Yesseca stared at Tremaine, speechless. "Stop joking around with me. Hogan is so old, I reckon his daughter is as old as Navidia."
Tremaine pointed at his heart and said, "Yesseca, remember this. Whether I'm kidding or not, I will never be with any other women. I'm here only because of you."
As she stared at his serious face, Yesseca's eyes quivered.
Her heart began to beat wildly in the quiet night.
At this moment, Tremaine brought his face closer to Yesseca and kissed her lips.
Yesseca held Tremaine's shoulders with both of her hands. "No."
"What do you want, hmmm?" Tremaine's deep ocean blue eyes gazed longingly at Yesseca.
Her mouth twitched. "I don't want it."
Although Tremaine had already told this to her, she still didn't want to proceed with it with Tremaine, as things didn't seem all that clear yet.
"Yesseca." Tremaine suddenly grabbed her hand. "Do you know how long I've been holding back? I'm about to explode. I fear I'm turning into an
eunuch!"
Yesseca was quiet.
Tremaine drew circles on Yesseca's palm with his fingers. "It's been so long since I've brought you to Nashaland, but I haven't even touched you yet. Yesseca, even the gods wouldn't be able to withstand this."
The image of a helpless looking eunuch and a god appeared in her mind, Yesseca ended up laughing.
She was smiling, but Tremaine wasn't.
He fixed his gaze on her, "Yesseca, can I kiss you now?"
Yesseca's eyelashes fluttered gently. She wanted to reject his advances, but when she saw how serious he looked, she just couldn't.
Tremaine noticed that Yesseca hadn't responded. He stretched out his right hand and grabbed the back of her head. He then slowly brought his lips onto Yesseca. Just as their lips touched, a cell phone began to ring.
No one knew what to say for a moment.
Yesseca was so shocked that she bounced away from him.
She took out her cell phone. "I've been waiting for this call. I'll have to take it."
Tremaine was alarmed.
He had reached his limit!
"Enough of this nonsense." Tremaine said, "Hang up right now."
He was about to explode.
Yesseca picked up the phone but then her face fell. "What? Your house exploded?!"
Tremaine and Yesseca rushed over to Preslie's home.
Preslie's kitchen had been destroyed, and her living room and bedroom were a mess. She was standing in the middle of this giant mess with an ashen face.
Seeing Yesseca arrive, she cried out loudly, "Yesseca, I was scared to death. I was just preparing some noodles, but then the kitchen blew up. I was so scared. I thought I was going to die..."
Later that day, Yesseca finally figured out what had happened.
It turned out that Preslie was preparing some noodles for dinner after she got home. She had gotten distracted and didn't notice that the stove was faulty. Then the kitchen filled up with gas and exploded. Fortunately, Preslie was in the living room when it happened, otherwise she would have died.
"Preslie, it's okay. Don't cry." Yesseca comforted her.
She could empathize with Preslie. If it were her, she would have been so frightened from the huge explosion and would end up crying as well.
Tremaine, who was standing by the side, felt his mouth twitch.
He had never seen such a stupid woman in his entire life. Just cooking noodles would cause her kitchen to explode!
This was incredible!
If she wasn't Yesseca's friend, Tremaine would have made sure to kick Preslie out from Nashaland!
Nashaland would never accept such a stupid person as a citizen.
She finally recovered from her shock after Yesseca comforted her.
She had stopped crying.
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