Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen by Lopez family's

Chapter 71

Eileen was oblivious to the fact that Egbert was taking off his shirt to cover her chest.

Nevertheless, she quietly held his clothes and asked, “Can you fish? Or should I do it?”

“No need.” The man took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and stepped into the water.

Eileen was a bit worried, as he seemed quite weak. She frowned and reminded him, “Be careful.”

Egbert glanced at her, saw her hugging his clothes tightly. With a slight smile, he walked into the river.

The water wasn’t deep, and Egbert bent over, his eyes intently focused on the fish swimming in the river. After a while, he suddenly lunged.

Eileen stood on the riverbank, tiptoeing to get a better look..

Seeing that Egbert hadn’t moved, she asked, “Did the fish get away?”

He didn’t reply.

Eileen was about to tell him it was okay, that failure was the mother of success, when suddenly he reached down and scooped a fish out of the water with one hand, throwing it towards her.

Eileen instinctively caught the fish, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

“You’re amazing!” she exclaimed.

Egbert smiled briefly. Then he caught fish after fish with precision. Ten minutes later, he had caught five fish.

Though five fish seemed like a lot, they weren’t particularly heavy. Together, they were just enough for two people.

Eileen did a quick calculation and said, “That’s enough. Let’s go back to the shore.”

Egbert, dripping wet, made his way back to the shore.

Eileen was busy starting a fire. She glanced at Egbert and said, “Why don’t you take a bath while you’re at it? I’ll call you when the fish is ready.”

Egbert paused, looking at her.

Eileen pointed in one direction, saying, “Over there, in the direction we came from. There are some big trees for cover. I checked; it’s safe. And the water is clean. Go take a bath.”

Egbert looked in the direction she pointed and said, “Okay.”

Egbert headed in that direction and started taking off his clothes by the riverbank.

At that moment, the drone in the sky flew away.

showed

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I pay

me see! Let me see! Let me see! Let me

phrase “Let me see” was repeatedly popping up

almost done grilling the fish, Egbert had finally returned from his

Egbert was wearing half-dried camouflage pants and carrying his freshly washed vest and

hand. His upper body was bare, showing off his evenly

the ground, and when she heard footsteps, she instinctively looked up.

She was stunned!

before her was nothing short of a visual

grew closer, and soon, his cool body naturally settled down next

moved a bit

her, asking, “What’s wrong?”

and placed them on the fire rack as he said,

came back, smeared the juice from the flower stems on the fish, and handed it to Egbert, saying, “Here, eat.”

and

“Of course, anything I grill

Egbert chuckled.

ready, and the two of them ate with

Eileen checked Egbert’s clothes that were hanging on the rack, touched

the clothes and threw them to the bare-chested

he looked at Eileen and suddenly asked, “Do you want

clothes, which were indeed

don’t have a change of

threw his jacket to her, saying, “Wear this.”

the still-warm jacket, paused for a moment,

she took Egbert’s jacket

away, not sneaking

didn’t immediately bathe. Instead, she first washed her pants and then hung them on a nearby tree to dry. By the time she finished bathing,

body with the vest, then put on her half-dry pants and

other clothes,

jacket was quite big for

too long, but the hem of

returned barefoot because her feet were wet. So she didn’t put

in the shade of a tree.

opened his eyes and saw

was too big for her, so much so that not only was the hem too long, but the neckline as well.