Chapter 27: Chapter 27

I am outside. I turned around to look for Adonis. Even though I drove him away, I still wanted him to stay here and watch over me, even if it was unfair to Wendy. No matter what I do, I can’t stop the overflowing I feel for him. I could barely sleep with the kiss he did on me. I turned my back to pretend he was there, but I only saw the approaching Cole.

“Let’s go?” He pulled me into the sea, he said. He told me we would look for fish there because there is a cave in the sea where the fish are staying. He was holding two large-pointed bamboos. He says that’s what we are going to use; to catch fish.

I turned around again to look, but I didn’t see Adonis, so I just shrugged it off. Volunteers will be coming tomorrow. We will see how many students there are. Other adults still want to learn. With the amount of population here, I think quite a few can be listed. I just hope they send more volunteers. After we count them, the school will be built next. Depending on the quantity, how much Cole will make.

I was immediately scorched by the heat of the sun. Just really when you’re at sea, even if you just arrived, you feel like your skin is burning immediately. Cole pulled me to the part he says where the cave. He just released me as he descended into the water slowly. I just watched what he would do. He left me one pointer while he held the other. It raised that you thought he had an opponent.

Now that he is wearing only shorts and a shirt, I can’t believe that his body is gorgeous. But compared to that, Adonis is sexier. When he slowed down and stopped walking, he suddenly thrust his hand into the water. There was blood floating and when he lifted the pointer there were three fish. I immediately dumped the stick I was holding and applauded. “WOW! You are so good with it!” I was still clapping as he came back. He laughs, and the fish is still up. So, this is where he gets them. It seems like it’s easy to do but the truth is, it’s very difficult. I just hope I can do that too.

He put it in the bucket. The ones he got; then pulled me into the water. “First you need to walk slowly so that they don’t get frightened and get to them easily.” He walked slowly as he let go of my hand, so I imitated what he was doing. “Second, prepare your pointer. When you see they are quiet and in the same place. There you have to stab hard in your grip. That’s how you will get the prey!”

When he said that, there seemed to be a meaning behind those words. I don’t even want to think about why it seems like that to me? When I followed what he said, I got nothing at all. When I tried again, it was still the same. I was surprised when he came behind me; he grabbed my hand holding a pointer and held it tightly as if he was now hugging me.

“You’re so soft so you don’t get it.” At what he said, I seemed to come to my senses. I almost forgot what he did to me and my family just because one day he took care of me. I almost forget the purpose of why I am trying hard to go here. When he stabbed the wood I was holding, my body was almost coming because of the strength of his force. When he lifted the fish, it was as if I felt more pity for the fish instead of being happy that I had caught something.

Our faces were almost touching when I looked at him. Fortunately, I was able to avoid my face. I smiled at him and left his grip. I went back to the shore as he watched me go there. It feels different every time I’m with Adonis. I’m more comfortable with that man than Cole. I am no longer afraid or even considered of him, but I cannot deny that to this day I still doubt. He may have shown his good side, but that wasn’t enough compensation for what he did to my parents.

“Let’s go back, I thought it would be easy to catch fish.” I took the bucket I was holding and walked first. When I looked back at him, I saw he was still swimming, so I continued. We went through a lot earlier but it was nice and I memorized where we walked.

All I could hear was the chirping of birds and the sound of leaves stepping on them. I just kept walking and didn’t think of a possible encounter like in Guangdong province when a cobra welcomed me. When I was in the furthest, where I would last pass, the sudden pull of someone startled me. Fortunately, I held the bucket tightly because otherwise it might have been thrown away by now.

I glared at whoever had dragged me, but that appeared to be realized instantly when I saw Adonis, who was still dressed in the same clothes as the farmers but in a different hue. If he wants to conceal, that appears to be a successful strategy, because no one will recognize him here if he hides like a thief.

I pretended to be annoyed with him, but in reality; I was looking for him since yesterday as I was lying outside just to see him. I don’t know if he’s still eating. What if he doesn’t eat? He could have sent Mark here because it’s less suspicious than him coming here and this is how he hides. When he removed his hold on me, he took out what was in his pocket. It is a flash drive. What do I do with the flash drive? It’s obvious he sees we are in a secluded type. Even if it’s just a connection, it’s hard to get. I just looked at that and didn’t take it. He sighed and pulled me again where, this time, I had left the bucket with only the fish. We reached the end of the tall grasses. I didn’t know it had an end. I thought it was pure jungle.

