Chapter 1076

Maja was comfortably perched on a flat rock while lan went off in search of a mountain spring to clean the wild mushrooms he’d collected.

The moment he left, the other women shot Maja dirty looks.

“Why even bother to hike if you’re just going to be carried? Do you even know what hiking is? Every woman here is more accomplished and refined than you, yet you’re the one being carried by a man.”

Maja was still holding a wild apple, which lan had picked for her along the way. He had mentioned that the tree was known for its fruit–bearing. but one had to be lucky to taste its yield.

She tossed the apple in her hand, turning to the woman who had spoken out.

“If you’re jealous of me being carried by lan, why don’t you just ask him to carry you next time?”

The woman was fuming. She looked around to see the last group of hikers arriving and sneered.

“Even Ms. Sanders, who is unwell, managed to walk here on her own. When lan eventually tires of you, let’s see which man would indulge your capricious nature.”

Maja was about to retort when the other women chimed in.

“Exactly, you’re not even a big deal. Once lan’s done with you, you won’t even dare show your face around us.”

“A woman should always be independent.”

portray themselves

was ever–changing. Once, the more naive and innocent a woman was, the more popular she became. But in recent years, the call was for women to be strong and independent, not reliant

these women’s idea of being strong and independent was to belittle other women to elevate themselves. What

When lan returned, she handed him the apple

this for me? Do you have a pocket knife? Could you slice it for

felt like retching at her request

were they doing right

was a two–day hike. They wouldn’t be picked up by a helicopter until the next afternoon. They were here to enjoy the scenery and nature. A simple wash would suffice for the apple, yet she insisted

his temper because Maja was being too

apple, looking

him, even licking her

him, she genuinely wanted

was filled with Maja and her words, ‘It’s too big to bite into

explicit images filled his mind, he felt

spring. The apple was sliced and

makeshift fork and stuck it into the

leaf and began eating the apple with the

mind, so he grabbed the backpacks

jealousy, seeing how lan

like this on

would only make him feel worse

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