Scarlett's POV:
In the amusement park...
Charles brought me to the roller coaster.
It began to move and rose slowly, inching towards the top.
Frightened, I subconsciously grabbed Charles's hand and gripped it tight. "Why are we riding the roller coaster? Have you ever rode on one before?" Charles separated my fingers slowly and clasped our hands together. As the roller coaster was about to reach the highest point, he suddenly turned around to stare deeply at me. He spoke to me, and his voice was a seductive whisper. "Isn't this exciting?"
"N-no. Ahhhh...!"
The roller coaster jerked and took a sudden sharp turn downward, blowing away my words. I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs. Mercifully, the ride soon ended. After I got off, I felt as if I was floating and walking on air. I didn't have the strength to care about where Charles was taking me to.
"Let's do this." Charles stopped at a certain spot.
I looked up to where he was indicating. Immediately, despair filled me.
It was bungee jumping!
However, I didn't let Charles have his way this time. I dragged him away from there and took him to ride bumper cars instead.
When the staff asked me if I wanted to drive with my friend or alone, I glanced at Charles and chose the latter. The interior of the bumper car was narrow, and I didn't want to sit shoulder to shoulder with him.
The moment I started the car, a huge force banged into me from behind and my car jerked forward violently. I turned around to glare behind me, my eyes burning with anger, only to be met with a playful gaze. Charles was grinning cheekily at me, amused.
"Charles!" I gave him a warning roar.
Charles acted as if he hadn't heard anything and kept running into my car over and over. My car bounced back and forth, attacked from all sides not just by Charles, but also by other players in the ring. All the spinning and jerking around made me extremely dizzy.
When I finally staggered out of the bumper car, I clutched the railings for dear balance. It took me a while to recover from the dizziness and return to my senses.
"Are you okay?" Charles asked concernedly as he hurried over to me.
Annoyed, I pushed him away. "Stay away from me!"
I turned around, about to leave, but my legs were so weak that I almost fell down.
Charles quickly pulled me into his arms and said gently, "Don't force yourself."
I replied with an angry glare, not saying anything. But I was exhausted, so I ended up leaning against his strong and warm chest. I didn't want to move at all.
Charles carried me all the way to his car. He reclined the passenger seat and fastened the seat belt for me.
It was so comfortable, I couldn't help but sigh happily.
Charles then got in the car and took the driver's seat. He looked at me, his eyes narrowed slightly and his lips pursed. The expression gave him the impression of a noble but unapproachable man. However, I could sense a hidden danger behind the look on his face. Nervous, I inched close to the door. "W-what's wrong with you today? Why were you so crazy?"
The way he acted earlier in the amusement park was as if he was venting his emotions.
What did he need to vent? I pondered about it for a long time, but I couldn't find any answer to it.
After a while, Charles finally looked away. That made me relieved.
He drove away from the amusement park and entered the highway. Fewer and fewer cars were present on the road, and soon, Charles sped up.
The scenery outside the car blurred rapidly. I looked at the dashboard, only to be startled. The speed had reached 120 miles per hour!
"Charles! You're driving too fast!" Fearing for dear life, I clutched my seat belt tightly and looked at the man beside me uneasily.
He had prominent brow ridges, with thick and dashing eyebrows and a pair of deep eyes that seemed to swallow everything. Right now, those deep eyes were looking straight ahead, expressionless. Somehow, I could catch a flash of cruelty in them.
"Charles!" I called him again, but he didn't respond.
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