Chapter 298 Childish Adults

Since Lance could not push Susan into the water, as soon as he stepped out of the water, he ran towards Williams, who didn't realize what was happening until Lance was already pulling him towards the water. Before Williams could push him away, he found himself already falling into the water and did not hesitate to grab Lance's hand tightly, which made the two of them fall inside.

Williams gasped as he raised his head out of the water and used his hand to push his hair from his face to the back. His dark gaze landed on Lance, who was chuckling to himself but was still in the water and taking his time to wash the filth away from his precious body.

Of course, Williams was not going to let the one who had started it get away with it.

As soon as Susan noticed him leaving the water and coming closer to her, she wanted to run off, but he moved swiftly and carried her in his arms. She kicked, screamed, and flailed about in his arms, but he held on tightly until he got to the water and threw her in.

Susan squealed as she fell into the cold water and totally forgot all her manners as she rained colourful insults on her brother, who smirked at her and gently washed his face in the water.

Seeing how the girls were laughing at her, Susan swore she wasn't the only one going to endure this cold and humiliation. So, as she rose from the water with her hair sticking all over her face, she raced towards Luciana and Alicia and began to pull the two of them with all her might.

No matter how hard they tried to push her away, it seemed like Susan was bent on making sure they suffered the same fate. Paulina had tried to save Alicia from it when they got to the water, but unfortunately, she was dragged into the water too.

That was how Lance, Williams, Susan, Alicia, Paulina, and Luciana found themselves in the water while Alvin, Harvey, and Harold just watched them, wondering what kind of childish adults they were.

After Lance and Williams left the water, the ladies were allowed to finish washing up while the men stayed far back to keep watch over them with their backs turned to them. Williams and Lance had to return to the inn to dry their clothes before they caught a cold.

The men left could hear the ladies chattering and laughing over the food fight, while Luciana and Susan admitted that they had never experienced such a fight before. Alicia told them it was normal, while Paulina looked at them strangely, wondering what was fun about wasting food.

Alicia also told them about pillow fights and how it was fun, especially when the feathers were flying all around the place, and while Paulina worried about cleaning up the mess the pillow would make, Harold wondered who the hell she had even had that kind of moment with when he knew she had no close friends.

Alicia had no idea of the kind of unpleasantness she had caused a certain someone as she splashed some water on Susan and Luciana, and soon all four of them started a water fight that had them laughing out loud while Harold tried not to get angry at the waste of time.

He tried to remind himself that as long as Alicia was having fun, there was no need to be upset or hurry them along. He had brought her out of the palace so she would recover, and he should be grateful that she was doing so well.

Soon the ladies got tired and began to leave to the back of a large rock to change their clothes one by one. Once they finished and it was time for the guys to do the same, Alicia stood there, causing Harold to raise an eyebrow, "Why are you not returning to the inn?"

"We will keep watch too while we wait for you to finish," Alicia said, and the men looked at her like she had lost her mind.

"We can look after ourselves. Alvin will escort you back to the inn," Harold ordered, but Alicia planted her feet on the ground stubbornly.

"What do you mean by that? You kept watch while we had our bath. It's only fair that we keep watch too, isn't it?" Alicia asked the other three girls, who were about to nod, but one glance at Harold, and they both shook their heads.

"Return to the inn and wait for us," Harold said, and seeing that her stubbornness wasn't working on him, she decided to change her tactic and pouted instead.

"But I don't want to leave your sight," she said in a sad tone, making Alvin look like he was cringing, while Harvey was just staring intensely at her with an unreadable gaze.

Harold sighed in resignation as he said, "Fine. But you don't have to keep watch. You all can sit under the tree over there and wait for us to finish," Harold said, and Alicia flashed him a smile as she pulled Paulina and Luciana along with her while Susan followed excitedly.

"Should we spy on them?" Susan whispered as soon as they got to the tree.

Paulina's face flushed immediately and she shook her head while Luciana looked at her like she had lost her mind.

"Let's spy on them!" Susan whispered excitedly again, and they all turned to their gang leader, Alicia.

"Why are you whispering when they're far away?" Alicia asked the same question Paulina was curious about, and Susan exchanged a look with Luciana.

"We have to be careful since we don't want anyone to hear this," Susan whispered, and Luciana nodded before she stuttered with a red face, "But... we can't spy on them."

Paulina nodded immediately in agreement.

"I bet you've only seen Prince Ivan's body in your entire life. Aren't you curious to see the bodies of other men?" Susan asked mischievously.

"At least I have seen one! You haven't." Luciana eyed her in displeasure.

"Who said I haven't?" Susan asked, and all eyes turned to her.