"Mr. Luo, good morning. Your breakfast is ready if you want to eat now." Passing by with a basket of laundry, Maria greeted Luke the moment she saw him.
"Morning! Where's Michelle? I haven't seen her," Luke asked with a frown. His voice was as cold as ice. Obviously, he didn't remember what Michelle had told him a couple of days ago.
"Oh, Mrs. Luo has a class activity today. She's going on a 2-day sketching activity with the entire class somewhere, like a field trip. I think, she told you before. Don't you remember?" Maria looked at Luke in confusion. 'Did Mrs. Luo lie to me? Why did Mr. Luo not know about it?' she thought.
"Ah, now I remember. Sorry, I just forgot it." Michelle did mention it before, but he had been thinking about something else then and hadn't paid attention to what she had said. He actually didn't listen to her much, on purpose.
Luke ate breakfast alone in silence. He had grown accustomed to having a woman around and nagging him. He shook the weird feeling off and decided to focus on his work. He didn't need love, and he would not allow any woman to affect him.
Michelle's classmates were in high spirits and chatted all the way. Michelle, however, stared dejectedly out the window while listening to Hilda's light snore and thinking about Luke.
'Has he gotten up now? Did he miss me when he found out that I'm not home?' Then she shook her head and smiled bitterly. 'Nah. He would by no means miss me. What a humble and delusional woman I am! Last night, I told myself that I should just love me and not love him anymore. But I've begun to miss him again. Ohh well, I have got no pride!'
Their destination was a remote mountain area and although it was cold in winter, this place did not seem to be affected by the changes in the weather and even the seasons. There were green trees and beautiful flowers on the mountainside while there was still ice and snow everywhere else.
Amazed by the beautiful landscape, Michelle got off the bus and took a deep breath to enjoy the fresh air. Then she walked around to enjoy the scenery. This was indeed a good place to draw inspiration from.
"Country bumpkin!" Erin snorted from behind and when she passed by Michelle, she bumped into her deliberately. However, she underestimated Michelle's reaction. Michelle dodged her at once, and as a result, Erin tripped and fell to the ground.
"Ouch!" Erin cried and stared at Michelle angrily. Michelle sneered and walked away. She was in a good mood to see the beautiful scenery and didn't want anyone to ruin it.
They had already booked a local bed and breakfast, which was small but cozy and clean. The bed and breakfast was specially built for travelers like them.
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