Part 03:

Her Pov:

Where are we even going?? We have already crossed the city border. What's going on?!!! The car pulled over near the sea beach. What are we even doing here?

  I looked at Mr Edward, and his face was not giving anything, especially with sunglasses. We walked through the beach. Thank god I wore Snickers today.

We reached the sea.

He gets on the boat near the shore and stretches his hand toward me. 

" Get on." 

Um... I take his hand, and he holds my hand. Just as I am about to get on; the boat shakes badly, and I end up putting my arm around his neck for the 2nd time in a row. Definitely because of my weight, it shook. I m freaking 53 kgs!!!

" Sorry, sir." 

" It's ok," he replied with. Wait, is that a smirk on his face???! He helped me stand straight, and then we headed towards the unknown. 

What's happening is he gonna dump me in the sea? I don't even know. After almost 15 minutes, we got close to a huge ship. He helped me to get up on the ship first, and then he got on it. 

Getting on it took me a few moments to realise.

"Oh my, it's a fucking cruise!!!!"

I said it out in a loud voice even before I realised it, and after I realised it, my face went purple. Mr Edwards's lips twitched a little.

" Um, sir, are we going to have the party in here.?? Change of the venue?"  I said to get away from the embarrassment.

"Yes, the 70th anniversary of our company will be held here." 

Owh my !!!! Lia, you are such a drama queen and what you were thinking all the way. You seriously need to stop watching those crime documentaries it might help you stop overthinking.

" And also, you call me Edward in here outside of the office. I am not your sir in here. "  He said this by cutting me off from thoughts.

" But we are here for work purposes, so I .." I was cut off by him in the middle.

" Edward only. Raising one eyebrow, he added, " You want this job, right?"

Hell yeah.. " Um, fine, Edward." I let out an awkward smile " It feels odd to call you by your name." 

" You will get used to it eventually,", he said to me. Um, I guess..  

On the left of the day, I helped around the cruise, arranging lights and this and that. While I was working around I felt his eyes linger on me more than usual.

But I choose to ignore it anyway. Maybe he's inspecting my work I mumbled to myself. So I need to work more attentively I don't want to be kicked out tomorrow. But the more I worked with passion, the more I felt his eyes piercing on me. 

It was almost lunchtime, and we were all called for lunch at the diner of the ship. He was sitting alone, and I was going to sit with one of the managing team's employees when he called me and told me to sit with him. 

At first, I hesitated, but then I took a seat with him. He serves me fried rice with barbecue sauce, one of my favourite combo foods. 

" Woah they have these in here !!!" 

He just hummed. As I started to fist right on it, he kept silently watching me. He was having some salad I guess.

" Um, sir, I mean Edward, the salad isn't good?" 

" No, It's good". 

" But you look dozed off."

" The company is better". I almost choked on my food.. Is he flirting with me.. No, no, not any more overthinking.  I just hummed. And we didn't have any more conversation at the lunch table.

The work was almost over. It was almost 6 pm. When Lara, an employee from the managing team, came and told me to go and check the lights that were holding low from the railing of the ship.

I went there to check on it, and almost all of the lights were on, but the railing ones were not.  Thinking of what's happening, I bend over the railing to see if it is not working cause it's wet or something.

And someone pushed me from behind. I swear I felt someone pushing me off. Screaming at the top of my lungs, I fell over.  I tried to save myself by hanging and holding the railing. But I slipped and fell in the sea. 

I didn't see anyone while falling guess they ran away just after pushing me. I started to panic and struggle in the water to breathe a little while screaming at the top of my lungs cause I didn't know how to swim. 

I saw Edward running towards the railing and taking off his shirt, and without another thought, he jumped off into the water.

I was almost drowning, I guess, when I felt a hand on my waist and another hand on the back of my neck, pulling me to a wall of muscles. I hugged him tightly while locking my both legs crossed on his waist. I was holding him while he carried me along with him and climbed up to the ship.

Landing me harshly on my steps he suddenly looked like he was just about to snap. 

" WHAT THE FUCK YOU WERE DOING NEAR THE RAILING LIA???! ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY!!! HUHH?? YOU WANNA DIE THAT MUCH!!! FUCKING ANSWER ME!!!!!" 

While I was feeling cold due to being in the cold water I was getting shivers because of him. He looked so scary.

  " I...I am so sorry I was just checking the lights. While I felt-" 

"Fucking stop it, Lia.. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I DIDN'T REACH ON TIME?? DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FUCKING SWIM????"

" I am sorry". I felt my tears would burst come out. 

He stalked away from me in his room while I went back to another cabin and changed myself into dry clothes. After a while, I heard a knock.

" Who?"

" It's Me, Edward". I opened the door and let him come in. After a moment of silence, he asked me if I was OK. I said I was when I certainly was not. He kept his hand on my arm, and I couldn't stop my tears anymore. 

" Sir I am sorry I didn't know how this happened. I don't know how I always find myself in danger." I sobbed. 

"Hushh! It's OK. I love danger, sweetheart. It's all good!" 

I just managed to hum. 

"OK, you take a rest.. Why don't you stay here tonight, and we can continue to have the event tomorrow, and after the event, you can leave for your home." 

" No sir, I don't have any party or any sort of clothes to wear. I need to go home." I said. 

" You don't need to worry about that." 

I still was going to deny it, but his determined grey eyes stopped me. "It should be fine, I guess. "

"Okay, take a rest," with that he left. And I slept .. I guess I heard some knocking on the door, so I woke up, and gosh, it was 11  pm at midnight. I slept around 7 pm the evening. I opened the door it was a waiter with dinner delivery.  It had a note on it.

Get well soon, Lia.

Edward.

I didn't notice first but is he calling me Lia now?! A smile formed on my face. I had dinner and dozed off to sleep again.

It was around 3 am. I got up and went to the bathroom and couldn't sleep anymore,  so I got out of my room and sat on the bench of the open area of the ship. I looked at the dark, calm sea.

It looks a lot like Edward Knight. A Dark, calm, and deep person. But just like the sea, he can also have his hot waves just like the one he had beforehand. 

" What are you thinking ?"

I almost jerked away in shock. It's Edward. He's standing behind me.

" Um nothing much", I replied.

Humming he took a seat beside me. He looked at me with a lot of intensity in his eyes but didn't say anything. 

He wasn't saying anything so I tried"You didn't sleep?" 

" "I had work to do." I nodded. His voice sounds deeper than usual if that's even possible. 

"Why are you suddenly calling me Lia?"

The question slipped out of my mouth.

" You are calling me Edward it's only fair for me to call you Lia, right?" 

I just nodded hesitantly.  We were sitting there, watching the beautiful sky, and he was only watching me. 

Not being able to ignore more, I asked him, " Are you still angry with me?" He shook his head in response. 

" Then why are you watching me like this??" He lets out a breath.

" You look like the fireworks of my dream." With that, he got up and headed off to his cabin, leaving me there as confused as ever.