Chapter 484: The Hardest Kindness to Repay Is a Beauty’s Favor
Adrian lifted his eyelids slightly, a playful smile drawing at the corner of his lips.
"Why wouldn’t I go if there’s a beauty to kiss?"
Not far away, Rosalind was still calling for help, her voice tinged with sobbing as her arms flailed in the shallow waters. Her wet hair stuck to her face, adding a touch more allure.
She certainly matched the description of a beauty from Adrian’s mouth.
Felix followed Adrian’s gaze, taking in Rosalind’s exquisite face, and couldn’t help but swallow hard.
Honestly, he was indeed a super fan of beauty. Especially after spending a lot of time lately around mature women, his tastes had become a bit jaded. Seeing a pure-looking girl now inevitably stirred some feelings.
...
But as soon as he turned back to meet Adrian’s teasing eyes, Felix immediately dismissed the idea, hastily raising his chin with righteous denial.
"Bro, I’m not that desperate! Sending me to rescue her would only frustrate me, wouldn’t it?"
The most crucial point was that everyone knew Rosalind liked Adrian; it was difficult to endure the favor of a beauty!
Moreover, this beauty’s object of gratitude wasn’t him!
Seeing Felix’s hesitation, Adrian let out a chuckle.
"Since when did you become such a gentleman?"
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by saying I’m not gentleman enough? I’ve never been the type to two-time! Even if there are plenty of women around, it’s because they’re all head over heels for me, alright?"
Felix was so annoyed his handsome face nearly twisted, quickly defending himself. He had been through countless romantic encounters without getting caught in any scandal, but with someone like Rosalind, he simply couldn’t afford to get involved. There was no way—if he got into trouble, no matter how beautiful, it would be useless.
...
Zion, seeing Felix touting his own purity so much, couldn’t help but chuckle and shake his head.
"Alright, alright, what’s there to argue about? You’re the savior of beauties, okay?"
"Go and pull Rosalind out; whether you kiss or not is up to you."
Seeing Zion siding with Adrian, Felix pouted and widened his eyes in grievance.
"Why does it have to be me? Zion, you’re single anyway, why don’t you go rescue her? I really don’t want to get involved in this mess."
This area of the shallow sea was mainly cleared by Adrian and his group. But seeing Rosalind’s increasingly pitiful cries was bound to attract attention from others.
Adrian noticed Felix’s reluctant attitude and lifted his eyelashes.
"You want that Eastwood land, don’t you? If you go, I won’t compete with you for it."
Felix’s eyes widened.
"Wow, since when have you been so generous? Handing over such a great business opportunity just like that?"
"Giving up a piece of land for Rosalind? Aren’t you worried your wife will get jealous?"
While speaking, Felix looked suspiciously towards Cecilia Vaughn.
With a smile, Cecilia also held Adrian’s arm lightly, her expression calm like autumn water.
"It’s fine; you go ahead. If Adrian were to rescue her, then I’d really be jealous."
"..."
Completely can’t understand what you guys are thinking.
Felix thought of his business deal, resolved firmly in his heart, disregarded the fact he was in a suit, took off his shoes, and jumped into the water.
And it seemed Rosalind had genuinely gotten herself into a difficult situation. The seawater blurred her eyes, and combined with the dim light, she couldn’t see who had jumped in.
She timidly leaned herself closer into Felix’s embrace.
"Adrian... sob sob... I knew you’d come to save me..."
Rosalind said, as if fainted, collapsed into Felix’s arms.
...
The beauty might be good, but fainting like this meant she was dead weight, and Felix only felt as if he was swimming holding a big stone.
If not for the Eastwood land, Felix was exerting the utmost force; otherwise, he’d have given up.
After much effort, he managed to pull Rosalind to the shore.
Rosalind kept her eyes closed, her beautiful face looking very pale, occasionally spitting out some water.
...
Felix looked at her with great concern.
"Bro, you’re not really suggesting I give her artificial respiration, are you?"
"This..."
Felix looked at Rosalind’s clean and beautiful face, feeling no ripples in his heart. Earlier on, she had kept calling Adrian’s name while in his embrace. If he really dared to do anything to this young lady, she’d definitely make things difficult later.
Rosalind’s status wasn’t one Felix couldn’t handle, but bumping into her in the future would be awkward.
He really didn’t want to provoke a beautiful yet dangerous woman.
"Since when did you become Willows..."
"Stop being so mean! You guys haven’t messed with me enough already? Zion, you’re a doctor, doctors don’t have gender perspective, why don’t you save her? I don’t know how to do artificial respiration!"
Felix frowned, trying to drag Zion down with him.
Unfortunately, Zion looked proper and well-mannered, and as soon as Felix tried to grab his sleeve, he took a step back.
...
"Actually, there’s no need to sacrifice Felix’s charms."
Zion leisurely adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and pointed towards the beach rescue team not far away.
Following Zion’s gesture, Adrian quickly focused on the group of brawny men in life jackets, all bodyguards patrolling the area.
Adrian nodded and casually gestured at Felix.
"Go, find the most ordinary-looking one."
"..."
Why me again?!!
Felix really wanted to question, but when faced with Adrian and Zion’s scrutinizing gazes, he promptly subsided, reluctantly playing the errand runner.
...
After handing over three hundred bucks, sure enough, one of the seaside patrol guards quickly followed.
Felix did not disappoint, choosing one of the most ordinary-looking yet exceptionally sturdy guys, like a mountain, with a prominent mole on his face.
Cecilia couldn’t help but laugh out loud when she saw Felix’s choice, giving him a thumbs up.
"Impressive."
"It’s not me who’s impressive; who knew Bro was so sneaky..."
Felix laughed awkwardly.
And the chubby man with the mole clearly hadn’t expected that after receiving three hundred bucks, he’d have to give artificial respiration to such a stunning beauty.
"Uh... are you sure you want me to do this?"
The guy widened his eyes, looking incredulous.
It’s simply a steal!
...
Adrian gave an indifferent smile.
"Just wake her up, don’t worry about anything else."
Beauty emboldens men, especially when Rosalind indeed looked very appealing.
The chubby man with the mole gathered his courage, quickly leaned over to give artificial respiration to Rosalind lying on the ground, careful not to go overboard.
After a while, Rosalind slowly regained consciousness.
She was about to act coy and timid, but upon seeing the magnified face of a stranger, she screamed in shock.
"Ah, what are you doing——"