Harry tightly hugged her in his arms, and although he was unhappy about her being an actress before, he tried coaxing her, and said, "My wife succeeded in her career only on her personal competences, not her charms!" Although he wanted to say "yes" very much, he had no choice but to coax her in order to avoid being punished by her.
Lola couldn't help but smirk, and said, "That's my husband!"
Then, they went to taste some Bulgarian specialties together, including spicy roast beef and chicken liver. The town was not very big; it was just as big as a small village in China.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when they finally finished visiting every place they had wanted to. The clouds were hanging heavy in the sky, with countless rays of light penetrating them and hitting the ground. It was beautiful. As the photographer, Lola, of course, immediately took many pictures of the splendid scene.
After they returned to Rose Valley, Harry took Lola straight to their room.
Joey was already waiting for them in the room, and there were multiple jars placed on the table.
Whey Joey saw the two people coming in, he bowed adequately and pointed towards the jars sitting on the table, saying, "Mrs. Si, look!"
Lola watched the way he acted and couldn't help but laugh. "Little Joey, how generous you are!"
Joey giggled, "Mrs. Si, please, don't call me this way. I am not accustomed to it!"
"How about calling you 'Dear Joey'?" A cold voice was heard coming from Lola's back. Then, her shoulders were tightly held by Harry's big palms.
Emm... Harry seemed to be angry, so Joey immediately stopped smiling and stood still. "Boss, I'm sorry."
"Harry is so mean. I was just joking with his wife, it's not that much of a big deal!" Joey thought to himself.
"You're sorry?" Harry held Lola's hand and walked towards the jars, and then he turned around and seriously stared at Joey. "If you ever dare to have the same intentions as Chuck, I'll throw you back to Mando Bay immediately and confine you there for the rest of your whole entire life!"
...
The other two people in the room were left speechless when they heard his words; Lola had also probably known that Chuck was into her. But she was actually grateful that Harry liked her so much as to go to such lengths.
Who did she think she was? "A princess charming"? That she could please everybody?
Joey raised his hand and swore right away. "Boss, please rest assured! I never dared to have any kind of malicious intentions towards Mrs. Si, and if I ever dared, I..."
"Boom! Boom!" They heard the sound of thunder coming from outside the window and from the sky.
...
Inside, Joey was really embarrassed by the sudden rumbling of thunder.
He had heard about the weather conditions in Bulgaria, and he had known that thunder and lightning were quite frequent visitors here, but it didn't occur to him that the thunder had come to his aid at the perfect moment...
"Boss..." Joey wearily looked at the man in front of him, and it seemed that Harry had a murderous look in his eyes.
Lola almost choked when she heard the sound of thunder. Was it really a coincidence?
"Get out!" Harry looked at Joey coldly, and he thought that he was another one of his friends who was trying to take his wife away from him! He should really consider about keeping the little woman locked inside the manor forever.
Joey didn't finish his sentence, but he was trying to say, "If I ever dared, I would die without having a burial place..." Hoo. What an unfortunate guy he was.
He now had to make things clear, even though he had to leave, or otherwise he would never have the chance to live a happy life again! "Harry, I really don't have any intentions with your wife. I'm not even capable of dealing with Bonnie. How could I have that sort of intentions with someone else?"
When Harry heard him mentioning Bonnie, he finally eased a bit. Joey and Bonnie seemed to have been dating smoothly each other for a while now, and the serious, and innocent, look on Joey's face made Harry choose to believe him, for the time being.
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