A Love by Chance novel

---- and his tone softened involuntarily. "Alright. Apologize to Claire, and I'll give it back to you. Just don't do this again-" He was interrupted by Claire , who suddenly leaned into him. Her body went limp as she fell to the ground. Caught off guard, Edmund instinctively let go of the ring to catch her. The ring plunged straight into the sea. Claire leaned against his shoulder weakly. "I felt a little dizzy... I'm sorry that the ring fell, Ms. Crawford.

I really didn't mean it." Hearing this, Edmund recalled what had just happened, and a strange sense of unease filled his chest. But he still instinctively comforted Claire first. "It's alright. She won't blame you." Yet, his words were met with the sight of Selena diving into the ocean without hesitation. She couldn't swim. But the moment she saw the ring fall into the water, the only thought in her mind was to retrieve it at all costs.

That ring was the one Herman had personally crafted when he proposed to her for the first time. It was the only thing he had left her. She couldn't lose it no matter what! ---- Icy seawater flooded her mouth, squeezing the last bit of oxygen from her lungs. Just as her consciousness faded into darkness , she vaguely saw the person she had been pining for-Herman-desperately swimming toward her.