chapter 69

"Fine, Ethan, show me, and I’ll trust you," I said, taking a deep breath. "This park is suddenly making me feel depressed," I added, changing the topic to avoid any suspicion.

"I think I want to go shopping. I need more comfortable dresses if we are going to stay long on the ship," I explained, watching Ethan nod.

"Okay," Ethan agreed, moving back to the picnic mat and packing up our things. As he came close with the ice cream pack, I looked at it.

"Oh! Is this the flavor I got?" I frowned, taking the chocolate-flavored ice cream from his hand.

"I wanted pistachio," my frown deepened. "What was I thinking when I ordered chocolate? I’m tired of chocolate," I began to complain.

Ethan quickly took the ice cream from me. "It’s fine, I’ll take the chocolate. You can get the pistachio for yourself," Ethan said. I looked at him, faking a smile.

"Really?" I asked, and he nodded. "But you don’t really like ice cream."

"I don’t mind," Ethan shrugged.

"Let’s get you the pistachio, okay?" Ethan u