Enrico stood in front of her, his hair disheveled by the sea breeze. He looked down at her and said, “Are you happy?”
Happy, and also a little timid.
As the light fell into her eyes, Paige looked at the man in front of her and nodded, “I hope this will all end well.”
After that, she stayed by his side and asked for nothing more.
“With me here, what are you afraid of?” Enrico raised his hand and rubbed her head, then embraced her.
Paige did not refuse, and leaned closer to him, looking up at the sparkling sea.
Wind Island.
She was back.
Paige looked out into the distance, and for a moment, many memories of the past flashed through her mind. Suddenly, she remembered something, and she looked a little uneasily at the man beside her.
Should she tell him?
She was usually decisive, but she hesitated.
“I’m not stopping you from looking, so what’s the problem?”
Enrico took in her expression, looked at him openly, and said, “Can’t I?”
“…”
Paige was silent, and after thinking about it, she said, “Enrico, how about we make a promise?”
“Promise?” Enrico looked down at her, raising one eyebrow in amusement.
“After we get to the island, no matter what you see or hear, don’t get angry or start a fight. Just stand by my side and let me handle everything, okay?” Paige looked at him tentatively.
Enrico was someone who had been immersed in the world of power, and he sensed something was wrong as soon as he heard her words.
“Why?” He didn’t agree rashly.
Paige leaned against the guardrail next to her, and in a matter of seconds had regained her composure. “Wind Island is also known as the slums. You can tell from the name that the conditions there are not good. I’m afraid that if you go over there and see it, it will be hard for you, and the emotional fluctuations will affect your recovery from your injuries.”
“What does emotional fluctuations have to do with getting physical?”
Enrico looked at her inquiringly.
No matter how you heard it, it sounded like there was a trap.
“It’s just something I said. Can you promise me?” Paige stared at him, her eyes looking clear and very harmless.
“I don’t want to promise,” Enrico refused.
“…”
Paige was a little depressed at getting such an answer. After thinking for a while, she took his hand, and her soft fingertips traced the long, knobby fingers all the way up to the palm of his hand and then to his wrist.
Enrico looked down at her little gesture, feeling dry-mouthed and his heart tickling, but his expression remained unchanged.
Seeing this, Paige gritted her teeth, took hold of his wrist, suddenly stood on tiptoe, and leaned her lips against his sharply defined profile, whispering, “I also want you to get better soon. You’re actually right, I do too.”
After being with him, her speech has also become increasingly unrestrained.
On hearing this, a glimmer of light flashed in Enrico’s eyes, but he pretended not to understand, looking at her wickedly, “What do you want too?”
Paige resisted the urge to kick him away, smiling, then smiling again, “You say what I want, and that’s what I’m thinking.”
“Good, then tell me, after I’ve recovered, how many times a day?”
As a chaebol, Enrico always knew the truth that if you have the conditions, you can keep asking for more.
And several times a day…
Paige really couldn’t talk to him anymore, and she really wanted to turn around and leave, but thinking about Wind Island, she held back and with a humiliated voice, said, “As long as Mr. Gustin is happy, I’ll do whatever you say.”
“Deal,” Enrico was greatly pleased, and he leaned down and kissed her on the lips, “seal.”
This method of sealing is really special.
“Remember, no anger, no violence, and after we get to the island, you can only stand next to me,” Paige reminded him, ‘if you can’t do that, then none of this will count.”
“Got it,’ Enrico said nonchalantly, as if he was just being a figurehead. Thinking about the benefits after his injury, he was determined to be this figurehead.
The sea breeze blew across the deck.
As the two were talking, a sudden sound of footsteps came.
Paige turned her head and saw Dr. Clinton, who had boarded the cruise ship with the group at The Capital, walking towards them. Dr. Clinton respectfully nodded to them, “Miss, Mr. Gustin, why did you get such a serious injury? I thought you only had a broken bone, why are you still bandaged up like this? Could it be that all your bones are broken? Mr. Gustin, let me examine you.”
Enrico looked over coldly, “Get lost.”
“…”
Dr. Clinton shut up.
Paige looked at him indifferently and said, “Isn’t it normal to bandage a broken bone like this?”
Everyone is making such a fuss.
“…”
It’s normal for a normal person to bandage a broken bone like this, but it’s not normal for Mr. Gustin to bandage his like this…
These words rolled around in Dr. Clinton’s mouth twice, and he didn’t dare say them out loud. He just said apologetically, “As long as Mr. Gustin is fine, that’s all that matters.”
Sure enough, as long as people are alive, there is news to read every day.
Even Mr. Gustin has come to cherish his life.
“Have you brought all the equipment you were told to bring?” Paige asked about the business at hand.
Dr. Clinton hurriedly said, ‘I have. As soon as I get the Forgotten Fruit and the Snow of the Dead Wood, I will immediately start the research. Even if I am at sea, I will not delay for a second.”
“Good,’ Paige nodded. Everything is ready, so just wait to land on the island.
…
Country A is not a small place, and even at the fastest speed, the cruise ship will take a day to reach the south.
Late at night, the cruise ship docks at the pier.
A ladder is slowly lowered.
Kevin, who has been preparing for this since early morning, comes up with a dozen or so subordinates.
Paige stands on the ship and looks at him.
The cruise ship has already reached the south, where the weather is completely reversed from Country D. While Country D is ravaged by heavy snow, it is not cold enough to wear short sleeves here.
Kevin was wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled casually to the elbow, and his legs, which were covered by straight-legged trousers, looked normal except when he bent them, when it was obvious that one of them was broken.
He was naturally fair-skinned, and even after spending so many years in the south, he was still very fair-skinned. Even in the darkness of the night, when the lights shone, his skin was so white that it looked somewhat translucent.
Kevin looked up and saw Paige standing there, her eyes clear, lips slightly curved, wearing a simple, light-colored long dress.
The night wind blew, and the hem of the dress lifted slightly.
“…”
Kevin looked at her, and for a moment, he felt as if he had returned to the past three years, where she would stand there waiting for him at every meeting.
Time and time again.
Giving him the illusion that she would always be like this.
A slender hand appeared on her shoulder. The man took a step forward, put his arm around Enrico, and appeared in his line of sight. His eyes looked at him coldly, his posture condescending.
“Mr. Gustin, Paige.”
Kevin smiled, walked up, stood in front of Paige, and surveyed her. “You’ve lost weight again.”
“No,” Paige laughed.
Every time she saw her, she said she had lost weight. According to this, she would have already become emaciated.
She looked at Kevin and said, “You seem to be in good shape. Is everything okay?”
Hearing this, Kevin looked at her meaningfully and nodded, ‘Everything is fine.”
After that, he looked at Enrico’s hanging half-arm and said, ‘Mr. Gustin was seriously injured?”
“Fractured,” Paige answered for him.