Early morning.
Jane barely opened her eyes and caught a glimpse of Patrick sitting on the balcony, reading the newspaper. The sunlight outside wasn’t as piercing as it had been in previous days, dilutedly falling on Patrick’s profile. His eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings fluttering.
Sometimes Jane would think that it was such a waste for Patrick to not become a celebrity with his good looks. He was even more handsome than Osborn by several points.
As if sensing Jane’s gaze, Patrick turned his head around. Seeing this, Jane quickly buried her head under the covers pretending to be asleep.
Putting aside the newspaper, Patrick stood up and walked towards the bed when he noticed that Jane kept moving around under the covers. Bending down gently he asked, “Are you awake?”
Ignoring him completely, Jane continued playing along with her sleeping game.
Patrick saw through her act and reached out to brush away some of her messy hair from her forehead before pinching at her nose lightly with his fingers.
At first, Jane held back but eventually couldn’t resist any longer and opened up her eyes while grabbing hold of Patrick’s hand causing a slight blush to appear on her cheeks.
“Aren’t you going to stop pretending?” Sitting down next to Jane on the bed while looking at her intently, he asked.
“You’re being unfair; you should have given me a gentle morning kiss.”
Patrick looked at Jane’s expression, and a faintly helpless smile appeared on his lips. Just as he was about to lean in for a kiss, the person under the blanket suddenly covered his head and skillfully popped out from under the covers.
“Too late.”
Jane had already gotten out of bed, waving her hand towards Patrick.
Only in front of Patrick would Jane reveal such a playful and adorable side.
However, for Patrick, any version of Jane would make his heart flutter.
Seeing Jane about to leave, Patrick extended his long arms, directly pulling her into his arms.
Jane exclaimed, but her arms around his waist tightened slightly.
“What are you doing?” Jane softly asked.
“Now it’s your turn.” Patrick whispered in Jane’s ear.
However, Jane was a bit puzzled, responding with a questioning tone, “What?”
“Good morning kiss.” Patrick spoke each word clearly, seemingly looking forward to Jane’s next move.
Hearing this, Jane couldn’t help but laugh. She turned in Patrick’s arms, facing him directly.
Holding onto Patrick’s neck, Jane boldly poked his cheek, saying, “Mr. Pansy, you’re quite childish.”
Patrick raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything in response. Instead, he enjoyed the way Jane was acting cute towards him.
As she looked into Patrick’s beautiful eyes, Jane’s fingertips brushed over his eyebrows before landing on his forehead for a kiss.
“I’m hungry,” Jane said.
Patrick lifted Jane directly and took her out of the bedroom. Breakfast was already prepared on the dining table.
While having breakfast, Jane, as if having a sudden thought, looked up at Patrick. “Patrick, let’s go out to sea today.”
His movements paused, and Patrick saw Jane’s eager eyes. However, he couldn’t hide the slight furrow of his brows.
“Don’t tell me we’re just going to stroll around the island every day? Since we’re here, we should definitely go out to sea.”
Jane propped up her cheek, looking at Patrick with anticipation. She then pointed at the back of Patrick’s hand with a finger.
In reality, Jane understood that Patrick was worried about what happened on the cruise when they came here.
“I can’t believe I’m so unlucky that something unexpected happens every time I take a cruise. This time, I promise to stay with you all the time and not wander around. How about that?” Jane leaned in closer to him as Patrick showed no immediate response.
Patrick exhaled and turned to look at Jane, his expression revealing some indecipherable emotions.
Now, Jane felt a bit uneasy, “Are those people from last time really formidable?”
“Just some people behind the scenes.” Patrick didn’t want Jane to get involved in those matters. He was concerned because the sea was more unpredictable than the land, and there were more dangers.
“Since when did our Mr. Pansy become afraid?” Jane teased, but when she saw Patrick’s face darken, she regretted her words.
Realizing that she might have said something wrong, Jane approached and sat in Patrick’s lap. “I’m sorry, Patrick. I just thought the issue was resolved, and there’s no need to worry about it anymore.”
Jane leaned gently against Patrick’s chest, her arms encircling his waist. “Besides, I’m not a canary; I can protect myself, right?”
Patrick pursed his lips without saying a word, just quietly watching Jane.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Jane’s mouth, thinking that Patrick had tacitly agreed, and she kissed him on the corner of his lips.
Patrick’s brow moved slightly, and his lips gradually approached, but Jane raised her palm to block him.
“Mr. Pansy, if we don’t leave now, we won’t see any good scenery,” Jane said as she looked around.
On the cruise ship, Jane lazily lay in her chair soaking up the sun. There weren’t many people on deck, so it was quiet and peaceful. “Patrick, I’m going to get a glass of juice,” Jane said as she took off her sunglasses and turned to Patrick next to her.
Little did she know that as soon as she picked up the glass, a waitress “accidentally” bumped into Patrick.
Jane saw the embarrassed expression on the waitress’ face and smirked. Was this old trick of setting someone up still being used nowadays?
Thinking this way, Jane walked over directly and heard the waitress whispering softly to Patrick, “Sir, I’m really sorry… let me wipe it for you…”
The gentle voice made one’s body tingle with pleasure.
Patrick looked displeased with his eyes fixed on the waitress. The waitress was about to get closer under pretense of wiping his clothes when a fair hand reached out and pulled them apart.
“Don’t bother wiping it; I’ll give you a price quote instead. You just need to pay full price,” Jane said with a faint smile while looking at the server in front of her.
“Pay? Sir, I’m really sorry; I didn’t mean it! Your clothes must be very expensive… what should I do?”
When she saw Jane’s eyes move slightly upon seeing him, she continued pretending to be panicked like before.
Most men would feel some pity after seeing this but not Patrick who didn’t even spare him an eye corner.
“What should you do? You should work hard and earn money instead of wasting time here talking nonsense.”
Jane smiled slyly at him, “How about it? Do you want me to introduce you for a job?”
The server turned pale upon hearing this offer from Jane while biting his lip, “How can you insult me like that?”