Chapter 237
The three got in line but Renfrew was stopped at the gate.
“This child is too small. He can’t ride this.” The attendant frowned. “Didn’t you see the height limit? Can’t you young parents pay more attention? Don’t you know how to take care of your kid?”
It was the first time Hesper and Rickard went to an amusement park, so neither of them knew about the height and age limit. They didn’t know what to say when confronted.
“We’re not…” Hesper was afraid that the attendant would think they were a couple, but the attendant didn’t give them time to explain and brought Renfrew to an area next to the ride. He then checked their
tickets.
“Go on, we’ll look after the child.”
“But-” Hesper wanted to speak, but the visitors behind them were impatient and shoved them both to the
front.
Hesper was just ‘taking the ride with Renfrew’, but ended up taking the ride with Rickard. Hesper was speechless but it was too late to turn back. The entrance was blocked by other park visitors, so they couldn’t go back.
“Just stand there and wait if you’re afraid.”
Rickard saw how uneasy she looked and didn’t know why she was still being stubborn. He frowned. “Ren isn’t here, so who are you pretending for?”
Hesper retorted. “I guess you don’t have to pretend to be a caring man anymore, right?”
After the attendants checked their seatbelts, Hesper immediately closed her eyes and grabbed onto the hand next to her.
Rickard wasn’t afraid of heights, so the Drop Tower wasn’t daunting to him. When Hesper grabbed his hand, he turned around and looked at her face.
Hesper had her eyes closed and couldn’t see what was going on, so she didn’t know how gentle Rickard’s eyes were when he looked at her.
The machine slowly climbed higher and higher. Hesper kept her eyes shut tightly and only felt a sense of danger, as if the next moment, she would die of fright when the machine dropped.
The young woman next to her started screaming and that made her even more nervous. Finally, the moment the drop happened, the machine zoomed downward at high speed.
“Aaahhhh-“Screams were heard around them and Hesper lost her voice, so she couldn’t react the same
way.
At that moment, a warm hand grabbed onto hers.
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