Chapter 440

It is just that I have no chance to repay your kindness in this life… I'm sorry, Toby!

In her heart, Sonia silently spoke to Toby.

The descent was quick, and in just a few seconds, they had fallen to the bottom of the cliff. However, to
Sonia, it was like a century had passed. Just as she took a deep breath, ready to meet the moment of
her bones shattering into a million pieces, she and Toby unexpectedly did not fall on the hard ground
but into a deep bottomless lake instead.

There was a loud splash as the two of them fell heavily into the lake, and the water splashed up at least
a few feet high. Sonia immediately opened her eyes as the cold lake water seeped into her eyes, ears,
and nose, making it an uncomfortable situation. But more than that, she felt excitement and great joy.
She tore off the tape on her mouth and smiled with her mouth closed. I didn't die! I survived!

Originally, she thought that falling off the cliff meant certain death.

Thank God! This is such a one-in-a-million miracle! I mean, honestly, who’d have expected a lake at
the bottom of a cliff?

Sonia was so happy that she was about to cry, but just as she was about to bite the rope off her hand
with her mouth, she suddenly thought of something, and her heart's excitement and ecstasy
disappeared. Where is Toby?

At that thought, Sonia had a change in expression. Just when she and Toby fell into the lake, Toby’s
hand, which had been holding her, had let go.

Thus, she concluded that he should be nearby, looking around to find him. However, her brows
furrowed when she didn’t see him anywhere.

Strange, there is no one here. Could it be that he had already swum ashore? That’s not impossible.



Thinking of this, Sonia sighed with relief. It was good if he went ashore first. Besides, she also had to
find a way to save herself. She lowered her head and bit the rope, trying to release herself from it. This
process was extraordinarily difficult for Sonia because the time for her to hold her breath in the water
was limited. For an average person with professional swimming training, it could last almost two
minutes. So, she had to untie the rope and swim to the surface to breathe within two minutes, or she
would drown otherwise.

It was a good thing that when Declan's people tied her up, they didn't use too complicated knots. Sonia
pulled the knot hard while still being careful not to put too much pressure on her own throat. Yes!
Finally, she untied the rope on her wrist, so without delay, she tried to reach her feet.

With her hands, the ropes on her feet were untied within ten seconds. She thought that she had
Declan's people to thank for not tying her with hemp rope. Otherwise, the rope would have swollen with
water and become tighter, and it would have been impossible to untie it within two minutes.

With her arms and legs finally free, Sonia was delighted, and then she immediately paddled her arms
and swung her feet to swim upward. A few seconds later, she emerged from the surface and then
exhaled loudly. I’ve finally come back to life!

Shedding tears of joy, Sonia then shouted toward the shore, "Toby, are you there?"

However, there was no response from the shore.

Sonia's smile disappeared as she moved in the water and swept her glance around the shore but failed
to see Toby. At once, a bad feeling rose in her heart. If Toby was not on the shore, could it be that he
never made it ashore? Then right now, he would be…

Sonia's pupils constricted. Not daring to continue to think, she immediately dove into the water after
taking a deep breath and swam downward. When she was in the water before, she just looked around



and did not look down, so this time she looked down and finally saw Toby. Toby's eyes were closed at
the moment, and he was floating near the bottom of the lake as if he was already dead.

Seeing this, Sonia felt her heart tighten, and she subconsciously opened her mouth. "To—”

Gurgle.

After choking on water, Sonia hurriedly closed her mouth, adjusted her breathing, and then swam
quickly to Toby. Holding his arm, she took him up to the surface. When Toby let go of her, he had
fainted and sunk to the bottom of the lake. Now that a few minutes had passed, she didn’t dare to think
about his condition at all. The possibility that he could have drowned scared her to the bones, and thus,
her only choice was to save him as fast as possible.

Hurry up, hurry up! You can do it! You can do it!

Sonia tried to motivate herself in her heart. The difficulty of swimming with a person, especially an
unconscious person, was hellish. She felt like she was going to lose her strength and couldn't make it,
but she still refused to give up on Toby. Even though she felt like her legs were going to cramp, she
was still gritting her teeth and swimming toward the shore. In any case, she had to bring Toby to shore,
because on the cliff just now, Toby also did not give up on her.

"Toby, hold on a little more. The shore is near. I believe you are still alive, and you are not dead. As
long as you are not dead, I will be able to save you, so hold on!" Sonia looked at the shore not far
ahead and spoke while gasping for breath as she continued to swim forward.

Finally, they arrived at the shore. Sonia held Toby's armpits and dragged him to the shore, then
hurriedly sat down on her knees and checked his condition. The moment she felt that Toby was not
breathing and had no heartbeat, her heart almost stopped.



Toby has no vital signs? Is he really dead? No, it can't be, it can't be!

Sonia did not want to believe this fact and hurriedly folded her hands together. Putting her hands on
Toby's chest, she began to give him first aid chest compressions. After several compressions, she lay
down again and put her ear to his heart to hear if he had any heartbeat. After not hearing any, she
continued to press a few times. Then, she pinched his nose, lifted his jaw, and gave him mouth-to-
mouth resuscitation. After that, she alternated between that and chest compressions.

Two minutes passed, but Toby still did not respond. Sonia could not hold back any longer, and biting
her lower lip, she began crying. Her voice choked as she said, "Toby, hurry up and come back alive. Do
you hear me? Hurry up and come back alive. I am not dead, so how can you, someone who is
randomly involved in this matter, die!"

Her tears fell, and one drop fell directly on Toby's eyelid. With that, Toby's eyelashes trembled, and his
eyes moved a little. Although it was not obvious, Sonia still caught it. Her eyes instantly opened wide,
and she began trembling with excitement. He's come back to life!

"Toby!" Sonia stopped her movements and gently removed her hands away from his chest. Then, she
stared at him with bated breath. Was he about to wake up?

"Pfft!" Toby did not wake up but suddenly spat out a few mouthfuls of lake water and then coughed
violently. When he coughed, his body shuddered a few times. Sonia hurriedly lifted his upper body up
and let him lean in her arms and then raised her hand to pat his back with some force so that he would
vomit some more and spit out all the water.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Coughing for a while, Toby finally opened his eyes after spitting out more
water. However, he was frail, and his face was pale and bloodless. His eyes were only half opened as
he looked at Sonia and tried to speak. "Sonia..."

"Great, you've finally come back to life."



Filled with tears of joy, Sonia did not think much before hugging Toby. "Do you know that you had no
heartbeat and breathing just now? You scared me to death. I thought you had really just died and could
not come back to life…"


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