When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 740

Chapter 740

Laurel made jokes while flashing the torch onto the ground. I chuckled without commenting on it.Judging from the landscape around us, Rachel couldn’t have found a secluded spot here, but I’mcertain she wouldn’t go too far away. Did something happen to her?

Meanwhile, Tessa seemed to be in a foul mood tonight. “She has always been a loose woman. Whydoes she have to have a diarrhoea now? I’m sure she has an ulterior motive,” she said in a frigid tone.

Clueless about what Nora had done earlier, Laurel asked, “Tessa, I can tell that you dislike Ms. Zimmertoo.”

Tessa snorted coldly. “Only men love a woman like her. I bet any other woman will hate her too.”

I stopped listening to their gossips. Afterward, I spotted a darker zone in the middle of the tea farm. Outof curiosity, I marched toward it.

“Ah!” Taking a few steps forward, I fell downward.

“Scarlett!” Laurel shouted in a panic.

I fell into a pit. Unable to judge my current situation, I said, “Laurel, call Nora now. This pit is quitedeep.”

“Okay, don’t be afraid. I’m calling them now!” she consoled me.

Reaching into my pockets, I couldn’t replace my phone. Perhaps it dropped out of my pocket when I fell.

I squatted down and explored around, trying to look for my phone, but all I could touch was the soil. Itwas pitch-black all around me, so I could see nothing at all.

Fear grew in my heart. Afraid that I might accidentally touch a snake or an insect, I squatted on theground and dared not do anything.

“Don’t fret, Scarlett. Nora and the others are coming over. Hold on, I’ll look for them. I’ll be right back!”Laurel said from above. She then added, “Tessa, talk to Scarlett and keep her company. I’ll get theothers here.”

Tessa remained silent for a while. “Let me look for them. My stamina is better than yours, so I can walkfaster.”

Nodding her head, Laurel stayed here after the woman left. Sprawling beside the pit, she turned on theflashlight of her phone and shone it downward. “Scarlett, can you hear me?”

I saw a glimpse of light over my head. “Yes, I can hear you. Don’t worry, I’m fine. It’s just that it’s toodark down here.”

The woman attempted to drop her phone to me, but I stopped her promptly. “Don’t throw it down. Whatif I lose it too? I can’t see anything here. Just chat with me.”

Laurel nodded in agreement. Her voice sounded worried as she said, “My phone is running out ofbattery. Hopefully Tessa will be back soon. We’re not familiar with this hill, so I’m afraid she might loseher way. That’ll make things worse.”

That was totally possible. Though I felt troubled, I reassured her. “We’ll be fine. Don’t think too much.This place is near to the city. If worse comes to worst, we’ll have to wait till the next morning forsomeone to come to our rescue. Nothing bad is going to happen.”

Despite my assurance, the woman was still anxious. “But didn’t Tabitha say that landslide will probablyhappen? What if it rains?”

Exasperated, I have no choice but to comfort her. “No, no, that won’t happen. Nora checked theweather forecast, and it’s not going to rain today.”

She hummed in response for several times. Overwhelmed with anxiety, she chatted with meunceasingly. “Scarlett, won’t you regret giving up on an outstanding man like Ashton?”

Giving it some thoughts, I answered solemnly, “Yes, I’ll regret it. But isn’t it inevitable to have regrets inlife?”

“You’re right.” The woman nodded her head in agreement, letting out a sigh. “Rachel is…”

Rumble, rumble. Unexpectedly, a low rumbling of a thunder sounded.

Laurel’s voice trailed off in mid-sentence. She sounded desolate when she asked in a quivering voice,“Is it going to rain?”

Trepidation shot through me at her words. Due to the darkness in the pit, I couldn’t see the situationoutside. In case of raining, the water would flow into the pit. Once the rainwater accumulated tobecome deep enough, I would get drowned.

Lifting my head, I asked, “Laurel, take a look at the sky. Maybe it’s only a dry thunderstorm. It won’t rainas long as there’s no dark cloud.”

The woman was on the verge of crying. I could tell that she was trying to choke back her tears as shewhimpered, “Yes, there are dark clouds in the sky now. They appear out of nowhere. It’s drizzling now.Why is Tessa taking so long? Where’s she now?”

Pressing my lips together tightly, I couldn’t deny that I was freaking out. Nevertheless, there was noway out other than trying to save myself now.

Otherwise, not only would I be drowned, but I might also be buried alive if the rain grew heavier andcaused a landslide.

Glancing up, I asked, “Laurel, calm down. Try to look around for a thick and long vine or branches andthrow them down.”

The woman nodded and hummed in response before she went away.