As soon as she finished speaking and attempted to leave the car, Jonathan suddenly tightened his grip on her arm. "So you're just going to lie to me and then bounce off like that?"
Estelle looked back at him, "What do you propose we do?"
"Either you dine with me now, or you let me give you a kiss. Just a peck, and I'll let you go." Jonathan's handsome face was a blur in the dim light, but his eyes seemed to shine even more intensely.
Estelle glanced at him as their eyes met in the shadowy light, biting her lip softly, "You promised to give me time."
"I can keep my hands off you while you're mulling it over, but I need some form of solace. Otherwise, I might not hold out until you see the light." Jonathan's lips curled up slightly, but his tone was nothing short of tenacious.
Estelle remembered him standing in line under the sun to buy her cake and looked up at him, "Just this once."
"Sure!" Jonathan's voice suddenly dropped a few octaves.
He leaned into her and she involuntarily closed her eyes.
She felt him hesitate for a moment before his cool lips met hers. Her body tightened instinctively as Jonathan, gripping her arm, deepened the kiss. Estelle didn't resist, but Jonathan couldn't feel any warmth or dependence from her, not even close to the mutual pleasure they used to share when they first got together.
He knew, she wouldn't trust him easily anymore. But the more he understood this, the more he yearned for her response, the more he wanted to fill the void in his heart.
After a while, the surroundings seemed to darken even more before Jonathan slowly pulled away, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and chuckled, "That wasn't so terrible, was it?"
He gently caressed her lips with his fingers, his eyes softer than ever, "You should go to Emily's for dinner. She made your favorite dish."
"Okay." Estelle left with downcast eyes, not looking back even after she entered the elevator.
Jonathan watched her leave, sighing softly as he put away his emotions and drove away.
"Estelle!"
Kya threw herself into Estelle's arms, "I missed you!"
"I'm back now, aren't I?" Estelle opened her bag and took out the souvenirs she bought from the eco-park, "These are all for you. Do you like them?"
Kya's face immediately lit up and she nodded vigorously, "I love them."
"Put this in your castle. Let it guard your princess!"
Estelle took out a small horse model and placed it at the entrance of the castle model.
"Is this a donkey?" Kya asked.

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
Xavier will always protect Norah he must admit this to himself and Norah. I believe after they return from this , he'll need to approach Norah 's parents and he'll get support from Jonathan and Ella....
I like how you are getting all the different love interest committed, thank you for the updates....
Hoping Manly have his own love story here, atleast a short one...
Emily has finally stood up for herself. Now with Charlie's support, her mother and sister in law will be as quiet as church mice....
Another epic ten updates... this is great! I'm sooo enjoying this. Thank you for the updates....
Thank you so much for the continuous updates......
This was soooooo sooooo good! I loved it! Thank you for the updates....
Then Melanie and Noreen will both understand that Emily is his wife, who he chooses and cares to be with. We’ve already had so much drama when Emily took off for three years hiding her pregnancy from Charlie. Emily has already confessed that the only man she loves is Kya father, which Charlie is. Now he needs to boldly claim the only woman he loves is Emily…I just had to add my two cents (he he he)....
Now Charlie needs to take Emily to the marriage office like Gabriel did with Sylvia . Reassure her that he will not take for granted. Thank you for the updates. I’m loving it....
May we please have updates. Thank you....