He continued to ignore her and walked down the hill, step by step. Angela, who was on his back, stared at him with some resentment. “Is it that hard to answer this question?”
“There’s no need to answer such a meaningless question,” he replied faintly.
“It might not mean anything to you, but it does to me,” she blurted out.
“What does it mean to you?” He questioned quietly.
She was rendered speechless by his blunt response. After all, she had never been in a situation where she would have to confess to a guy first. So, she vaguely said, “You need to answer me first. Would you treat other girls like this as well? Once you’ve answered that, I’ll give you yours.”
This way, she could hear what he had to say first. If he said yes, there was no need for her to answer him.
Unfortunately, Richard remained stubborn and continued to ignore her.
Angela laid her chin on his shoulder as she waited for a moment. When she saw that he was genuinely ignoring her, she took advantage of the dark and that there was no one around to whisper in his ears, “Captain Lloyd, I actually like you quite a bit. Do you like me?”
As soon as she confessed, Angela watched Richard’s side profile as she waited for his answer.
She waited for three seconds, ten seconds, a minute…
Three minutes…
They were already almost at the bottom of the mountain, yet he hadn’t even answered her.
At this point, she had given up. When she noticed that the ground was flat, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Let me down! I can walk by myself.”
As for Richard, he didn’t reject her and carefully placed her down. Under the moonlight, he locked his sharp eyes onto hers, but no emotions could be seen.
Therefore, she wanted to walk past him silently, but in the next second, her arm was clasped by a firm hand.
Her heart began to thump against her chest. She almost allowed herself to be pulled by his force and into his embrace, but a cold male voice came into her ears in the next second, “Don’t waste your time on me. It is impossible for you and me to be together.”
When she heard this, her face immediately flushed red before she turned pale again. Sure enough, she had been ahead of herself.
This rejection was simple and gave no room for argument.
“To me, you are just someone I need to protect. That’s all. There’s no room to talk about liking each other here,” Richard added..
Angela retracted her hands in embarrassment at his blunt rejection, pursed her lips, and endured a sense of grievance. At this moment, the monkey had returned to the branch next to her. It was probably attracted to the light as he began screeching next to her.
This time, she did not react. Instead, Richard, who was beside her, wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his side, fearing that the monkey might attack her.
Meanwhile, she lowered her head and looked at the arms that were holding her tightly. She realized that he was just protecting her as part of his job; it didn’t stem from any interest in her.
With her head still lowered, she quickly walked back to the base as she tried to widen the gap between herself and him. This was probably the only way that she would retain her dignity.
This was the first time in her life that her confession to a man was rejected, and her arrogant self-esteem was utterly shattered.
She finally relaxed after she returned to her room and leaned back against the door. Although her face was painted with annoyance, she felt that she had done nothing wrong. She had just confessed to a man that she liked and was rejected. It was normal.
