After that kiss, she quickly let go and continued washing those remaining dishes. Her head was lowered, and she felt a subtle sweetness spreading in her heart.
At the same time, Boyce was standing rooted to the ground, as if he was still savoring the warmth of that fleeting kiss.
After finishing up with the washing, Jasmine stuffed the watermelon into a wooden bucket which was filled to the brim with well water, “The water from the well is cool. It can make the watermelon more refreshed, and we can eat it later.”
After saying that, she raised her head and looked at him, “I am going to take a bath.”
Boyce immediately replied, “I will be out there.”
After saying that, he shut the door as he left the room.
Jasmine didn’t move an inch, and the corners of her lips were raised.
Boyce took a seat on a stony bench under the tree. A soothing breeze was in the air, so he didn’t feel stuffy.
He was figuring out a way to spill this to Wendy so that he wouldn’t hurt her.
After all, he was the one who went back on his words.
“Can I sit down here?”
Boyce looked up to see Keith walking towards him. He approved, “Just sit down.”
Keith sat down on the other end of the bench.
He was gazing at the endless starry night sky when he asked, “Will you be together with her?”
Boyce gave a vague response under his breath.
Keith was a little down, “How I wish that you never appeared. Perhaps she would accept me. She is the first girl that I love.”
Boyce didn’t say anything to that.
It was pointless to debate over something so hypothetical.
In the end, he appeared, and he was able to look at himself earnestly and affirmed his feelings.
“What do you do? Will you be able to take good care of her in the future?” Keith suddenly felt anxious about Jasmine’s future life with this man. Boyce’s curiosity was piqued, “Why are you interested in that?”
“You said that since I am not working, I can’t give her a good life. What about you? Can you give her a good life?” Keith refuted with a vehement tone.
Since he was criticized before, he finally got his chance to have a few words with Boyce now.
Boyce simply felt that this guy was a little childish, “I can’t promise her a life of luxury, but I am for sure be able to provide for her.”
“Are you trying to fool me? Your answer is too vague. You can provide for someone even if both of you are living in poverty too. If you can’t give her a quality life, then what difference is there between you and me? The reason you don’t want to tell me your job is it because you are embarrassed?” Keith’s tone grew sharper as he rambled on.
He still had some frustration in his heart, so he was venting it out on Boyce.
Boyce simply stared at him without any trace of emotion, and just as he was about to retort, the door opened Jasmine appeared dressed in her pajamas. She had washed her hair, but she didn’t blow dry it yet with how those hair were glistening with moisture. She had overhead what Keith had said despite being in the house just now.
She didn’t like the fact that Boyce was getting interrogated here.
“He is the deputy director of the Public Safety Bureau. Do you think his position is good enough?” Jasmine’s expression was very cold.
She respected Keith and saw him as a friend, but she couldn’t stand it if he was going to speak to Boyce in such a manner.
Putting aside the fact that Boyce was someone distinguished, even if he was a nobody, she still wouldn’t tolerate anyone badmouthing him. In her eyes, everything about Boyce was nothing short of amazing.
Keith was dumbfounded as he stared at Jasmine. He found it hard to believe that Jasmine would have such a huge reaction. He quickly explained, “IâI don’t mean anything else, I am just afraid that you won’t be happy if you are together with him…”
“Then, do you really think that happiness can be attained by using money?” Jasmine cut him off with a witty and sharp reply.
Keith protested indignantly, “It was Mr. Shawn here who told me that without a stable job, I won’t be able to bring you into a good life. That is the reason I was probing him about this.”
He no longer addressed Boyce familiarly.
He no doubt felt that Boyce had taken away his opportunity.
If Boyce never appeared, he would have stood a chance.
Jasmine looked at Boyce wordlessly but her expression indicated that she was trying to validate what Keith had just claimed.
Boyce coughed lightly as he admitted truthfully since he was not someone who would run away from his deeds, “I did say that.” Jasmine hooked her arm around his, “What you just said, they were all correct.”
Keith didn’t know what to say for a moment.
His eyes widened as he tried to comprehend what was going on.
“Jasmine, you are being unfair here. Why is he the one who’s always correct while I’m wrong? You are being too petty.”
“He is my boyfriend, and I like everything about him. Even if there is something wrong with him, I will still think that he’s right. Do you have any problem with what I said?” Jasmine knew that she was blatantly “biased” here, but all she wanted to do was to protect her man.
This was because Boyce belonged to her.
She really loved and cherished him.
“Jasmine, you’ve changed. You were never this unreasonable in the past.” Keith found himself getting harder and harder in his understanding of her.
She used to be someone mellow and kind, but why did she turn out like this?
Could it be that love had turned her into someone who didn’t know reason anymore?
“No matter how great your love is for someone, you can’t discard your real self. As time goes on, he will look down on you and then his love will turn to resentment and in the end he will abandon you.” Keith was worried that Jasmine would get hurt. She was in a very belittled position in their relationship, and with the passage of time, she would slowly get the cold shoulder from Boyce.
Jasmine picked up Boyce’s palm and intertwined her fingers with his. She knew that Boyce wasn’t an irresponsible person, and she believed him fully as well as her own judgment.
“If I never have feelings, I won’t even consider putting in any effort, but if I fully love him, I will give him everything that I have. Even if time proves that I am wrong about him and I get hurt, I will be okay with it too.” Jasmine was gazing up at Boyce intently, but her words were directed at Keith.
Keith felt incredulous after hearing Jasmin’s logic. Why didn’t she try to do the best prevention? ‘Why did she have to succumb fully to her feelings? Why didn’t she give herself some leeway in case something went wrong?’
“You fool. People used to say that a woman who is madly in love has zero intelligence. I can finally prove that with my own eyes.” He turned around to leave after leaving that sentence, but he stopped short after taking a few steps. He turned to look at Boyce and warned him, “Be good to her. If you don’t treat her well, I won’t hold back on you. Your position won’t do you any good. I will punch you no matter the circumstances!”
After proclaiming that, he marched away.
Boyce called out to him, “I won’t give you a chance to punch me.”
Keith momentarily froze in his steps, but he didn’t turn around anymore and he didn’t answer Boyce. He marched forward once again, and his somewhat lonely silhouette gradually disappeared into the night. Jasmine let out a sigh, “I actually don’t know whether I will regret this. I have pushed away someone who cares so much about me.”
Boyce raised his brows and tilted his head at her, “You are regretting now?”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.