Meanwhile, in Iceland, as the wind blew, the air around them grew colder. Peeking his head out of the car, Matthias stretched his neck as he took a look outside. It seemed that they had to get some scarves too.
Heather sat comfortably in the car as she rested her eyes to the ballad music playing in the background. When he got back into the car, he had the urge to trace her defined nose bridge as he looked at her. There was a tint of pink on the tip of her nose. When he leaned closer, he could hear her steady breathing. He wondered if she was asleep.
“Heather,” he called out to her softly. Seeing that she didn’t respond, a thought came to his mind. “She’s asleep,” he muttered to himself. It seemed that she had really fallen asleep.
Closing in on her gradually, he left a kiss on her cheek. He enjoyed doing sneaky things like these from time to time. Fortunately for him, there wasn’t any reaction from her. Seeing that she was truly asleep, he was ecstatic deep down.
As he looked at the pink lips of hers, an urge within him made him lean closer. Just as he was about to kiss her on the lips, she suddenly opened her eyes.
As their gazes met, he could see that she was still a little blurry. After all, she had just woken up from her sleep. As he was caught red-handed, he didn’t know how to explain himself, so he smiled tentatively as a means to mask his awkwardness.
“Do you like this position a lot?” Despite having just woken up, she still had a sharp tongue. Her grogginess didn’t affect her ability to insult him at all.
“I saw some dirt on your face.” He quickly reacted, reaching his hand out to rub the so-called dirt off for her. Immediately, she blocked his hand before sending him a glare. It irked her that he thought that she would buy such an obvious lie.
“Heather, when will it stop snowing?” He switched the topic immediately.
As she didn’t want to hold onto what happened just now, she gave him a way out as she looked at the vast whiteness outside the car window.
“Perhaps after 3 days, or it may just stop in the next second,” she absent-mindedly answered. She didn’t even seem to be concerned about being stranded in the heavy snow at all.
“We can’t continue in such heavy snow.” As the route covered with snow was slippery, it was dangerous to drive, even with a Jeep.
“Should we get help?” she casually asked. It was blatantly obvious that she was not worried about their situation at all.
Seeing how relaxed she was, he felt the same way too. He then told her, “Why not we just save ourselves?”
Hearing that, she gave him a funny look. “We can consider that once the snow dies down.” In such a big snowstorm, it was difficult to drive anywhere. Once it got less heavy, they might be able to find a hotel closeby. It was funny how they were questioning why they didn’t see any snow some time back, and now, they were stranded because of a snowstorm. At this rate, the snow would get up to half a meter’s height in no time.
“Will you be bored just by staying in the car?” He was worried that she would get bored.
“No. Even if I do, I have you here with me.” She was rather optimistic about this. Other girls might’ve started to complain in a situation like this, but not only did she not complain, she even seemed a little happy.
“Is it really that fun to be stuck in the snow?” he asked curiously. He might have to tone down on his curiosity more often, as the way he asked this question might sound offensive.
“It’s my first time being surrounded by snow, more so getting stranded halfway because of that. Though it might not be fun, I do find it’s amusing.” She didn’t let his choice of words bother her. Here in Iceland, she had been more gentle to him than before, and he was not used to it. However, she couldn’t always be nice to him or he might take advantage of it––just like what he was trying to do now.
“It’s my first time experiencing this too.” As they initially thought there wouldn’t be so much snow in Iceland, it certainly was a surprise.
“Memorable?” she said in a half-questioning tone. As such, he didn’t know how to answer her.
Having been cooped up in the car for some time, it was only a matter of time until things got boring. But for the matters at hand right now, being stuck in the car was like being trapped in a small uncomfortable space. They weren’t even able to stretch their bodies. After a while, they ran out of topics to talk about and so, he tried to fix the mood by asking a ridiculous question. “Do you know when you were born? Exactly?” he asked in a serious manner like how a tarot reader would.
“Are you trying to read my horoscope?” That was the first thing that came to her mind.
He simply smiled without a word as he looked at her, waiting for the information about her birth time.
“Let me try to recall. I don’t remember it clearly.” It wasn’t an everyday question one would ask, so she didn’t bother remembering it well.
“It must be accurate because it will affect the readings.” It seemed as if he truly knew how to interpret horoscope readings.
Seeing how serious he seemed, she sent a text out to Robert. The only person who would remember her birth time clearly would be none other than him!
