Chapter 786 - Settling his Thoughts (1/2)

In the end, Joseph decided to follow the girls out on their trip after all.

Partly because it wasn't just going to be a day trip and he knew he had a responsibility to be with his sister - even though he knew that she was well protected with Kay.

He glanced around and saw the stern-looking bodyguards that were just within range but not so close that it was annoying.

His gaze naturally landed on Kay, who was walking with a smile as she talked to his sister.

Joseph sighed, continuing to be bedazzled by that image, his heart making the normal thump-thump-toing beat which made him gulp the lump in his throat.

That line 'Heaven must be missing an Angel, because you're with me right now' came through his mind. He had always thought it was cheesy but right now, he felt nothing was more accurate to describe Kay.

Urgh.

He's so lame.

Joseph was sure that Kay had received much more suave and sophisticated pick-up lines, and she wasn't even interested.

So he just said the words in his heart.

Right now, they were headed towards an amus.e.m.e.nt park.

Initially, Joseph had been a bit puzzled at that. Didn't Lianne say that she wanted to view their school and some photo studio or something?

So why an amus.e.m.e.nt park?

”Why not have some fun first before sightseeing?” Kay had answered when he asked that question, ”Wouldn't it be exciting?”

Kay had looked so excited over the fact that Joseph swallowed his grievances. He felt that Kay had chosen this activity while thinking about their young ages.

You know, kind of like how you'd take a kid to the playground.

Granted, the playground that Kay was bringing them was huge and there were a.d.u.l.ts around.

”Why are you so grumpy about this?” Lianne asked him when they had reached the entrance. Kay had gone ahead to buy the tickets, so Lianne took this opportunity to approach her brother.

Though he wasn't really throwing a tantrum or anything, one could feel the dark clouds that seemed to hover above his head.

”Don't you think this is all childish?” Joseph mumbled, feeling a bit peeved at having being caught for his bad mood. He thought he had covered it well enough.

Lianne gave him 'the look' that essentially screamed, 'are you stupid'?

”What?” Joseph asked indignantly.

Lianne pointed at the rollercoaster that had a double-loop in the distance.

”Does THAT really look like something a kid would ride?” Lianne asked while rolling her eyes, ”For your information, Kay has never been to an amus.e.m.e.nt park before.”

”Huh?”

”When they were younger, it was too dangerous as they are potential kidnapping targets,” Lianne explained, ”As they got older, they just didn't have time to do something as 'childish' like this.”

Liane emphasised the word 'childish' but using two fingers from both hands to create an imaginary quotation mark.

”She thought it would be fun, and spending it with us was supposed to be something nice and relaxing,” Lianne said, staring at her brother with a frown, ”Until *someone* is ruining the mood with his grumpiness.”

Joseph gulped.

”Kay is as honest as you can get and you're getting all upset because you think she's treating you like a kid? You forget, you ARE a kid. We are. There is nothing wrong with what she's doing or thinking,” Lianne said, hitting him right where it hurts.

”Stop thinking everything is about you,” Lianne hissed under her breath as Kay got closer, ”And get your head screwed back properly. Don't spoil this for her.”

Joseph looked up at Kay's face, and saw the slight hesitation and worry in them before she hid them behind a bright smile.

Joseph was appalled. He felt terrible.

Immediately, he pushed aside all his negative feelings and thoughts of resentment. He was so caught up with his sense of inferiority about their age gap that he had started resenting her for treating him … like a kid.

Lianne was right.

Nothing could change the fact that he is a kid at that moment.

Kay wasn't looking down on him and he could hardly expect her to treat him like he was an a.d.u.l.t, right?

He wished he could kick himself.

He wanted so much for her to see him as a man that he had forgotten the most basic fact.

He wasn't a man. Well, not yet anyway.