Chapter 21: The Kiss Awakens Love
Harvey returned home with a rather tired appearance after a long day sitting in the office.
Last night, he didn’t seem to sleep at all.
Lucasta was still with Samson, so he couldn’t help but worry. Besides, they were still hanging around in this city.
This morning, Bonita gave Harvey a newspaper, and it worried him.
Amateur paparazzi took pictures of fast-moving shadows in the night.
Harvey just needed a glance to know that the main character in the photo was none other than three guests staying at his house.
– Good afternoon, Mr. Harvey. Lucasta excitedly exclaimed when the owner of the apartment appeared.
– Good afternoon Lucasta. What are you doing? – Harvey asked while taking off his shoes.
– I am watching television. – She pointed to the living room.
Through the transparent glass door, Harvey saw Samson nodding and smiling at him, and Maris still intently changing the channel to watch the news.
Harvey had planned to talk to Samson about the photo, but after thinking for a long time, he wanted to keep quiet.
After all, they only stayed in the city for about two or three days, so he believed they wouldn’t be unlucky enough to be discovered by the humans during this time.
– Have a good time, Lucasta.
Harvey handed the car keys to Lucasta and then gestured to Samson.
Samson immediately nodded because he knew Harvey needed to go into the room to drink blood.
Today, Maris won’t go with Samson and Lucasta.
Her mood worsened as soon as she returned from that mountaintop and she wanted to be alone for the time being. She didn’t want her melancholy expression to affect Lucasta because the blonde was extremely excited.
Although Maris was very good at hiding her emotions, she couldn’t smile right now.
– I’ll take Lucasta out. You stay at home… wait, stop, what is that?
Samson’s words were suddenly interrupted when he saw on the television screen a news report about the paparazzi having discovered strange creatures moving at lightning speed right in the city. He did not expect that in the dark, someone could still take these pictures.
Although the photo was just three silhouettes gliding on the road and could not see their faces clearly, it was enough to make him feel uneasy.
He guessed that Harvey already knew about this.
– Those three shadows seem to belong to the three of us, right? – Maris looked up at Samson, her face showing concern.
– It’s okay, it’s just three shadows. After I bring Lucasta back, we’ll go back to the castle.
After Samson reassured Maris, he went outside and took Lucasta’s hand, leading her down to the basement parking lot.
The incident happened unexpectedly, so the city tour plan was forced to end early.
The girl next to him still innocently sang along to the song that was playing, making him feel very sorry for her.
If only when the three of them came to the city, he tried to walk a little more and then take a taxi, they would not fall into the lens of the paparazzi.
– Let’s have dinner first and then go to the amusement park. I’m hungry already. Lucasta grabbed Samson’s arm and suggested.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.
– Ok.
He complied with her wishes, drove a further distance, and then turned into the restaurant’s gate.
As soon as she opened the car door to get out, he grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
Because he was worried that her messy hair might get dipped in the sauce or drink during the meal, he helped her to put it in a neat bun.
– Where did you hide my hair? Lucasta glanced in the rearview mirror and asked.
– Still above your head. Now, you look cuter than before.
– I feel the same way. Like babies wearing beanies. – She nodded in agreement.
The elevator quickly took them to the top of the almost skyscraper.
From this height, Samson showed Lucasta the river in the distance.
Unlike the restaurants he and Aurora took her to, the space here is much more private and romantic.
Through the transparent glass door, the yellow electric lines stretching below make the city seem gilded, shimmering, and brilliant.
– Samson, what’s the caviar? What is bacon? Did they cook it with smoke? Lucasta looked at the menu with wide eyes and asked.
– You just order and enjoy, then you will know.
– Of course. I want to eat all the dishes on the menu.
While Lucasta ordered the dishes, Samson looked into the distance.
He felt a little regret when he recalled the memories of a hundred years ago.
He’d been with Lucasta for ten years, but he’d only been with Eirlys for three years, and he’d only been able to bring Eirlys to the city for dinner three times in the winter.
When she asked him to take her shopping for fabrics and clothes, he refused and asked Harvey to bring them all to the edge of the forest next month.
Because Eirlys was an orphan girl, when she was lucky to be rescued from the hands of traffickers by Samson, she volunteered to stay at the castle to repay him and do the cleaning work, and gradually a love between them arose.
Unlike Lucasta, Eirlys never sulks or gets angry with him, nor has she ever disobeyed him.
She was so docile and good at hiding her emotions that he didn’t notice her changes when she discovered his identity.
