“Make sure you bring lots of warm clothes, Cheryl. The air in the middle of the forest is a bit unpredictable.” Alfonso Frederich gave a blanket to Cheryl, which Cheryl immediately accepted with pleasure."How long are we going to be camping?" Cheryl raised an eyebrow.“Just two days,” Rafael replied.Cheryl turned her head towards Rafael, who was folding the tent together with Beatrice in the yard. Cheryl snorted softly when she saw Beatrice laugh at Rafael's joke. They seemed familiar, not like the relationship between cousins in general. She wondered to herself, is it true that Beatrice is his cousin? Or was he just joking when he introduced Beatrice as his cousin? What if Beatrice is Rafael's future wife?Oh God, has she gone mad?!"How many tents did you bring?" Alfonso went down the stairs leading to the courtyard. The old man looked very excited to go camping in the middle even though he needed a cane to walk inside the house."Two tents." Reply Rafael.“Why only bring two tent
"I don't like to eat fish," Cherryl said."Why?" Rafael asked as he removed the bones from his grilled fish before he reached out to let Cheryl eat from his hand.The nights are getting colder. The air in the middle of autumn always managed to make the bones shiver, but the bonfire in front of her made the air feel warm. Because of that, Cheryl still had no intention of going into the tent even though Alfonso had been sleeping since earlier after he had an argument with Beatrice because she sprayed insect repellent into their tent.Rafael again reached out his hand after he made sure all the spines on the fish he managed to remove, "open your mouth!" he said.Cheryl opened her mouth like a 5-year-old, “delicious!” she closed her eyes, enjoying the grilled fish that Rafael had just cooked."I thought I heard you don't like fish," he sneered.Cheryl took a deep breath. Her memory returned to the incident a few days ago. As far as she can remember when Carlos held a family gathering at a
Cheryl knew she shouldn't cry in front of Rafael, but her feelings were so messed up. She could not control her heart, her emotions, even her crying.Rafael is like a momentary happiness that turns out to rule her heart bigger than she thought. She had crossed the line she had set. She had violated her own commitment. And now, having betrayed Carlos for a 'moment of pleasure'. She was crushed in regret.Carlos. What is he doing now? Was he frantically looking for Cheryl? Did he start hurting himself because he felt guilty?No. It was Cheryl who was wrong, not Carlos. Carlos has been trying to maintain their relationship all this time, but Cheryl has been trapped in a useless relationship. Rafael is just a moment of pleasure, a calm that she seeks when stuck in a problem.And now Cheryl is being tormented by a sense of regret.When she was drowning in tears of regret, Cheryl cringed when she heard the tent door open.As Cheryl had expected, Rafael entered the tent."Don't worry. I'll s
Cheryl knew that no matter how fast she tried to run from Rafael, he would still catch her. Her feet weren't as fast as Rafael, nor was she used to running in the middle of a dark forest. She repeatedly tripped, lost control, then almost fell. However, she still did not stop running.“Cheryl, stop…” Rafael's voice sounded close to her ear. He didn't give an order, but he begged.Cheryl wiped her tears away, her body shook with fear, and she started to lose her way. However, Cheryl couldn't imagine what would happen if Rafael caught her."Cheryl, I beg you to stop,"Raphael caught her. He locked her in a hug, giving Cheryl no chance to run."Let me go!" Cheryl struggled, trying to break free. However, Rafael's hands hugged her tightly, he repeatedly kissed the top of her head, as if he was trying hard to calm her."Let me go! Who are you?! Why do you want to kill that man?!” Cheryl screamed in frustration. She was crying, wailing in Rafael's arms for fear of him. She was afraid of him
Dizzy. Her head felt dizzy."Finally, the spoiled Princess regained consciousness,"Cheryl opened her eyes slowly. She reached out to touch her sore head."I know you're in pain, so you better take some medicine immediately." Beatrice held out a medicine and a glass of water.Cheryl swatted the glass away, startling Beatrice and dropping it on the floor.“What?!” Beatrice shrieked in surprise, “Are you crazy?!”Cheryl hissed in pain. Even though her head was dizzy, she still clearly remembered how Beatrice hit her neck to make her faint. That crazy woman deliberately knocked her unconscious and made her endure the pain in her neck and head."You're the crazy one!" Cheryl hissed angrily, "Where's Rafael?" She tried to get up from a lying position."I do not know. He's not home yet," Beatrice picked up the broken glass that Cheryl threw, "I don't care if you want to eat or not, but I've prepared food in the kitchen." Beatrice walked out of the room and closed the door in annoyance.Cher
"It's hurt!" Rafael groaned.Cheryl winced, feeling as if she also felt the pain at the corner of her lips when she saw the blood dripping from Rafael's lips."Could you slow down?" Rafael closed his eyes. He groaned in pain when the cotton filled with alcohol touched the tip of his temple.The blood on the wound seemed to have dried. It seems that Rafael purposely left his wound untreated all night.“It hurts, Beatrice! Do you want to kill me?" Rafael screamed in pain again.“Are you able to properly treat it, Beatrice? I saw you were just trying to torture him!” Cheryl growled.Beatrice turned her head, "should you treat Rafael instead?"Cheryl bit her lower lip. If she could, she would have snatched the cotton and alcohol from Beatrice's hands a long time ago. Unfortunately, she didn't know how to clean the wound. She could have been worse than Beatrice and made Rafael even more tormented."So how?" Beatrice waited in embarrassment, "You're going to treat him?"Cheryl stomped her f
"Oh my God, Rafael?! Why are you playing in the mud?!"10-year-old Rafael ignored Catalina's hysterical shouts as she stood at the edge of the fish pond. Even without seeing his mother's expression, Rafael knew that she must be staring at him with a slight head shake—trying to remain patient even as she saw her son playing in the mud pit."Smart boy, come out of the pond and go take a bath. I want you to transform into an angel, Rafael, just like your name!" Once again, his mother's voice rang out, this time instructing the servants to pull him out of the fish pond."Mom!" Rafael whined, looking at his mother in irritation. His body was still covered in mud, but his plan seemed to fail. It was just mud, not motor oil or cooking oil, that was hard to clean. Maybe he should consider taking an oil bath next time in his father's garage."Come on, handsome child," his mother reached out to touch Rafael's mud-covered head. “You have to take a bath,”"I don't want to! I want to play with m
Cheryl walked towards her room after finishing dinner. She had begun her plan to avoid Rafael starting today. The first thing she did was try to ignore his existence. Don't look at him, don't talk to him, and don't think about him.Cheryl had successfully passed the first phase. She didn't look at Rafael throughout dinner, and she tried not to talk to him either, only answering when he asked her. However, it was hard not to think about Rafael. He kept filling her mind, disrupting her concentration, and making her more difficult to control herself.Rafael kisses. The way he touched her. His breath against her skin. The movement of his lips. It all disturbed Cheryl."Are you two fighting?"Cheryl jumped in surprise as she found Alfonso standing near the hallway of her room."Who?" Cheryl pretended not to understand."Who else? You and Rafael," he took slow steps towards the window at the end of the hallway, "you both were silent throughout dinner. You both make Beatrice and I were wonde