When we came out, strong winds coming from the sea greeted us. The sun is hot too — the sun is hotter here. When I looked at him and saw him coming down the stairs and into a hut. That was the only hut standing there. When I saw him enter, I went down the stairs as well. Since he was by the sea, the heat inside the hut was just right. The air enters the door, but of course, the sun is straight, so it is hot.

“What if Cole will find me? Why are we here?” I sat down on one of the wooden chairs. Then I waited for an answer. He took some water and gave it to me.

“This flash drive should be a solution for the virus that is spreading. I forgot to send the link to you so I couldn’t tell you right away.” He presented the flash drive to me again while I was thinking.

Did he just really forget or did he not say because Wendy came? Adonis is smart, so I’m sure he knows right away why my phone isn’t working. Because maybe it’s the virus he’s talking about. I took the flash drive now. So this would be the answer to get Cole’s heart? Maybe I can do it when we get back to the city. I will be his superwoman. After all, he says he has not found a solution yet. I will just tell him I fixed my phone and my friend knows how to get rid of the virus that has spread.

I stood up and was ready to leave when he spoke again and pulled me back.

“Is there a problem?” He asked intensely, and his gaze was also intense. There’s no problem, is there? I’m the only one who has a problem. It’s not his responsibility to know how I feel.

I removed his hand and then smiled at him so he could see that there was no problem. I shook his hand and then patted his arm as if I were a man and then faked a laugh.

“There’s no problem, is there?”

Does my question sound convincing? Hopefully, he didn’t notice the hesitation there. Because that question was like a question to myself. It was as if I could convince myself that there was no problem.

“Then stop acting so cold to me.”

I looked at him. I don’t know if my heart will jump. I felt heat on my face. I fanned myself. Blow air, then inhale air. Stop acting like you care, please. You are just making my hope raise.

“I-I am not.”

I pushed him and went straight outside, but he lifted me onto my stomach and then put me back inside. He closed the door, then leaned against the fragile door, then locked it in his arms. It was as if I could see him double because of the closeness of his face to mine. I tried to back down, even though I knew I had nothing to step back.

When he finally brought his face closer, I closed my eyes. I felt the softness of his lips in my eyes. He kissed me in the eye and then on the forehead.

“Don’t be too close to him.”

I opened my eyes to what he said. Who? Is it Cole? Why? That’s our plan, isn’t it? To be close to Cole, to win his heart, and he will open up to me about their business. So why not? But because I felt better about him again and was in the mood to make fun of him again, I pinched him on his side.

“Why? You’re jealous?” I was joking with him so that for the first time I wanted to see his shy reaction. I don’t want to think about Wendy first. I knew I should distance myself from her fiance but I had no intention of snatching Adonis from her. It’s enough for me and Adonis to help me. Maybe after that, I’ll leave too and go far away ...

So hopefully while it’s not that deep and I haven’t fallen too deep into the abyss of my love for him, what we’re doing with Cole should end right away. I don’t want that one day I would be like others who will be obsessed with the love they have for someone. Well, I know I’m unlikely to do that but, you still can’t tell how destiny will change.

“Yes.”

Because of the time, I thought about it, I no longer knew for what he said “Yes.” So I looked at him, wondering.

“Yes?” I asked him. Sometimes it’s not good to think too much. It’s drowning. Maybe one day, in the depths of your thoughts, you won’t be able to get up.

“Yes, I am jealous.”

Because of what he said, I quickly covered my face. I couldn’t hide because I was still trapped in his arms. I don’t know how to hide. When he removed his arms, I then ran away.

When I was on the stairs, I looked at him again and saw him smiling and waving at me as I left. I raised my middle finger, and I uttered the words.

“Fuck you!”

He can’t even hear it. I ran back even though my heart was pounding because of what he did. Forgive me, Wendy. I have no intention of feeling this way with your fiance.

When I got back, fortunately, the bucket was still there. I quickly picked it up, and I was about to run back when I suddenly came out of the big grass I saw Cole.

We were both still surprised when we met each other.

Oh no. What can I tell him?