Chapter 3 – Pushed Into the Water
Elena blinked in surprise at Willow’s calm and certain response, her expression suddenly softening with a hint of
shyness.
“You… know about Jax and me? Has he… mentioned me recently?”
Willow remembered what Grace had told her–how deeply Jax once loved Elena. She nodded.
“He said he did.”
A flush crept up Elena’s cheeks, her eyes glowing with barely concealed joy.
“He was a year ahead of me–back at Westbrook University. He was the kind of guy everyone looked up to, ridiculously outstanding. There was never a shortage of girls chasing him, but somehow, he chose me. Back then, I always felt he was way out of my league… but he still insisted on pursuing me for months.”
A nostalgic smile curved her lips, and her voice softened as she continued.
“We were together for four years. He spoiled me in every way–studying with me at the library, filling the campus square with roses on Valentine’s Day. And anytime another guy tried talking to me, he’d get so jealous, it was almost funny.”
Willow said nothing. She just listened, quietly.
“Before graduation, he proposed,” Elena went on, “but I turned him down. I didn’t want to become someone’s future wife and get stuck in that role. I had my own dreams, my own path. So I left him and went to London to study.”
“But I always knew he never really let me go. Even now, when I came back, he braved a thunderstorm just to pick me up at the airport. That moment… I realized he was still waiting for me.”
“I’ve been feeling unwell these past few days, and he’s been taking care of me, day and night. I thought he was going to bring up getting back together… but he never said anything. I started wondering if someone else had entered his world while I was gone.”
Willow’s expression didn’t waver. She simply smiled, calm and composed.
“If he still cares about you, maybe he’s just planning something more special to restart things between you. Don’t worry–he could be preparing a surprise.”
Elena visibly relaxed, the tension in her shoulders easing.
She raised her hand to wave goodbye–but her phone suddenly slipped from her fingers and dropped into the fountain with a splash.
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Startled, she instinctively bent down to retrieve it, hot lost her balance and fell in
Willow froze for a second, then quickly turned her wheelchair around to go call for help.
just as she wheeled past the flowerbed, Jax appeared like a thunderbolt.
Without hesitation, he dove into the water and pulled Elena out.
She coughed violently, her face pale, and Jax held her tightly, whispering reassurances in a frantic voice, worry written all over his face.
Willow watched the scene silently. Her heart sank a little, but she still turned to head for help.
That’s when Jax suddenly snapped his head up, his eyes burning with fury.
“You did this, didn’t you?!” he roared. “You pushed her in–now you’re trying to play innocent and walk away?
Willow’s mind went blank.
“No… She dropped her phone and slipped. I didn’t touch her-”
“Liar!” Jax’s face twisted in rage. “I stepped away for a few minutes and she ends up in the water–with only you there? Who else could it be?”
Before she could say another word, he stormed up to her, grabbed the handles of her wheelchair, and shoved it hard toward the fountain.
The moment the chair hit the edge, Willow tumbled into the water.
The cold hit her like a thousand needles.
“I put up with your obsession before, but Elena is off–limits!” he growled from the edge. “If you don’t know your place, don’t blame me for being cruel.”
He made a gesture. Two security guards appeared from nearby and blocked off the pathway.
Willow thrashed in the water, coughing violently as icy liquid rushed into her lungs. Her injured leg split open again, blood blossoming in the water like ink.
She was losing strength fast, her vision going dark.
The last thing she saw… was Jax walking away, carrying Elena in his arms.
And then-
Darkness.
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She didn’t know how long she was out
When Willow finally opened her eyes again, Grace’s tear–streaked face was the first thing she saw–her expression caught somewhere between anguish and rage.
“Are you insane?! The doctors said you would’ve suffocated if you were found just a minute later! I leave for a few hours and come back to find you nearly drowned?!”
Willow blinked slowly, her mind hazy. She wanted to speak… but the words caught in her throat.
She wanted to tell Grace what her brother had done.
But he was still her brother.
Willow shook her head gently, her voice hoarse and thin.
“I’m fine now… don’t worry about me.”
She looked down, her eyes dull and lifeless.
This time, she wasn’t just disappointed—
She was done.
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