?WINGLESS AND BEAUTIFUL?
?EPISODE 58 ?
I sighed. “Chaise… could you also not… call me that?”
“Babe?” he asked, his eyes twinkling playfully.
I nodded. “It gives others the wrong impression about
us.”
“I don’t really care what others think. I can’t hear their thoughts, you see,” he grinned playfully.
I sighed. “But I care. Because it makes them hate me
even more.”
He raised a brow. “Why?”
I shrugged. “People can’t seem to believe that I could
get a guy like you.”
“They better believe it. Because you got me.
Unfortunately, it does not work both ways.”
“They can’t hurt or touch you. Unfortunately, it doesn’t
work both ways too.”
Chaise sighed in frustration. “Okay. I’ll stop.”
I smiled up at him. “Come on, Denise is getting
impatient.”
We went to the dock.
“What are we doing here?” Chaise asked when we
reached Denise. She was only with Mica.
“We’re going to the cabin on the other side. The water
there is better for swimming. Hunter took Ross, Ben and
April already. The speedboat could only carry four at a time.
We’re waiting for one of the guys to come back and take us
to the other side.”
After half an hour, we were all in the cabin in the middle
of the lake. This house was small but cozy. It only had one
bedroom and a big living room with a fireplace.
The glass doors opened up into a huge patio with a sundeck, and loungers. The edge of the dock was about thirty meters
away from the house itself.
Denise was right. The water here seemed cleaner and
deeper. Denise’s cousins wasted no time jumping into the
water. Denise and Chaise also dove in. I sat at the edge of
the dock and watched them.
“Come on, Alice! Jump in!” Chaise urged me.
shook my head. “I’ll be okay here. You guys have fun.”
Well, the truth was, the water looked very deep and I knew I
didn’t stand a chance of staying afloat the minute I dove in. There weren’t even enough posts to hold on to.
I stared at the sky. It was unusually dark for this time of
the day. The clouds looked thicker and darker.
I suspected that rain would come in the evening. I hoped the others realized that, too, because the speed boat could not carry all of us in one go.
I heard music from afar. I looked to my right and found
Hunter sitting in one of the loungers on the opposite end of
the deck, dressed in only a pair of board shorts.
He was wearing his sunglasses I wouldn’t know if he was looking at me or watching the others swim. He just acted like we didn’t exist.
I turned away from him. I felt really sad because the
truth was… he had been acting like I didn’t exist at all.
Not only did he make me feel like he didn’t know me, he made
me feel that he didn’t give a dmn.
After a while, the others went up from the water and
into the deck. We ate some of the snacks that Denise
brought with her. I only half-listened to the conversation.
Chaise seemed to be feeling at ease with our new company.
The girls were absolutely charmed by him and I couldn’t
blame them. If they didn’t give me the impression that they
were brats, I would have liked for Chaise to hook up with
one of them.
They were gorgeous and seemed eager for his attention. But I loved Chaise as a friend. I would want someone better for him.
Hunter was still on his spot on the opposite end of the
deck, playing his guitar, oblivious of our existence.
While Chaise was telling a story to the group, I turned
around and admired the view before me. I was reminded of
the lake I shared with Hunter.
If we were still together, this
place would have been a dream for me. It was absolutely
beautiful.
This little lake house was almost a mile away from the main house. It seemed isolated, like it was in a world of its own.
Like if a couple owned the house and preferred to
spend time in isolation and privacy, this cabin would be
perfect for them to leave the rest of the world behind.
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