– Brother, you should have dinner with me. – Lucasta spoke up.
– Ah. Ok. The dishes were served. – Samson was a little startled.
Lucasta’s face suddenly turned sorrowful. She guessed that he remembered Eirlys again.
He was distracted and didn’t even know she had eaten half of the food on the table.
After thinking for a few seconds, she whined to retaliate against him.
She said as soon as he stuck his fork into the meat.
– The meat is too hot, I’m too lazy to cool it.
– Hot? You almost ate it all. – Samson looked at her in surprise.
– They cut the pieces so big that it makes my mouth tired when chewing. – She put down her knife and fork, crossed her arms, and turned her face to the side.
She showed so much that Samson quickly realized she was deliberately making things difficult for him.
He knew that even if he gave her a leg of a cow, she would tear it apart and eat it.
These thin slices of bacon wrapped around enoki mushrooms were too easy to put in her mouth.
Maybe it was because he was negligent and didn’t care about her, so she was angry.
With no other choice, Samson had to appease his stubborn sister by cutting the meat into small pieces and feeding her with his own hands.
After a minute passed, she finally smiled and continued to eat the rest of the dishes.
The last place Samson took Lucasta on this trip was the amusement park.
She looked up at the Ferris wheel glistening with electric lights and was overwhelmed by its height.
Her hand kept clinging to his arm, but when he suggested going to other amusement parks, she refused and insisted that she would be fine once she sat in the cabin.
– Lucasta, once the Ferris wheel moves, you won’t be able to jump off anymore. You won’t be able to regret it anymore. – He slowly explained to her understanding.
– But if I don’t sit on it once, I will feel regret.
– All right. If you are afraid, you can close your eyes.
– Yes, but we certainly won’t fall out, right?
– Of course.
Samson took Lucasta’s hand and led her into the cabin.
She nervously sat next to him and waited.
She thought she wouldn’t be afraid of heights after she had climbed to the tops of the tall trees in the forest, but at this height, she felt scared.
Just like she used to catch worms for flowers and vegetables, and she thought she wasn’t afraid of worms until she met a worm the size of a thumb.
At that moment, she threw away the basket of vegetables, screaming while running.
The Ferris wheel started to move, and Samson could feel Lucasta gripping his hand tighter.
If she didn’t ask to sit on this Ferris wheel, he probably would never have experienced the Ferris wheel with the legendary curse.
People often say that when the cabin reaches the top of the Ferris wheel, couples just need to kiss and they will be together forever and that love will last for a lifetime.
A hundred years ago, the amusement park was just a small amusement park and there was no Ferris wheel.
If the Ferris wheel had appeared that year, he didn’t know if he would have kept Eirlys’ love if he had kissed her at its zenith.
When the cabin had brought both of them near the highest point, Lucasta suddenly saw a man and woman in the next cabin kissing passionately.
She was silent and looked at them without blinking.
If they want to say thank you, they should kiss each other on the cheek.
Finally, she couldn’t stand her curiosity, so she shook Samson’s hand and showed him the romantic image.
– Samson, what are those two doing? How are they related to each other? Lucasta asked.
Samson’s eyes followed Lucasta’s finger, and he was startled when he realized that the nineteen-year-old girl was curious about the love between a man and a woman.
She is still too young to love someone.
– Oh, they’re brother and sister.
– Just like us, right? Lucasta beamed when she heard her brother’s untrue answer.
– Right. Like the relationship between us. Samson tried to confirm so that she would believe.
Seconds later, Samson was amazed as Lucasta’s white fingers gradually lifted and cupped his face.
While he still didn’t understand what she wanted to do, she innocently placed a gentle and sweet kiss on his lips, making him completely immobile.
Lucasta herself was engulfed in that kiss, strange emotions from soft lips that made her want to feel more.
It wasn’t until the cabin had passed the highest point of the Ferris wheel that she let go of him to breathe.
– I’m so tired. – She breathed heavily while leaning on his lap and said.
Samson’s heart almost jumped out of his chest and his limbs became helpless.
He made the innocent girl believe him and she imitated them.
Now, if he explained that to her, it would make matters worse, and he was afraid that Lucasta wouldn’t want to see his face anymore.
The blonde girl didn’t know that the man beside her was thinking in confusion. She could only feel his heart beating fast.
Her sparkling blue eyes showed joy and enjoyed the magnificent view of the city that was growing larger and larger as the Ferris wheel descended.