, Olly, who was staring at Poppy in hatred, pushed Poppy forcefully.

“Bad girl, he’s my daddy, not yours! Die!”

Poppy lost her balance immediately and fell into the cold swimming pool.

Poppy was flailing fearfully in the water. She had asthma. In the cold water, she could barely even cry for help.

“Poppy!”

I grabbed Nate’s sleeve. My voice was hoarse from extreme fear.

“Nate, please save her! Poppy’s your daughter! I don’t know how to swim, please save her!”

Nate seemed like he was persuaded. He was just about to take off his shirt to jump into the pool when Emma suddenly said, “Nate, don’t believe her lies. Olly just wanted to play with Poppy. How deep can the pool be? I bet she’s using this opportunity to make you feel sorry for them.”

Nate flung my hand away. He looked at me coldly again.

“Lila, this is what you and Poppy deserve. Let Poppy learn her lesson in the pool!”

I watched as Poppy’s struggling started to slow. Her head was submerged underwater. I could no longer think straight anymore. I leaped into the cold swimming pool.

The bone-chilling cold overwhelmed me, and I immediately lost all my air.

I did not know how to swim. I could only follow my motherly instinct and flail in the water as I tried my best to swim toward Poppy.

Water kept gushing into my nose and mouth. It felt excruciating every time I tried to breathe.

After more than ten minutes, I finally managed to grab Poppy’s tiny, cold hand. With my very last breath, I pushed her upwards and toward the edge of the swimming pool.

Poppy lay by the pool and coughed furiously. Her face was purplish from the cold as she panted.

I grabbed onto the edge of the swimming pool with much difficulty. I was about to climb out of the pool when a long broomstick appeared before me all of a sudden.

Emma was holding the other end of the broomstick as she smiled viciously.

“Lila, let me help you!”

She fiercely poked my hand with the stick.

“Ah!” I screamed in pain and let go involuntarily.

“Since you like water that much, you should spend a little more time in the pool! Use that time to reflect on the attitude you’ve been giving Nate!”

Emma used the stick to poke my shoulder and pushed me back to the deeper end of the pool.

I was once again submerged under the ice-cold water. I felt suffocated.

As I desperately struggled underwater, I heard Nate’s indifferent voice.

“Emma, this is enough to scare her. Don’t accidentally kill her.”

“Don’t worry, Nate. I know what I’m doing!”

Even though she said that, she kept hitting my head with the broomstick.

I kept sinking from pain, and the cold numbed my consciousness.

At the same time, an angry voice shouted, “Who are you? How dare you harass my wife?”