After the text message was sent out, she got a prompt reply. Though Robert was curious as to why she asked for that information, he still replied to her without asking anything. She then passed her phone over to Matthias, showing him the information he needed to know, which included her birth date and time.
After that, he took out his phone and looked up a birth chart online. He recalled that he learned a thing or two from his mother when he was younger.
Seeing how he seemed to know what he was doing, she thought he wasn’t fooling around. Out of curiosity, she leaned closer as she tried to understand his birth chart reading methods.
As he lifted his head, he was met with a pair of beautiful eyes belonging to Heather. He didn’t expect that she had the fate of Polis, Alkaid, and Greed Wolf Star according to the birth chart. These findings shocked him.
When she saw the surprised look in his eyes, her curiosity was piqued. She then asked him, “Do I have a bad fate?”
Shaking his head, he said, “No, I’m not done yet.” Through the initial readings, he was already thinking that the readings were weird. However, he had to finish reading to see the entire picture.
Meanwhile, she watched him read the chart from the side as she wasn’t knowledgeable at all in this field. As someone who was always eager to learn, she was naturally curious about it. Seeing how he was so serious, she was interested to know how the birth chart works.
As their eyes met, he was completely mesmerized by her eyes as they looked like a sky filled with stars. Getting uncomfortable with the prolonged eye contact, she commented, “Can my eyes help with the birth chart?”
“Yes,” he shamelessly lied. He was getting bolder and bolder with her.
“Concentrate on the birth chart, will you?” she urged. After all, he should be more serious when doing things. She didn’t like people who’d do things in a half-ass manner.
With his head hung low, he continued to read the birth chart as he noted down her birth time on a note-taking application on his phone. Reading birth charts was not a simple thing. Nowadays, many people would use applications that would do the reading for you, but he thought that it wasn’t as accurate as a manual interpretation.
“Were you born in Bradfort City?” He was beginning to sense something off with her birth chart.
Looking at the notes he keyed in on his phone, she couldn’t understand what he noted down. Raising a brow, she said, “I was born in Italy.” The reason why she chose to go to Italy was that it was her birthplace. That was why she chose to further her studies in that country.
“So you’re an Italian. Ah, a foreigner,” he said in a joking manner, earning a glare from her.
“Do you think Grandpa would let me be registered as a foreigner?” Heather was never keen on bringing up things from the past when she was born. Back then, her parents had believed some lies from a witch doctor who said they would have a baby boy if the baby was born in Italy.
Every time she thought of how her parents had such thoughts before she was even born, she felt disgusted. Since her father had asthenospermia, it wasn’t easy for her mother to conceive her. If that wasn’t the case, she wouldn’t be born as they would have gotten rid of her after getting ultrasonography.
“I’m actually pretty curious on why you were born in Italy. Did your parents give birth to you while they were traveling?” Again, he asked the wrong questions.
“What has that got to do with my birth time?” she asked in a slightly angered tone. It was obvious that he was getting more and more daring with her. Though she understood that he wanted to know more about her, there were just some things that shouldn’t be asked.
Sensing that she was getting mad, he immediately shut his mouth. It was best that he continued to read her birth chart and not make her mad.
Finally, he finished the readings for her birth chart. With his brows furrowed, he read the notes he jotted down. Though he didn’t remember many certain details, the birth chart showed the incessant danger that was about to occur in her life.
After a while, she asked, “What did you find out?” As he kept quiet for quite some time, she was getting anxious.
“Nothing.” He was not willing to tell her what he saw, for he saw that she was currently or about to have a difficult time in life. She was bound to go through a lot of bad events. Hence, he did not want to tell her that and affect her good mood.
“Do you actually know what you’re looking at?” Giving him a scornful look, she could guess that he must have seen something bad. Since there was no benefit in saying it out, he chose not to say it.
Since she led the conversation to that, he simply went along with it. “Alas, I’m not very good at it. I shouldn’t have tried to act smart in front of you. I apologize.”
Though he said that, he was still bothered by what he interpreted. He then made a mental note to get a professional to find a solution to it once he returned to the country.
“I don’t need your apology, you liar.” She was unwilling to continue the conversation on this topic any longer. She didn’t fully believe in astrology anyway!
“The snow is getting lighter now. Should we leave?” He immediately found another topic, attempting to soothe the awkwardness between them.
“Sure.” Right after she said that, she kept her eyes shut again as if she didn’t want to have any communication with him. After all, their earlier exchange had given her flashbacks of unwanted memories!
