Chapter 475
Someone quickly explained what had happened to Megan.
Her face went pale with shock.
“Lottie! Lottie, are you okay?” Megan rushed over and grabbed her hand, checking her up and down with obvious worry. “Are you hurt anywhere?”
Charlotte shook her head.
Standing nearby, Sean’s eyes were cold and sharp, filled with suspicion.
“You were the one who invited them?” His voice was low, but the anger behind it was unmistakable.
Megan quickly shook her head. “No, it wasn’t me. I barely know him.
Sean’s jaw clenched. “If you didn’t invite them, how did they get on board?”
Megan’s tone turned anxious. “I swear it wasn’t me, Sean. I did invite a few friends from Sterling City, but none of them included Thomas. One of them must have brought him along.”
“Even if your friend brought him, wouldn’t the guest list have gone through you? Are you saying you had no idea he’d be on this cruise?” Sean’s voice grew colder, and the chill in his eyes made everyone nervous.
Megan froze. Her confidence faltered a little. “I did see the guest list, and I noticed Thomas’s name, but I didn’t think anything of it. I didn’t know he had a grudge against Lottie. If I had known, I would never have let him on board!”
Sean remained stone–faced.
Megan’s eyes filled with hurt. “Sean, you really don’t believe me?
His expression stayed dark as he coldly replied, “No.”
Her face went ghostly pale, eyes welling with tears.
She turned to Charlotte. “Lottie, do you not believe me either?”
Charlotte’s lips pressed into a tight line. She lowered her eyes, clearly deep in thought.
When Charlotte didn’t respond, Megan’s heart sank completely.
Her face was filled with sorrow, and her voice trembled with frustration. “How can you both not believe me? Lottie saved my life. If I had known Thomas had a problem with her, I would never have let him come. I would never do anything to hurt her…”
At that moment, Lena, Mia, Ian, Jordan, and his girlfriend Liz all came over.
“What happened, Lottie?” Mia asked, looking concerned.
Charlotte briefly explained the situation.
Mia’s face darkened. “He got what he deserved! Is he insane, trying something like that with you?”
Lena listened quietly, her eyes drifting toward Megan, who looked devastated and wronged.
Even Lena was beginning to wonder if Megan had done it on purpose.
Out at sea, Thomas was still thrashing and screaming for help.
But no one moved.
Then, someone pointed at the water and shouted in alarm. “Sharks!”
Everyone turned to look.
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In the distance, fins cut through the water as several sharks swan toward them.
In an instant, the crowd erupted.
“There are sharks! Sharks!“.
“Three of them! One, two, three!”
“He’s going to get eaten!”
The people on deck shouted excitedly.
Thomas heard them too.
Terror seized his entire body, freezing the blood in his veins..
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He kicked harder, thrashing wildly as he splashed up foamy waves in a desperate attempt to stay afloat.
Sean stood by the railing, watching coldly.
Charlotte looked at him and said, “That’s enough. Let him back up.
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She wasn’t feeling sorry for Thomas. She just didn’t want anyone to actually die.
She knew Sean only tossed him into the water to scare him. He never truly meant to feed him to sharks.
Besides, most sharks don’t even attack humans. Species like whale sharks are generally gentle and won’t harm people.
While tiger sharks and great whites can be aggressive, they rarely eat humans.
But the crowd didn’t know that. They assumed all sharks were deadly, man–eating monsters.
So when the fins appeared, the onlookers lost their minds–screaming, shouting, and creating total chaos.
