Her Seven Little Bodyguards

He was smiling from ear to ear when he got into the driver’s seat and started the car engine.

Both of them were sitting in an enclosed space quietly, and Vania felt slightly uneasy. She asked, “Are you feeling better now? Didn’t you tell me yesterday that you’d need a long time for your body to heal again? Why are you out today?”

Nevertheless, Hanson got happier when he heard her and started chuckling. “Are you that worried about me?”

The way he spoke made it sound like Vania could only think about him.

However, she ignored his teasings and spun around to look outside of the car window. I was just asking to be kind, so why did he have to say it like this?

Despite that, Hanson was still grinning, and he wasn’t feeling awkward by the fact that Vania had ignored him. “I have a bad stomach, but I’m not crippled. Am I not good enough for you just because I have poor health?”

Vania remained quiet, for she didn’t know how to answer him.

Just then, she couldn’t help but feel like Hanson was completely different from how others would describe him as cold and unapproachable. Looks like some rumors really can’t be trusted.

Knowing that Vania was distancing herself from him after what happened yesterday, Hanson stopped smiling and asked, “Are you still mad?”

His sudden question caught her off guard. “Mad about what?”

obviously.” He had made a mistake by handing

Vania chuckled lightly as if it didn’t matter at all. “That’s what you meant? I

she get mad about

If she’s not even mad at me, doesn’t that mean that she doesn’t feel anything for me? Still, he could only go along with it

of them went

only

Vania to a private

and the atmosphere there was serene as the distance between each house was about several feet apart.

car door for Vania.

was confused as she scanned her surroundings.

Hanson refused to answer her. “You’ll know soon enough.” Then, he held her hand and

be holding hands, but he refused to let go of her wrist or let her shrug his hand off as if he had already predicted that this

few times, she had no

smiled happily when he noticed that she stopped

the small pebble trail

were planted with all sorts of flowers and bushes, and it was an