Is He Alright?

The guards' number had increased and they all lined up and greeted the guy while one already held the car's door open.

Inside the car, Gina glanced out of the window and looked at the bodyguards who were now patrolling the parking lot.

Some had even entered some cars that were now driving behind them.

From the corner of her eyes, Adrian had brought out his phone and was focused on it.

She didn’t make a sound throughout the long hours ride to the mansion, and the guy did not also glance at her and was busy either making calls or also staring out the window.

When the car passed through the huge forest of trees, Gina jerked away from the window and rested her head on the seat's headrest. She shut her eyes, and let out a soft sigh.

If the military guy had not found her, could she still be lying in this cold forest? She might have starved or even worse, froze to death.

‘Ahhhh’ she was never going to try that madness again.

She opened one eye and sneaked a peek at Adrian. He was still staring out of the other window. She let her gaze linger on his side profile.

Why would a normal person live alone in this kind of place? Even though the mansion was beautiful, it was several miles away from the city, how does he go to work every day? Wasn’t he worried about getting late?

The more she tried to get a hang of this mysterious guy the more her headache increased.

Meanwhile, Adrian was also lost in his thoughts. The more he got closer to the girl, the more his confusion heighten. Even the best agencies he’d got could not dig anything out of the normal concerning her background.

What kind of relationship does she have with his grandparents? Why had they pestered him so much to marry her? What was so special about her? And how did they even know her?

His face settled into a frown and his eyes narrowed. And the worst thing was that the old couple wouldn’t tell him anything. He pinched the space between his brows then looked away from the window and said, ”Come here”

‘Huh?’ Gina's brows furrowed. She was almost halfway to sleep when the voice rang through her ears. Was he speaking to her? Or, was she about to have another nightmare?

“I don’t want to repeat myself” his voice came again.

Gina snapped her eyes open with a gasp. She met his dark gaze and let her gaze fall on her now trembling hands.

Breathing in deeply, she shifted toward him until her nose could catch a whiff of his cologne.

“Look at me,” Adrian commanded.

Gina's heart had started pounding again, and fear clawed at her heart. ‘What does he want to do?’

When she looked up, Adrian held her chin but this time he didn’t exert pressure on it. Her palms had turned clammy and she swallowed hard.

Not daring to say a word as their faces were now inches apart, she was about to shut her eyes—

“Don’t!”

Adrian commanded again.

Gina obliged and sat still like a doll as he deeply stared into her eyes. The only thing she could feel at the moment was her erratic beating heart. What has gotten into him? What does he want to do? Her eyes widened but she didn’t dare to move.

Adrian studied the girl’s eyes, his left eye twitching. A gesture that rarely happens, and only when he was both confused and irritated.

“Is this your real eye color?” he asked.

“Y… Yes,” Gina answered with a slight nod. She never expected the devil to also recognize her eye color. Was it that weird? Even though a lot of people had complimented it and said it was an asset to her beauty, as a very rare case, she couldn’t help but feel self-conscious whenever she was given that kind of exploring look. Just like what the guy was doing now.

And she waited for him to call her a weirdo or something worse, just like all kids in school, the last thing she wanted to hear.

However, Adrian did not say anything, his eyes were still fixed on hers and his left eyes twitched slightly, which was strange. How was he doing that? D– Does he have some kind of disorder? Just then, his gaze strayed to her lips and her eyes widened. Even her heart which was beating frantically had stopped.

Adrian cursed inside as he couldn’t take his eyes away. At the sight of those plump lips, the first thing that came to his mind was the cherries on the island.

What was wrong with him? He cursed again. The memories of his teenage years and how he’d eagerly anticipated the butler’s wife to bring him the cherries suddenly flooded his mind.

‘Well, it won’t hurt to have another taste' he smirked. He leaned forward but frowned again as she started struggling.

“Keep still," he muttered under his breath.

“No... please don’t,” Gina pleaded and her body was out of control as it struggled violently. His expression turned dark and even the smirk that looked more like a Cheshire cat's grin was gone.

‘Oh, no' what has she done? She gulped. She felt tears trickling down her cheeks and her anxiety increased. Why couldn’t she control it?

Now, she had managed to poke the devil again.

Adrian broke out of his trance, and his brows furrowed. He remembered the two times she had acted this way, and chuckled darkly. Was she disgusted by him? ‘Ridiculous'

“Regina!” he snapped and pinched her chin. Her eyes were shut tightly and her whole body was trembling. It was as if she couldn’t hear his words.

He watched her for a few seconds, then his left eye twitched, and he finally released her.

Gina scrambled to the other side of the car and wrapped both arms around herself, hugging her body tightly. She didn’t dare glance at him and sniffed back her tears.