Chapter 502
Chapter 502 Face Death For I Her \ Matteo's eyes were swollen from tears.
I He reached out to support Raegan, his I voice rough. "Madam, Mr. Dixon told me to make sure you get back home safely." Raegan brushed off his hands, her lips ' quivering. "Please, Matteo, save him!" Silence filled the air, pushing Raegan to the edge.
"Why aren't you rescuing him? Didn't you manage to hack the bomb's countdown? It's stopped!" Raegan's voice was rough from all the yelling and crying. "You have to save him..." Tears rolled down Matteo's cheeks.
"Madam, there's absolutely no plan...
None at all."
No plan... Raegan felt as if she'd been struck by lightning, opening a deep » wound in her heart. d "Ah!" she screamed, her voice packed with desperation, and rushed forward. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
I Matteo held her firmly, tears flowing.
"Mr. Dixon knew what he was doing.
He made his choice." A sharp pain spread from Raegan's heart throughout her body, cutting deeply. So, there had never been a plan. Mitchel had chosen to face death for her.
"You need to tell Janey yourself that you love her." "I won't let that happen. I'll ensure you survive." Mitchel's echoed in Raegan's mind.
Upon reflecting, she realized he never said he'd jump out of the car with her from the beginning. He was battling to
keep her safe.
Raegan felt like her heart was empty, the agony almost too much to bear , Then, Matteo's phone buzzed. He looked shocked. "It's Mr. Dixon!" Matteo set the phone to speaker mode.
Raegan, shaking, swung between tears and laughter. "Mitchel, cut it out. You made a promise to me..." Raegan's voice was careful but desperate, trying to make sure Mitchel understood her.
"You promised to stick to my side.” Holding back tears, she insisted, "You gave your word, Mitchel." "Raegan." Mitchel's voice cut through the howling wind, steady and distinct.
"I'm sorry. I can't stick to my promise,” he admitted.
"No!" Raegan's voice trembled. "No,
Mitchel, listen to me. I don't accept this!" Raegan had never acted so desperately, \ her screams hiding her fear. She couldn't face the thought of losing Mitchel. "No, Mitchel, please. Janey...
Janey needs you. I'm begging you, please!" Despite Raegan's desperate I pleas, all Mitchel could offer was an apology.
Raegan was on the brink of losing her mind. "Mitchel, hang in there. I'm on my way to you!" Without waiting for an answer, Raegan dashed to a car, yanked the driver out, slammed the door shut, and took off.
The inside of the car was dead quiet.
The next second, a huge explosion rocked the car and the ground below.
Raegan was left staring, shocked and deafened, unable to hear anything for
a while. Gradually, she looked up to see a huge black mushroom cloud forming in front of her. 4 A deadly silence took over everything.
The smell of explosives seeped in I through the SUV's windows, slowly filling up the space and telling the harsh tale of what had happened.
When the shaking stopped, Raegan let out a loud cry from deep within her.
"Ah!" she wailed in agony, her head banging against the steering wheel uncontrollably.
"Madam!" Matteo swiftly turned off the engine for Raegan, his body trembling, in disbelief of the event, but he remembered Mitchel's last orders.
Raegan's voice was rough, hardly louder than a whisper. "Take me to..." Raegan was shaking uncontrollably,
struggling even to breathe. Her chest hurt so much that it felt like it was going to end her. y Knowing her unfinished words, Matteo gently put Raegan in the back seat and started driving.
Not five kilometers away lay the entrance to the sea.
Raegan couldn't take her eyes off the dark water. Was this the right place? As Raegan tried to get out of the car, her legs wouldn't hold her, and she fell.
"Madam..." Matteo rushed over to help Raegan stand.
But Raegan pushed his hand away and made her way toward the dark smoke coming from the sea.
Matteo stayed close behind, watching her walk into the water, before
stepping in to stop her. "Madam, don't go any further..." With a voice made rough as though * burned by smoke, Raegan demanded, "Why? Why?" Matteo was visibly shaking, trying to hold back his emotions as he barely got the words out. "The SUV was set to blow up the moment you got out of the driver's seat. The safety team did everything they could, but the only way to stop it involved putting something heavy in the driver's seat within the last five minutes, and we couldn't do that without the right tools." Overcome with emotion, Matteo wept.
"Mr. Dixon decided to stop the countdown himself to take your place..." Mitchel had sacrificed his own life to save Raegan's.
Raegan stared at the section of the sea "darkened by the explosion, frozen in » place. She whispered to herself, "Could he still be out there in the water?" Trying to swim toward that area, her movements were frantic, but Matteo grabbed her, holding her firmly in place. "Madam, you can't do this! You'd be disregarding Mr. Dixon's effort to protect you." ' "Matteo, he's alive. He had promised he wouldn't leave me alone. Why isn't anyone trying to rescue him? Please, we need to get him out... The water's freezing..." Tears welled up again, large and heavy, falling into the icy sea.
Raegan kept saying under her breath, "I can't bear the thought of him cold and alone in the water... He shouldn't be there..."
Matteo cried, unable to keep his eyes open. How could there be anything left to find? The explosion was massive. d Yet, driven by her desperation, Raegan moved deeper into the water, sobbing.
"Mitchel, let's go back home..." / Suddenly, she dived into the cold sea without a second thought.
"Madam!" Matteo shouted, panic- stricken, and without hesitation, he jumped in after her.
Holding Raegan close, Matteo swam back to shore.
Once they were back in the car, Raegan was shivering, her body ice-cold from the seawater.
Half-conscious, Raegan clutched Mitchel's coat left in the car, whispering faintly, "Mitchel, please come back..."