Chapter 612 Cheering Himself Up

The sight of the plains at night was gorgeous. Hanging high above the skies was a river of twinkling stars we could never see in the city. The moon coated the earth with a silvery light, and I felt like we were walking straight into an anime scene. Shawn and I had been walking the whole day, so we were exhausted. The chill was getting to me due to fatigue, and I was shivering in Shawn's embrace. He held me tightly, not saying a word.

I could feel his hand rubbing against my cheek. And a long while later, he said, "You should eat something."

I shook my head. "I'm not hungry."

He took the bread and tore a small piece of it, then tried to feed me. I looked into his eyes. Just the thought of him eating raw fish just now stopped me from opening my mouth. "I'm not hungry. Really."

He cooed, "Now, now, be a good girl."

I pursed my lips and opened my mouth. He would worry if I went on for too long without food, and I needed something to keep up my strength, but I was still uneasy from everything.

With difficulty, I finished half the bread, and Shawn whipped out some biscuits. He fed me a couple and asked, "Do you want more?"

I shook my head. "That's enough."

There weren't a lot of snacks in the bag, but they were enough to last an adult two whole days. I wouldn't eat anything unless absolutely necessary. Shawn opened up a pack of sausages and fed me those.

I was a bit speechless for a moment. "Well, that question was redundant."

"You might be lying. Just eat more."

I teared up. "I never lie to you."

Shawn cocked his eyebrow. "Really?"

I smiled sheepishly. "Well, small lies."

at me as I finished the sausage. I took the bag and whipped a bottle of milk out. After a couple of swigs, I handed it to him, pretending that I couldn't finish it.

me

you staring at

Instead, he finished one-third of the milk and put it aside. Then he

was wearing these boots. It was waterproof, but it wasn't

stared at my

been walking the whole day. Of course, I

grunted and placed me on the ground, then

asked, "You're going to

cooed, "It won't

closed my eyes. "Make

moments later, he

feel anything." I then looked at my feet.

my

pulled me into his embrace, and I wrapped my hands around his waist under his coat. "Who's trying to attack

He's one of my regular pilots. Waylen handles the background checks and the pilot has a clean background, or so it seemed. I have no idea whom he's working for now. I have a lot of enemies,

on guard against everyone, but that's all the more reason danger gets to you easily. This is only one

staring at me thoughtfully. Then I held his arm and rested my head on his shoulder. "You must be tired. I don't want you to hold me all the time. That'd be bad for you.

closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. Twenty minutes later, I slowly opened my eyes and saw Shawn falling asleep while he was sitting up. He wasn't even leaning on the boulder behind him. That was understandable. His back was hurt, but sleeping while sitting up must feel awful too. I sighed and pulled him into my embrace. His head rested on my chest. If this was any other time, he would

breathing was shallow when he was asleep. I looked at him intently and

just to force myself to fall asleep. I felt something move in my arms late at night. Despite my best attempts to wake up, my willpower wasn't strong enough, so I remained asleep. The next second, I felt someone taking my boots off, and then a surge of pain shot up into my

cooed gently, "Just hold

fell asleep. It was already morning when I woke up, and Shawn was not by my side. I got up and, to my surprise, realized that my feet didn't hurt anymore. So, I took my boots off and

looked for Shawn nearby and found him in the same place I did the day before. He was staring into the distance, where the endless plains slept. Strewn around him were the innards and bones of a fish.

the remains of the fish into the

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