Jane didn’t feel like answering Joseph’s question, she turned around and stomped her foot before quickly grabbing his arm and continuing to walk forward.
But the rain was relentless, it started pouring down just a few minutes after the thunder had stopped. The raindrops were as big as beans and soon turned into a torrential downpour, pattering on both of them.
“Shh.” Joseph gasped for breath. He was wearing very little today since he had checked the weather forecast before leaving the hotel and it said it would be sunny all day.
The raindrops hit Jane’s eyelashes and face, making her eyes feel sour from the water droplets that got in. Her vision became blurry so she instinctively raised her hand to wipe off some of the water from her face. She could vaguely see a cave up ahead.
The wind was loud and strong while the rain continued to pour heavily. She tried shouting loudly at Joseph beside her, “Joseph, hold on for a bit longer! There’s a cave up ahead where we can take shelter from this storm.”
Joseph nodded in agreement as they struggled towards the direction of the cave.
Finally reaching its entrance with great difficulty, they found that although there was no water on its floor, there was still dampness in its air. At this point Jane felt cold all over but neither of them could do anything about it since they were both soaking wet.
She helped Joseph sit down and took out her phone, preparing to call Patrick. Being trapped in the scenic area overnight would be troublesome, and who knew what people might say the next day.
However, her phone screen remained black.
Jane subconsciously furrowed her brows, wiped the water from the phone screen, pressed the power button. After the low battery icon appeared on the screen, it went black again.
Misfortunes never come singly.
This was the first thought that crossed Jane’s mind.
“Do you have any food in your bag?” Jane, feeling helpless, had to put her phone back and turned to Joseph, sitting on the ground.
“My phone is out of battery. Now, it’s likely that we’ll have to stay in the scenic area overnight. If there’s no food and water in your bag, we might go hungry tonight.”
Joseph quickly nodded, “Yes, I have a few bags of bread and some bottled water. Here, take it.”
Saying that, he unzipped his backpack, grateful that the fabric was waterproof. He handed the bread to Jane. After she sat down next to him, Joseph hesitated for a moment before cautiously saying, “Jane… I didn’t expect today to turn out like this. I didn’t mean it. Please don’t be angry.”
Jane opened the packaging, took a bite of the bread, and shook her head upon hearing Joseph’s words. Although she thought this young man was a bit impulsive, there was no use in saying more at this point.
“I know you didn’t mean it, and you’re hurt now too. I don’t blame you for anything, but… can you tell me why exactly you like me?”
Joseph pondered for a moment and looked like he was seriously considering his answer before saying, “Because you’re very pretty and have good manners when speaking. When I saw you for the first time, my heart skipped a beat so I wanted to pursue you.”
Jane knew that appearance is just the first step to attraction, especially since they hadn’t really gotten to know each other yet. Joseph’s infatuation might just be an impulsive act from a child.
“I need to tell you seriously that Patrick and I are really engaged now. The engagement ceremony will be held next week. I love him very much and he loves me back too so I think it’s unnecessary for us to waste any time on each other.”
Joseph fell silent, quietly chewing on a piece of bread in his mouth for a long time before saying, “Jane, you and Patrick are almost engaged, but not yet. And the fact that I like you is my own business. Why are you so quick to reject me? I admit that I am nowhere near him in any aspect.”
Jane shook her head. Joseph was a noble of the royal family, and he had never experienced any setbacks, perhaps not in the past twenty years. He wouldn’t understand.
Finally, she said only one thing, “When you truly fall in love with someone, then you’ll understand.”
Patrick worked overtime tonight and didn’t get home until 8 o’clock. He found it strange on the way back. Was Jane busy at work today? However, when he went to Star Entertainment, the staff told him that Jane hadn’t been to the company at all.
And after Patrick got home, he didn’t see any trace of the woman.
He frowned, suddenly becoming serious. There was a hint of panic in his heart. Jane would never be so late and not at home, especially when she hadn’t even gone to the company today…
He quickly took out his phone and dialed Jane’s number, but all he got was a cold mechanical response, “Hello, the number you have dialed is switched off. Please try again later…”
This wasn’t good; did something happen to her?
Once a person has a certain idea, it grows like wild grass and cannot be restrained.
Patrick unconsciously pursed his lips and repeatedly called Jane’s phone, but the response was still that it was turned off.
He panicked and called Morton directly.
“Jane is missing. She hasn’t come home yet, I can’t reach her on the phone, and she didn’t even go to work today. Can you check who she met with today and where they went? Send someone to find her!”
Morton hurriedly agreed and quickly sent people to investigate. Half an hour later, he called Patrick back. “Sir, I found out! Madam met with Prince Joseph from France today. They went to the scenic area in the east and haven’t come out since…”
“What?!” As soon as Patrick heard this sentence, his controlled emotions immediately loosened up.
He subconsciously walked outside because he never thought that Jane would be with Joseph today for such a long time without leaving the scenic area.
There was no time to waste; after hanging up the phone, Patrick immediately left his community with several bodyguards driving towards the direction of the scenic area until they finally arrived at their destination twenty minutes later.
He was very nervous all along; afraid that Jane might encounter danger.
Patrick’s team wasn’t small either; when they arrived at the entrance of the scenic area, he had someone open it for them overnight while leading several bodyguards inside searching for Jane everywhere.
This kind of thing also attracted many reporters who were waiting outside for news updates.
After interviewing several informed individuals, some reporters exaggerated the details and went on to write a sensational article.
“The future president’s wife of Pansy Group disappears for nearly 12 hours with the French royal family, whereabouts still unknown, suspected elopement!”