Rachel immediately covered her mouth and opened her eyes. After riding the horse for one round, Rachel got used to the speed of the horse. "I'm sorry. This is my first time riding a horse. I am just a little scared, " she said to Hiram.
Hiram took a deep breath. He wondered why he always found it hard to keep his breathing every time he was with Rachel. A single movement from her could easily trigger his lust. It was so tormenting.
After riding two more rounds, Hiram got off from the horse, leaving Rachel alone on it. Rachel didn't dare to move casually now that Hiram wasn't there with her. She just let the horse slowly walk forward.
Soon enough, Hiram led another horse out. He valiantly mounted the horse like a brave hero. After he whipped at the horse, it immediately galloped towards the vast prairie.
Rachel frowned at the scene. Was he trying to show that he was enjoying himself much more when he wasn't riding the same horse with her?
But she was quickly distracted by Anya, who taught her the basic skills needed for riding a horse. Rachel learned for a while before getting off the horse to take some rest.
Half an hour later, Hiram came back on his horse. As soon as he got off, a worker went up to him and helped him lead the horse back to the stable. Carl came over and handed Hiram his phone before whispering something into his ear.
During these two days, Carl only showed up when Hiram had work to do. Apart from that, he made himself as invisible as possible so that he wouldn't affect the development of Hiram and Rachel's relationship.
Hiram answered Luke Jian's call. "Hello."
"Hiram Rong, your dear younger sister is unwilling to go back to America. I've tried my best. There's nothing else I can do, " Luke complained. For the past two days, Luke had been putting in a lot of effort to persuade Lydia to go back to America. However, Lydia remained stubborn about her decision to stay.
Walking to a nearby bench, Hiram took a towel and wiped off the sweat on his forehead. "There's nothing you can do? I thought you always had a lot of methods to solve any problem! That's why I asked you to help me with this matter in the first place, "
Hiram said as he took the bottle of water that Carl handed to him. He raised his head and drank a mouthful from it.
"Hiram, you're overestimating me. I'm not that great. If you asked me to help you with a lawsuit, then of course, I'd be capable of it. That's what I specialize in. But now, you're asking me to deal with Lydia, a weak and spoiled girl. I can't even touch or scold her. What should I do? How can I help you?"
Luke said in a helpless voice.
"Who said that you can't touch her? You have my permission, " Hiram said. "If you can make her fall in love with you, I'll be happy to call you my brother-in-law."
Hiram's words dumbfounded Luke.
He paused for a while and then said, "Hiram, to be frank, if your sister wasn't so crazy in love with you, I might try to pursue her. But she's head over heels into you. She's willing to even die for you. So no, I'm really not interested in chasing after her."
Moreover, though Lydia was very beautiful, she wasn't the type of woman that Luke liked.
"Really? Fine, so that's all you can do. Leave her alone then. I'm flying back tonight, I'll handle the matter myself after I return, " said Hiram. He hung the phone up abruptly and threw it to Carl, who was standing behind him.
Carl easily caught the phone and said, "Hiram, Lydia called thirteen times yesterday demanding to talk to you directly. I made all kinds of excuses to refuse her. This morning, she called three times again."
Hiram didn't respond. He stood up from the bench and wiped off his sweat with the towel again. Then, he walked towards Rachel and Anya.
Anya was holding her phone and taking a selfie together with Rachel. When she noticed that Hiram was approaching them, she pulled Rachel's arm and said, "Rachel, go over to Hiram now. I'll take a photo of both of you together."
Rachel turned her head to look at Hiram. His outfit today had similar style to hers. It looked like they were wearing lovers' clothes, so they might look like a good match in the photo.
But Rachel hesitated. Should she take a photo with him?
"Hurry up! Hiram doesn't like taking photos. You can't miss this golden opportunity!" Anya urged Rachel. She discreetly aimed her phone camera at Hiram.
Rachel walked up to Hiram and tried to start a conversation with him. "Hiram, is there anything urgent? If you have something important to handle, we can go back home early. Anyway, I've already had a great time here."
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