Chapter 628 - Six Hundred And Twenty-eight: Jasmine Was Missing (1/2)
The third point of view:
Surprisingly, people paid more attention to Akim than Jasmine even though she was the one dressed in the eye-catching superwoman suit.
It was a bit disturbing for Akim, to be honest. Most of the time people who stared at him, did so with ambition and infatuation, but these ones? They - both young and older women - looked at him as if he was a meal to be eaten.
Akim shivered, maybe it wouldn't be too late to go back home now. At home, he was secured - and caged. A bird in a golden cage.
No, he worked so hard to get out of the palace. Akim refused to sacrifice his freedom because of a little fear. So he forged ahead, ignoring their blatant stares.
”People are staring,” Jasmine finally noticed..
”Don't worry, they don't know we're royals,” Hopefully.
Jasmine giggled at him, ”I mean at you,”
”Oh,” Akim understood, scratching the back of his head.
”They must not have seen a handsome guy like you,” She said.
”Then they must be blind, there are more handsome men out there,” Akim replied.
Jasmine gave him a knowing look, then said, ”Since we're here, why don't you take the chance to talk to a girl without your princely prestige,”
Akim went beet red, ”H-how?” He was in disbelief, ”How do you know all this? You're just six, you shouldn't know this bad stuffs,”
”Bad stuff?” She gave him a dirty look.
”Well. A-hem,” He cleared his throat, ”I'm not saying that you shouldn't know but...” Akim didn't know what to say and that was made worse by Jasmine's intent stare.
”Forget I ever said that,” He said instead and turned to face the crowd.
Right now, a group of dancers were performing and wowing the crowd with a set of synchronized acrobatics moves. However, to Akim, those moves were mediocre compared to the ones performed in the palace, however, this one was more enjoyable.
Perhaps, it was in the way the people clapped and cheered each time they did a flip, or the smiles and lively glint in their eyes. Above all, the happiness was so infectious that Akim got carried away by the performance and clapped for them at the end of the show.
”Wasn't that spectacular...?” Akim trailed off when he discovered that Jasmine was no longer by his side.
His heart dropped at once, ”Jasmine? Jasmine? Jasmine?!” He shouted amid the crowd and some of them turned to look at him.
Akim's heart began to pound hard in his chest. How could that be possible? Jasmine was just by his side minutes ago. How could he have gotten carried away?