Nathan looked at Yanis and answered, “The temperature is perfect for me. I don’t feel cold at all.
At that moment Yanis also looked up. The gazes of the two men met.
This encounter did not last more than three seconds, because Nathan looked away in a hurry. Then he turned his head so that she could not see his face and said, “Did you pick up the tickets?
The answer was no, because Yanis had also just arrived. So, the three of them went to the automatic machine to pick up their tickets.
As Yanis struggled to pull out his cell phone, Jack, pleaded, -Will you help me take off this thick coat? I’m half-baked from the heat, please help me!
Yanis didn’t want Nathan to make fun of her for keeping Jack so warm, so she insisted, “Dress warmly so that you don’t catch a cold. I promised your mother that I would take good care of you, so I won’t risk leaving you out in the cold.
Xiaomi pouted and tried to convince him, -But let’s go in secret, even if I catch a cold, my mom won’t know.
Yanis warned her, -Are you getting stupid because of the cold? The whole point of our trip is to see her, there’s no way she won’t know if you catch a cold when you get there. I’m not going to…
She wanted to give him a very firm rejection, but was interrupted by Nathan, who had put his luggage aside to keep his hands free. He knelt down and saved Jack by taking off his coat.
Yanis did not understand what was happening and wondered, “What’s wrong with Nathan, is he deaf?
Nathan folded the coat and put it in his suitcase, while Jack looked at him with grateful eyes. Without the restriction of the coat, Jack felt as light as a feather. He took a deep breath, and then gave Nathan a big smile and a lot of sweet words as his way of saying thank you.
In this way, Jack managed to leave a very good impression on Nathan: a polite, outgoing, pleasant and tender boy. Nathan became very fond of him.
As Nathan looked at Jack, he was thinking, “This boy has the same face as Kennedy, but his speech, behavior and personality are totally different. If Kennedy had Jack’s eloquence and personality, he wouldn’t have had so many problems in his life…”
While he was absorbed in his thoughts, he was suddenly awakened by Yanis’ shouting. Yanis became a little angry at being ignored and Nathan immediately calmed her down. He showed his consideration by saying, “Why don’t you take off your jacket, don’t you feel suffocated by the heat?
However, Yanis dismissed him without thinking, and even warned him to mind his own business, and that she would take off her clothes herself if she felt hot.
Nathan wanted to read Yanis’ look to find out where such anger and aggression had come from. However, the scar on her face took away his courage to look at her face to face. Instead of fixing his eyes on her, he turned his face very quickly to the other side without knowing that this movement caused Yanis to misunderstand him.
Yanis thought, “This man is so strange, why does he avoid seeing my face, nor having eye contact with me? Have I offended him? Or is my face tainted?” Then he turned around, took out his cell phone, and used it as a mirror to find out the state of his face, but he found nothing strange, no dirt, no fallen makeup. Therefore, he looked like an even stranger man to her.
-As soon as the words were out of Nathan’s mouth, Yanis’ cell phone was snatched by him because he needed the information stored in it.
Once Nathan had chosen his seats and picked up his tickets, the three of them went to stand in line to go through the security check.
Jack felt quite comfortable after taking off his extra clothes, but poor Yanis continued to endure the sweltering heat as payment for her insistence.
Although Jack suggested several times that she take it off, Yanis refused because she didn’t want to lose her dignity in front of Nathan. Yanis said no to all the well-meaning advice just to protect his self-esteem, declaring that he didn’t feel hot at all, and even felt very cold.
Taking the opportunity to tease her, Jack turned around to face her and asked with an evil smile, “My dear aunt, do you need me to bring you another scarf?
Yanis discovered her plot almost instantly, then gave her a horrible look and raised her hand ready to teach her a very valuable lesson. However, Jack was already running away nimbly before she could tackle him with her hand.
He grimaced in triumph at Yanis and cut in front of Nathan.
Yanis had trouble moving with so many clothes on, so he left him alone. Once she was on board, Nathan also suggested several times that she take off her jacket. Finally she gave in to Nathan’s perseverance. Once she had taken off her clothes, she immediately regained her freedom and freshness.
When the plane was about to take off, Yanis panicked at the feeling of weightlessness, so she unconsciously grabbed an object next to her. It was Nathan’s hand!
With his hand suddenly grasped, Nathan was, of course, very surprised and turned his head to look at Yanis, whose eyes were tightly closed and eyelashes were trembling with fear.
Nathan was not the least bit afraid of taking off, because this was nothing compared to a plane crash he had experienced. At that time he was very close to death. When he saw Yanis holding his hand in fear, Nathan felt mixed emotions: joy for the hand-holding and sadness for the unpleasant past.
Shortly after, the plane was able to fly steadily and Yanis’ discomfort disappeared, so she gradually opened her eyes. When she realized that she was holding Nathan’s hand, she was so frightened that she withdrew it as quickly as she could. Then she apologized and explained, “I’m sorry, I grabbed your hand unintentionally, as I was almost scared to death.
Nathan reassured her and told her not to be so scared, but without looking at her face.
Yanis felt even stranger because of Nathan’s behavior. She wanted to ask him why he was not looking at her face, but felt embarrassed because he had just grabbed her hand.
After he had finished his words, Nathan lowered his head and looked at his own hand, which Yanis had been holding.
*
Time flew by, and soon the agreed day to leave the hospital arrived. During these days, Alice led an extremely bland life, because she could only do three things: eat, sleep and take an occasional walk in the garden below.
Once during her walk, Kennedy went away for a while, leaving Alice to walk alone. Suddenly, a young man approached her to hit on her. Just as he waved at her, Kennedy returned. Noticing that Kennedy was glaring at him with enemy eyes, that young man hurriedly said “sorry” and stormed off.
Later, Kennedy took Alice back to the room so he could go quietly to do the discharge paperwork. When he returned, he was still upset about what had happened earlier, and even became very jealous. When Alice saw a very strange expression on his face, he said, -Are you mad at me? I’m innocent! He was the one who came over to talk to me, it wasn’t me.
Kennedy narrowed his eyes and looked at her for a moment, then leaned toward her. Suddenly he lifted her chin, and asked in a hoarse voice, -Do you seem pleased that someone has accosted you?
Alice laughed and hugged his neck very tenderly, saying, -It’s not true! It’s just that I was so amused to see you so jealous.
The word “jealousy” made Kennedy freeze, and then he began to ponder, “I’m jealous of her? I’ve been depressed for the past few days knowing she’s pregnant, is that also due to jealousy?”
For the last few nights, Kennedy often lost sleep thinking about her pregnancy. He felt he had been deceived and betrayed, feeling like an easily manipulated fool.
No matter what happened, however, he would still love her and be jealous of her. Any other man who tried to approach her would not be allowed!