Sarah next to her couldn’t stand the coldness. When she heard Horace’s words, she pulled Clara, who was a little stunned and ran into the distance. Before leaving, she shouted at Horace “Thank you, Mr. Kirkland!”
After running a long way, Sarah and Clara stopped, looking at each other’s soaked clothes, they both couldn’t help laughing.
“This is the first time I have attended the Songkran Festival. It’s too crazy.” Sarah said with some lingering fears, “I was drenched to the skin.”
“Same here.” Clara couldn’t help laughing bitterly as she looked at their dripping clothes, hoping that they wouldn’t catch a cold when they went back.
“Words to describe the two of us now.” Sarah said with a smile, “Drowned rats!”
“Drown rats!” They said in unison. Then they looked at each other and laughed.
The two walked along the seaside talking and laughing, and Sarah finally asked, “Clara, the reason why Horace is willing to come with us this time is you, right?”
Clara didn’t answer that but it was a default.
“Although I don’t know why you two separated at the beginning, I think he is very kind to you along the way and it doesn’t seem like he is acting. Are you really not considering him anymore?” Sarah said sincerely. She really hoped that Clara could be happy.
After all, they were so affectionate before and Horace had done a lot for her, but now they are separated, which is regrettable. Moreover, she always felt that Clara still liked him.
Seeing the genuine concern in Sarah’s look, Clara smiled gratefully at her, but the sadness in her eyes could not be concealed.
“Sarah, I really appreciate your concern, but we really can’t go back. We can’t be together anymore.”
Hearing her words, Sarah couldn’t continue to persuade her. Maybe there is something hidden between the two of them that can’t be said, otherwise, Clara wouldn’t be so sad.
After about half an hour, the festival finally ended, and they returned to the team.
Everyone was exhausted and they got into the car wet one by one, urging the driver to go back quickly so that they could change into clean clothes.
There was a sudden coughing sound in the car, which attracted everyone’s attention. It’s still quite cold at night. Some of them might have caught a cold, right?
The sound of coughing continued. Then they found that the one who had been coughing turned out to be their boss.
“Mr. Kirkland, are you alright? You might have caught a cold.”
“Yeah, do you have a fever?”
“I have the medicine. You should take some medicine when you go back.”
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Everyone expressed their concern.
“Sir, are you ok? Isaac was a little anxious. Horace has been very busy these days. Wouldn’t he be tired and get sick?
“I’m fine, it’s just that my throat is a little itchy. I’ll take a rest. Thank you for your concern.” Horace turned around and smiled at everyone.
However, Clara found that his face and lips were a little pale. Thinking that he had been blocking water for her before, Clara felt a bit worried and guilty. He wouldn’t catch a cold because of it, right?
After arriving at the hotel, everyone got into the elevator together.
“Mr. Kirkland, what floor is your room?” the colleague standing by the door asked.
“12th floor, thank you,” Horace replied with a smile.
Then the colleague asked Clara, “Editor-in-chief, how about you?”
“Same,” Clara said a little nervously. Fortunately, others didn’t think too much about it. They all thought that there were two rooms on the top floor.
When only the two of them were left in the elevator, Horace couldn’t suppress his cough.
With his right hand clenching his fist and covering his mouth, Horace was coughing and his tears came out.
“Are you alright?” Clara asked. She was quite worried when she saw that he couldn’t stop coughing.
“I’m okay,” Horace replied with a smile.
How was that “okay”? Seeing his smile, Clara felt angry inexplicably.
As soon as they got back to the room, Clara grabbed his arm and pushed him to the bathroom, “Hurry up and take a hot bath and change into clean clothes. You cough so badly, which means that you must have caught a cold.”
Horace felt warmed. He grabbed her hand and looked very happy. He asked with a smile on his pale face, “Clara, you are so anxious, it means you still care about me, right?”
Hearing his words, Clara’s face suddenly turned red. She hurriedly shook off his hand, “I’m just afraid you will give me your cold. Just go take a shower.”
Then she turned around and entered the bedroom, ignoring him.
Was she… shy? Horace felt sweet, so he was right.
Thinking of this, he smiled happily and went to take a bath. It was indeed a correct decision to come this time. He did not expect it could go on so well.
At this time, Clara was covering her face with a pillow in his room. Why did she do that? Didn’t he know how to take a hot bath? Well now, he misunderstood her action!
She fretted for a moment, then she suddenly remembered that Logan had prepared a medical kit for her and asked her to bring it. Where did she put it?
Clara rummaged inside her two suitcases. She remembered that it was a small blue bag. Where did she put it in?
After a while, she still couldn’t find it, so she gave up. She probably forgot to bring it. Forget it, just leave him alone, maybe taking a hot bath and getting some sleep would do it.
Then there was a knock on the door, followed by Horace’s voice, “Clara, I’ve washed it up. You should go and take a shower as well. It’s not good if you catch a cold.”
“Okay.” Clara took her clothes and opened the door. Without looking at Gu Chi, she lowered her head and went directly into the bathroom.
Seeing her fleeing figure, Horace couldn’t help laughing.
Shaking his head amusingly, he felt a sense of dizziness. He hurriedly sat down on the sofa next to him. He felt a chill on his body, wouldn’t he really catch a cold, would he?
Clara came out of the shower and was about to go back to the room when she found that Horace had fallen asleep on the sofa with nothing covering him.