Take Me Away

Everyone on the brightly-lit Maple Mountain lounge fidgeted in their seat and waited anxiously.

"Sophia! Sophia!" Upon seeing her, Ryan rushed to her frantically. "Have they found Fiona? Where is she?"

"Ryan!" She began to break down as she saw him. "Mr. Cheng went down to save her, but they haven’t come up yet."

Ryan went pale. He was glad that someone had come to rescue Fiona, but part of him felt unhappy. He raised his hand and patted Sophia’s head. In a hoarse voice, he said, "She’ll be fine. Don’t worry, okay?"

"Yes... I hope she will be." Sophia nodded, leaning her head against his shoulder as she cried her eyes out. Ryan sighed. Looking up, he saw Leona standing in the shadows. She looked like she was about to cry, which angered him.

And then suddenly, a loud bang came from above.

Ryan decided to deal with her later and turned his head. For now, ensuring Fiona’s safety was more important.

Several helicopters circled in the sky above the lounge, with the gust blowing against people’s clothes. Hanging from one helicopter was a soft ladder on which a doctor climbed down, a medical kit slung on his back. As he planted his feet on the ground, he waved and all the helicopters left.

"Where’s Fiona?" Sophia ran hurriedly towards the doctor. "Why aren’t she and Mr. Cheng here?"

"They’re still below but will be up shortly. Don’t you worry, both of them are fine," the doctor answered kindly, though Sophia detected a tinge of hesitation.

"Really?"

"Of course!" The doctor then glanced at everyone else. "It’s getting late. Today was exhausting, so I suggest you all go rest!"

With a sigh of relief, Ryan gazed at Sophia worriedly. "You’ve been frantic the whole day. You should go to bed. I’ll wait here."

"No, let’s both wait for her." She shook her head firmly.

"Alright then."

She noticed the fine beads of sweat on his forehead. "You must be very worried, aren’t you?"

"I’m glad she’s fine." He gave her a wry smile. "Just got here a little late. When I finally did, the foot of Maple Mountain was already strictly guarded. I had trouble hiking up. Fortunately, Mr. Cheng came just in time."

Sophia’s heart clenched. She knew how much Ryan cared about Fiona, but she couldn’t bear to tell him that she was already married to Spencer. She resolved to honor Fiona’s request to not tell anyone.

Meanwhile, the couple was still at the valley.

"Let me carry you up." Spencer bent down towards Fiona, patting himself on the shoulder. "Come on!"

"But you hurt your arm." She shook her head. "I can do it myself." As she shifted her weight, pain emanated from the ankle she sprained. "Ouch..."

try to cover her lower leg just as he turned around. Without a second thought, he crouched down to take a closer look at her ankle, which indeed turned out to be swollen. Spencer gently put a hand on it, and in a concerned tone said, "Why’s it swollen like

so she instead focused on his hair, which was

her knees while the other caressed her shoulders. In one swift motion, he stood

"Spencer..."

"Shhh! Listen..."

serious. Fiona swallowed hard. She was cold, trembling, and exhausted. She wouldn’t be able to take it if some other trouble came. To ease herself of worries, she

Spencer’s face as

the soft sounds of two people breathing. Fiona held onto his clothes tightly and then looked up. Spencer looked strong and timeless, with twinkling eyes and a sharp jaw. She could hear his heart breathing over the fabric, and for some reason, she felt

while did she realize that he had been walking with her in his arms for quite some

"Hold on to

Fiona frowned in confusion.

her tightly, he started

"Your wound..."

"I used to suffer more serious injuries

to consider his answer for a while

strode up the

"Spencer!"

"Yes?"

surprised that he paid attention to her.

to worry. You’ll be

that suddenly tugged her heart. Once more, she gazed at his face. For some reason, at this moment, he

in the sky, illuminating the road that ran at the hillside of Maple Mountain, where there were only Spencer

we could go rest for a bit." She thought about how exhausting it was to hike up

tired,"

hesitated but then eventually mumbled,

he might not have gotten away with the sudden slight pink in his cheeks. "Despite

Her face turned

heart was about to

seems to be

blinked wildly at the comment before retorting, "Yeah? Well, yours

himself speechless. In the end, Spencer managed

said

and you can already talk back like that." He looked up and finally saw the lights in the lounge, only

saw silhouettes in

saw them. "Fiona, how are you? Are you okay? Have you

shook her head. "Don’t

mumbled as he

she turned back to Spencer. "Can you