Chapter 40
He wondered if she was playing hard to get, or if she really did not want to be near him, feeling frustrated for the latter.
“Switch the lights off,” Oliver said without looking at her as he walked toward the bed.
In fact, there was something Natalie wanted to say, but seeing that he was in a bad mood, she obediently switched the lights off.
The bright moonlight shone through the French windows, but the room was still dark.
Oliver lay quietly on the huge bed and covered himself with the blanket.
Natalie curled up on the couch. Wrapping in a cocoon, she still felt a bone–chilling cold. She did not dare to close her eyes at all. Every time she closed her eyes, the scenes from earlier tonight would flash in her mind again.
The dark forest, the sounds of the birds and the beasts, the constant fear of encountering fatal predators and poisonous creatures, the anxiety of being unable to find her way out, the fear of death when she met the python, and the persistent cold she felt since she came back. Everything was haunting her and she didn’t know how to make them stop.
Oliver hadn’t fallen asleep either. With his keen senses, he heard the rustling noises of the cotton blanket rubbing against the blanket, and he could feel a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark.
He tried to ignore it. After a while, he got up and turned the lights on, only to see a pair of watery eyes staring at him, gaze filled with pleading and fear.
Natalie was cocooned in the blanket and curled up into a ball, leaving only her eyes out. And she was staring at him silently.
The sight of this extinguished Oliver’s anger like a bucket of water.
“Shouldn’t you be sleeping?”
However, Natalie was frightened by his aloofness. She could not help but recall the ruthless way he had dealt with the Windsor family. He had shot the snake’s head off without thinking. Remembering what a dangerous man Oliver was, she stiffened in fear.
‘1–I’m sorry.
I didn’t mean to disturb you,” Natalie stammered. She lowered her head and whispered, “I’m scared and have trouble sleeping.”
“What scares you?”
Perhaps because it was late at night, Natalie was a little impulsive.
She raised her head and pouted. “T–the woods… I went into the woods…because of you. I got lost and ran into a python…”
“What a fool!” Oliver said harshly. At the same time, he thought, ‘No wonder she gets bullied by Hailey. She isn’t acting dumb. She really is an idiot.‘
“You’re not much better,” Natalie retorted in a small voice.
“What did you say?” Oliver shot her a dark look.
Natalie quickly corrected herself. “I said thank you for saving me!”
Oliver sat up on the bed, bending one leg. He propped himself up with one hand and placed the other on his knee. The collar of his black silk robe was wide open because of his posture. Most women would have swooned, but Natalie remained oblivious to his charm.
Oliver looked at her and said in a flat tone, “You’re such a liar.”
He was clad in a black silk robe, which gaped open with the movement, revealing a sight that would make any other woman scream with excitement. But Natalie wasn’t the least bit fazed by the allure of masculinity,
“So you heard me…” Natalie muttered. She chided inwardly, ‘Since you heard me, why bother asking?”
“Anyway, thank you for saving me tonight, Mr. Oliver, I’ll remember your kindness tonight. Please go to sleep. I’ll try not to disturb you,” Natalie said and turned to the other side.
“Hey, you fool,” Oliver suddenly called out,
Natalie rolled her eyes and bit her tongue. Not wanting to argue with him, she only scoffed in discontent.
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Oliver continued to say, “Remember this. If I really wanted to mess with you, I’d just use a gun.”
Natalie thought about it for two seconds before realization dawned on her. She sat up abruptly.
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