The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me

With a bright moon up in the sky, Sarah was running fast in the woods, sweaty and panting, until a winding river blocked her way. She had to slow down.

Marco quickly caught up with her, but he didn’t pant at all. He obviously didn't have much of a problem with running in the woods.

The river was clear and shimmering in the moonlight. Suddenly, Sarah stepped into the river.

Marco thought she was trying to commit suicide. He was so panicked that he instantly grabbed her arm and said, “Miss, what's bothering you? Why are you trying to kill yourself?”

Sarah was confused at first. She looked at him and paused before she chuckled, “You thought I jumped into a river to commit suicide, didn’t you? But the river is too shallow to drown oneself. I just wanted to take a cold shower in the river.”

She was all sweaty and steamy from running so far. She hoped a cold shower would help clear her mind to figure out what to do next.

As for suicide, it never crossed her mind.

It was true that she had loved John Walter, but she wasn’t so caught up in it that she would throw her life away. At the end of the day, she loved herself the most.

“Sorry, Miss… I overreacted.”

immediately let go of Sarah’s hand, stepped ashore, and turned his

at the back of the young man, Sarah thought to herself that he was really an

in the middle of the river. Standing in the cold water, she took off her shirt and threw it onto the bank.

suddenly wrapped itself around her left ankle. She felt a sharp pain. It seemed that she was bitten.

“Ah!”

cried out in pain. She quickly lifted her left leg above the water. A thumb-sized greenish

“Ah…”

cry of

snakes instinctively and Sarah was one of them.

around to jump into the river like a leopard and went to her rescue. He grabbed the snake and

“It's so scary…”

around Marco’s

to pound. He picked her up and carried

hurts so much. I was bitten

It was painful and scary for

and comforted her with a smile, “Don’t be afraid.