Sugar Dating with CEO

196 Watermelon

“I didn’t promise to keep your existence here a secret from Zeline.”

Arthur’s words made Kalea turn to him with an annoyed expression. “You said you could do it!”

“Now that I think about it, it won’t last long. That girl really wanted to see you, she got sick and locked herself in her room because you didn’t tell her about your escape,” Arthur explained as he lit a cigarette and took a drag. “Zeline really thinks of you as her best friend.”

Zeline’s heart stunned, guilt getting the better of her when she knew that Zeline had suffered quite a bit from being abandoned by her. Kalea’s upset expression slowly turned into a sad one. She also wanted to meet with Zeline, but she did not want to do it in the village. Arthur’s presence must have made Kai uncomfortable, so Kalea did not want to further trouble the man with the scarlet hair.

“After Zeline, aren’t you curious about where I was when you left?” asked Arthur, his gray eyes staring intently at Kalea’s hazel ones. Quickly, Kalea broke the gaze, staring straight ahead with a flat expression.

“I don’t care.”

“I’m suffering so much. Wondering what I did wrong, when all this time I thought I had treated you very well.”

“I told you I don’t care.”

“But I was wrong. I realized more and more that I was just afraid of loving you. I always avoided because if I was serious about these feelings, I would really love you especially after knowing how you feel about me,” Arthur said. And this time, Kalea was a little interested in Arthur’s words, making her turn back to the man. “I realized too late, Lea. I really love you.”

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“Like you said, you’re too late,” Kalea retorted, making Arthur weak. Kalea’s defense really was that strong. It was not even noon yet, but Arthur’s spirit was already drained.

Shortly after that, Kai arrived with the watermelon as mentioned earlier. Kalea, who saw it, smiled widely, looking forward to her tongue tasting the delicious fruit.

“Wow! It’s so big!” Kalea exclaimed excitedly, Kai just chuckled amused then placed the watermelon by Kalea’s side and began to cut it into segitia shapes. Kai thrust one of the biggest pieces of watermelon to the brunette girl. The flesh of the watermelon looked red and delicious. Kalea happily accepted it. “This is so good! You never fail to grow fruit, Kai,” Kalea praised sincerely.

“Of course I’ve failed. But thank goodness if you like it,” Kai replied with a sweet smile. Happy that Kalea was in a good mood again, he did occasionally notice Kalea who looked sour-faced because she was alone with Arthur.

“Hey, I want some too,” Arthur said, breaking the interaction between Kalea and Kai. Actually he did not really want watermelon, but he hated seeing his sugar baby’s closeness with other men. He did not come to see Kalea to see her making out with someone else and ignoring him.

“If you want, you can pick it up directly in the garden. I can help you,” Kai replied impliedly to Arthur not to take Kalea’s property and not to be alone with the girl.

“I don’t need the whole fruit, I just want to try one slice. How stingy you are,” Arthur sneered as if inviting an argument.

“Why don’t you do Kai a favor instead of just sitting here staring at it?”

Arthur turned to Kalea with a furrowed brow. What kind of nonsense was this? Someone like him turned gardener? In the middle of this hot day?

“I’m not standing still, Lea. I accompanied you here, worried something might happen to you,” Arthur retorted defensively.

“Hmm, Lea has often stayed here alone but nothing ever happened. I think you worry too much, Mr. Jefferson,” Kai said.

“Yes, I do worry too much. Now that I’m here, I’ll be with Kalea every second.”

Kalea’s eyebrows knitted together in annoyance, as Arthur continued to make her blood boil. “Huh? Don’t be crazy, Arthur. Don’t make me hate you even more.”

“Don’t! Sorry, don’t hate me,” Arthur pleaded with a pained look on his face. Kalea kept a little distance especially when Arthur held her hand.

“Let go of my hand.” Kalea tried to remove her hand from Arthur but he continued to stare at her with a gaze that made her falter.

This bastard.

“Do you hate me?” Arthur asked.

“If you keep holding my hand, then I will hate you.”

Arthur quickly let go. Kalea rubbed her hands together in annoyance, while Kai’s expression was hard to interpret as he watched Kalea and Arthur’s interaction.

“Mr. Jefferson, if I may know, what is your reason for coming to this village besides pursuing Lea’s love?” Kai asked changing the topic.

“Huh? Nothing. I only came here for Lea,” Arthur replied convincingly.

“You told the village chief that reason?”

“Of course there’s a little spice to the lie. Why do you ask?” Arthur asked back, suspicious that this village man would suddenly ask about that.

“Actually I’m a little overwhelmed, can you help me for a while?” Kai asked suddenly, making Arthur surprised.

“Huh? Why should I?” protested Arthur objecting. His emotions rose a little because Kai was suddenly so presumptuous to ask him. He knew it must be Kai’s trick to keep him from being alone with Kalea.

“If you don’t want to, let me. What can I do for you, Kai?” Kalea relented, she was already up from her seat ready to help Kai even though she did not know what he needed. At least she could get away from Arthur.

“What? You can’t do anything strenuous. Have you forgotten the human language?” Arthur grabbed Kalea’s shoulder and told her to sit back down.

“You who don’t want to help Kai don’t have to stop me from doing what I want to do!” Kalea snarled in annoyance as she brushed Arthur’s hand off her shoulder.

“Okay, fine! I’m going to help this guy. So just sit tight here, Baby.”

“I’m not your baby.”

“But you are.”

Kalea hissed in annoyance, not wanting to look at Arthur. Kalea should not have been upset so much for fear of interfering with her pregnancy condition, but the culprit who had upset her was now back and hard to get rid of.

“So what was I told to help with?”Arthur asked, the flat look on Kai’s face contrasted with the one on his sugar baby.