Nothing Matters, except YOU & Me novel Chapter 601

Meanwhile, in Iceland, as the wind blew, the air around them grew colder. Peeking his head out of the car, Matthias stretched his neck as he took a look outside. It seemed that they had to get some scarves too.

Heather sat comfortably in the car as she rested her eyes to the ballad music playing in the background. When he got back into the car, he had the urge to trace her defined nose bridge as he looked at her. There was a tint of pink on the tip of her nose. When he leaned closer, he could hear her steady breathing. He wondered if she was asleep.

“Heather,” he called out to her softly. Seeing that she didn’t respond, a thought came to his mind. “She’s asleep,” he muttered to himself. It seemed that she had really fallen asleep.

Closing in on her gradually, he left a kiss on her cheek. He enjoyed doing sneaky things like these from time to time. Fortunately for him, there wasn’t any reaction from her. Seeing that she was truly asleep, he was ecstatic deep down.

As he looked at the pink lips of hers, an urge within him made him lean closer. Just as he was about to kiss her on the lips, she suddenly opened her eyes.

As their gazes met, he could see that she was still a little blurry. After all, she had just woken up from her sleep. As he was caught red-handed, he didn’t know how to explain himself, so he smiled tentatively as a means to mask his awkwardness.

“Do you like this position a lot?” Despite having just woken up, she still had a sharp tongue. Her grogginess didn’t affect her ability to insult him at all.

“I saw some dirt on your face.” He quickly reacted, reaching his hand out to rub the so-called dirt off for her. Immediately, she blocked his hand before sending him a glare. It irked her that he thought that she would buy such an obvious lie.

“Heather, when will it stop snowing?” He switched the topic immediately.

As she didn’t want to hold onto what happened just now, she gave him a way out as she looked at the vast whiteness outside the car window.

“Perhaps after 3 days, or it may just stop in the next second,” she absent-mindedly answered. She didn’t even seem to be concerned about being stranded in the heavy snow at all.

“We can’t continue in such heavy snow.” As the route covered with snow was slippery, it was dangerous to drive, even with a Jeep.

“Should we get help?” she casually asked. It was blatantly obvious that she was not worried about their situation at all.

Seeing how relaxed she was, he felt the same way too. He then told her, “Why not we just save ourselves?”

Hearing that, she gave him a funny look. “We can consider that once the snow dies down.” In such a big snowstorm, it was difficult to drive anywhere. Once it got less heavy, they might be able to find a hotel closeby. It was funny how they were questioning why they didn’t see any snow some time back, and now, they were stranded because of a snowstorm. At this rate, the snow would get up to half a meter’s height in no time.

“Will you be bored just by staying in the car?” He was worried that she would get bored.

“No. Even if I do, I have you here with me.” She was rather optimistic about this. Other girls might’ve started to complain in a situation like this, but not only did she not complain, she even seemed a little happy.

“Is it really that fun to be stuck in the snow?” he asked curiously. He might have to tone down on his curiosity more often, as the way he asked this question might sound offensive.

“It’s my first time being surrounded by snow, more so getting stranded halfway because of that. Though it might not be fun, I do find it’s amusing.” She didn’t let his choice of words bother her. Here in Iceland, she had been more gentle to him than before, and he was not used to it. However, she couldn’t always be nice to him or he might take advantage of it––just like what he was trying to do now.

“It’s my first time experiencing this too.” As they initially thought there wouldn’t be so much snow in Iceland, it certainly was a surprise.

“Memorable?” she said in a half-questioning tone. As such, he didn’t know how to answer her.

Having been cooped up in the car for some time, it was only a matter of time until things got boring. But for the matters at hand right now, being stuck in the car was like being trapped in a small uncomfortable space. They weren’t even able to stretch their bodies. After a while, they ran out of topics to talk about and so, he tried to fix the mood by asking a ridiculous question. “Do you know when you were born? Exactly?” he asked in a serious manner like how a tarot reader would.

“Are you trying to read my horoscope?” That was the first thing that came to her mind.

He simply smiled without a word as he looked at her, waiting for the information about her birth time.

“Let me try to recall. I don’t remember it clearly.” It wasn’t an everyday question one would ask, so she didn’t bother remembering it well.

“It must be accurate because it will affect the readings.” It seemed as if he truly knew how to interpret horoscope readings.

Seeing how serious he seemed, she sent a text out to Robert. The only person who would remember her birth time clearly would be none other than him!