Luca could feel dull pain spread from her waist to the rest of her body. She had injured herself.

The pain caused tears to fall from the corner of her eyes.

Suddenly, Luke felt a twinge of pity for her. “Can you stand up?” He asked.

Luca nodded. “Yes.”

Luke looked at the tree behind Luca. The vegetation was quite dense at this part of the mountain, and the trees were quite old with thick trunks. She had slammed into the tree in full force, and it must be very painful. If she were unfortunate, she might even suffer a hairline fracture.

However, she was lucky to be stopped by the tree. Otherwise, who knew where she might end up?

The forest was natural. Even though the owners of the area had taken every precaution to ensure the visitors’ safety, there was only so much they could do to alter the natural landscape.

If the tree had not broken Luca’s fall, she would have suffered a greater injury, or worse, rolled off a cliff.

Seeing that Luca was struggling to get up, Luke reached out. “You need help.”

Luca pressed her lips together and grabbed his hand. With the trekking pole in her other hand, she pushed herself into a sitting position, then spent the next half a minute trying to catch her breath.

Luke did not rush her. He waited patiently for her to catch her breath. In the meantime, the sky became darker, and thunder could be heard in the distance.

It was going to rain soon.

Luca looked up at the sky, thinking they should not linger there.

Not only would the path be slippery, but it would also be dangerous to be under a tree if the rain turned out to be a lightning storm…

She gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, but the pain on her waist caused her to fall forward and land on Luke’s chest.

The familiar masculine scent, intensified by the sweat from the hike, assailed Luca’s nostrils. Luca could feel the warmth of Luke’s body on her cheek.

so

someone hand

moment, Luke picked her up in a bridal

feet were off the ground. One of her arms instinctively went around the back of Luke’s neck, while her other hand held two

cries of surprise as

her, Luca could to squirm away. “I can walk by myself, Mr. Crawford. This’ll be very tiring

keep some distance away from him, so she tried to straighten her

to make her loosen her back muscles, but she could

been cursed. She had met with an accident for two consecutive days, and Luke had carried her like

cursed, why would she suffer a leg cramp in the pool,

the gazebo in time, we’ll be caught in the rain,” Luke explained while keeping his gaze on the path in front of

that she had become his burden

a burden. She did not expect that

burden before, and she remained a

she arrived at that thought. She felt horrible. Luke noticed her movements. When he lowered his head to look at her, he was surprised to see that her eyes were full of

like Bianca’s eyes whenever she was

was worried that she

comfortable like this. Why don’t I ride piggyback?” Luca suggested, thinking that if she needed Luke to carry her, she would rather ride

could not stand looking

eyes did not have warm love like before. How she wished that she could tell him that she was

large boulder nearby. He placed her on top of

was telling her

as she looked at him. A roar of

they would soon be caught in the rain. She slumped onto

weight behind him, Luke said, “Hold tight. I don’t want

she could not avoid physical intimacy. “I’ll

put her arms

not force her. He stood up, and the inertia caused Luca to lean

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