Chapter 177 - 4 (1/2)
Onshore, Evangeline and Lilybella found Eric sleeping under the comfort of a large canopy while Satele and Asher were nowhere to be seen.
Both approached Eric, one with a passionate face, while the other had a curious look. Eric's face had a softness when it came to rest as if lacking the stress the others had. His hair was swept to the side, and his lashes and thin lips pulled Lilybella to look closer. To discover the beauty hidden within his disguise.
An inch was enough, and Lilybella would kiss Eric's lips when Evangeline smacked her palms against her face.
”What are you doing?” Evangeline hissed, fingers tightened around Lilybella's squishy cheeks.
”Ehehehe. T-teacher. Lilybella just wanted to get close to Eric––urk!”
Lilybella ġrȯȧnėd in pain when Evangeline's fingers squeeze her skin, causing her eyes to water.
”T-teacher! Lilybella is wrong! S-she just wanted to check on Eric if he's okay.”
Evangeline retrieved her hands, but her voice was thick with threat. ”Try that shit again, and I'll pull all that shining hairs on your head. Now scram!”
Lilybella quickly stood on her feet and dashed away to find comfort in Daniel's presence.
”Your Highness! Your Highness! Let's go play in the lake!”
Daniel was fiddling with his phone, thinking hard whether to contact Sisley or not until he heard that overly excited voice. He sighed, stood to his feet, and pocketed his phone.
He went into the direction of the cabin when Lilybella blocked his way.
”Your Highness! Let's go and explore the lake. Didn't you say that you wanted to take a swim?”
”I'm not in the mood anymore,” Daniel said with a wry sigh and circled Lilybella.
”But your highness! We're in the forest with a lake, and it's summer! We should enjoy it!” Lilybella kept saying, following behind Daniel.
Daniel faced Lilybella when he realized that she wouldn't let him off. ”Listen, if you want to go swimming, then go. Can you please just let me be for once? Just for this day?”
”But your Highness, this is such a rare opportunity for us to get to know each other,” she said. Then she tapped her fingers together, eyes shifting to the ground.
”And his Highness already saw Lilybella's brėȧsts so . . .”
”Stop. Just stop,” Daniel snapped. ”ME seeing your brėȧsts didn't mean anything. I saw tons of brėȧsts, and yours are ordinary as they can get. So don't flatter yourself and leave me alone.”
Daniel took a side step and walked towards the cabin in long strides.
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Lilybella eyes reflected Daniel's retreating figure as her lips clamped between her teeth, repressing the quivering of her chin.
She shook her head, and her smile was on her face once more.
”His Highness is just in a bad mood. Don't worry, once he tried Lilybella's special grilled steak, he'll be asking for more,” she murmured to herself and skipped back to the grilling station.
But then she skidded to a stop when her line of sight caught someone.
Before, while Evangeline, Lilybella, and Daniel were out in the lake and Eric was busy in the grilling stand, Asher was peeking at Satele.
She was sitting on a chair, reading her notes. Her expression was so far away, and this made his mood at ease. Her hair was straight and black, some strands falling on her face while she kept most of it at bay with a hand as she read.