[104]

CHRISTY:

EVERETTE and I were holding hands when we went back to the house. Vincent and Maria were waiting for us, wearing a knowing smile.

“Let me guess, Everette. Something good happened.”

Everette blushed, while I glared at Vincent for embarrassing his cousin like that. “Whatever happened, it’s no longer your concern.”

“You’re both wet.”

I raised my eyebrows. “So what?” I asked. With Everette beside me, the cold no longer bothered me at all. Why would I when he was warm all over? “We both went to the waterfalls of this island.”

The corner of Vincent's lips lifted. “Do you know the stories about that waterfall?”

“I am not interested.”

“You should be. According to the locals of this place, whoever had sex in that place, the couples would get pregnant. This is also the reason why the waterfall became an instant tourist attraction among couples who found it difficult to get pregnant.”

“I don’t believe it,” I muttered. “That is only one of the strategies so that the place would be swarmi