8 Chapter 6 (2/2)

”N-no... I just got here...” She meekly answered and then her face blushed at seeing Daniel grinned at her.

”Lier... You're clearly here much early to set this all up. Are this for me?” Daniel felt love and happiness at seeing the bundles of foods laid before his eyes.

He rushed to Sisley's side and stopped just in front of her.

”Uhmm... W-well... Y-you are playing four games in just one day, so... You need enough energy to replenish the ones you've lost.” Sisley fumbled her fingers while looking down with reddening cheeks.

Seeing her like that, all cute and adorable, Daniel couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh, and then he crossed the distance between the two of them and gently held Sisley's chin to raise her head so he could stare at her beautiful hazelnut eyes.

”Thank you....” He whispered.

Sisley held her gasp when she felt Daniel's hot minty breath fanning her face mixed with his manly sweat that made her hormones rampaging in full gear.

They were so close!

Super close that she could hear his heart beat violently against his chest…. Or was it hers?

Even so, she couldn't tear her gaze away from his deep sapphire eyes, causing her to imagine the vast open seas and flying seagulls and dolphins.

They continued to stare at each other, lost in their own world until Daniel brought his lips closer to Sisley's while the latter gradually closed her eyes in antic.i.p.ation.

”I hate to break your romantic moment, but I have to interfere since I can't stand the insects bites anymore.”

A soft arrogant voice snapped the two out from their moment as they immediately pulled apart from each other.

Their eyes widened when they saw who it was that disturbed their almost heart-warming kiss.

”E-Evangeline...”

Daniel whispered, a terrible sense of guilt immediately flooded his heart causing bile to rose in his throat, making him somewhat nauseous and dizzy. He thought that Evangeline was still playing dodgeball!

But unfortunately for him, Evangeline just quit and decided to sleep instead in the deepest parts of the garden. On the way, she even saw Sisley setting up lunch boxes which she ignored and went deeper more towards the forest near the lake for a good shut-eye. Only to be awaken by that oh so familiar voice.

Sisley too didn't know what to do as she began to tremble at the piercingly cold woman's eyes.

”Oh please, don't stop at my expense. After all, I'm just Daniel's girlfriend.”

Evangeline smiled and stared at the two guilt-stricken people in front of her.

”E-ev-”

Daniel didn't have the chance to finish his sentence when Evangeline raised her hand to stop him.

”It's okay Daniel. I mean, I'm not exactly nice to you and didn't treat you the way a girlfriend should treat a boyfriend. But at least I was always true to you. Unlike you who is spouting kindness and compa.s.sion all the time, but secretly meeting another woman behind my back?”

Daniel was rendered speechless and couldn't utter a word. He momentarily lost communication with his brain as overflowing emotions of guilt took over his mind. He could only stare at Evangeline with guilt and shame.

Evangeline continued to smile and then raised an eyebrow at Sisley with a mocking curved of her lips.

”And you… Sisley Lacroft. The girl that everyone loves. The girl who can't even hurt a fly. The one who is all nice and kind and full of compa.s.sion.”

Then Evangeline glanced at the lunch boxes and smirked, placing her long stylish nails on his tantalizing red lips.

”So tell me, how does it feel to steal someone else's boyfriend? Not so nice and kind and compa.s.sionate now, are we?”

Evangeline softly laughed when the two people couldn't even move their lips to defend themselves.

Finally, Daniel couldn't take it anymore when Sisley began to cry. He stepped up and shielded her from Evangeline's view.

”Look, you can say anything that you want to say about me. It is all my fault. Sisley didn't do anything wrong.”

Evangeline raised an eyebrow at him with a sardonic smile before eyeing the lunch boxes.

”Don't get me wrong, Daniel. I'm not here to argue nor say something about anything to anyone.” With a domineering face, she looked at the trembling girl, cowering behind Daniel.

”Queens don't compete with hoes.”

With a head held high and with a face that looked down on everything, Evangeline continued to smile. Her icy cold lilac eyes mocked the man she thought would be different.

”I am something that you'll regret losing. I can promise you that much. I am a gold. A rare precious stone. The hardest orihalcon you can ever find.” She chuckled and lazily sized Sisley up and down. ”But you prefer ores, and that's okay.”

Evangeline breathed a mouthful of air and clapped her hands before nodding at them like an Empress that had finished giving her edict.

”Congratulations. You two are perfect for each other. Both are hypocrites. Have a nice day.”

Evangeline walked past the two stunned male and female without even glancing back, walking away like she owned the world.

Even though Evangeline didn't admit to it, she still felt bitter that something belonged to her was s.n.a.t.c.hed right under her nose.

But that was it.

In the first place, she no longer believed in the male species because of her father. Though she had given Daniel a bit of her trust, but she didn't entirely give him one hundred percent, and she never will in the future and never will with any man.

I don't believe in silly affections.

A pity though. And here I thought he would be different from that man.

Evangeline stopped when she noticed that Eric was standing quietly at the side with his messy hair, dark thick-rimmed eyegla.s.ses, and tattered backpack, holding a phone.

Evangeline didn't care if he heard and saw everything. She gave out a lazy smile and walked past him.