Chapter 201 - The Islet Mystery 17

Shiela couldn't hold it anymore. She had long desired to have someone to listen to her, to understand how she felt, and, most of all, someone she could trust with her secrets. She threw herself at him, and Mr. Dioko hugged her back. She felt the presence of her father again, and she started to cry.

"Looking at your eyes now hurts me. I can't imagine my daughter's fear back then, and it is something I regret."

Allie smiled as she heard him;  she had always admired him, even as a child. "Dad, how about gathering together and have a sincere talk?"

"But I guess, Shiela is already so tired, and she needs a rest," Mr. Dioko replied, gazing at her with a worried look.

"I love it, sir. I also wish to know all of you better."

"We may all come to her room after thirty minutes. I'll get her warmed up, first." Ryan replied, to Shiela's great surprise. She thought he would object it, knowing that he was very concerned about her health and her rest.

Ryan had Shiela hop on his back, making Chloe giggle hard. "Auntie, you're also playing a horsey-horsey?"

"Yes, darling," Ryan laughed, and  he reached out his hand to pinch her check, "and I'll make it sure she'll get many rides before we go back to the city." 

"Really, uncle?" she gasped in pleasure and added, "may I also join the ride?"

"But baby, it is going to be very dark," Ryan replied with an amused expression before he burst out in laughter.

"Why is it going to be so dark?" Chloe stared hard at him, her little face registering her confusion.

Shiela twisted Ryan's side, and he swayed and laughed harder. "Stop confusing the child!"

Ajie then picked Chloe up with equally amused looks and whispered into the child's ears, "Stop asking, baby. Uncle is talking about a night horse."

Cherry giggled as she saw Chloe's big, round eyes, gazing into her dad's face in a puzzled expression.

"Baby, let's go, uncle could no longer wait to ride in his night horse. We don't want to delay him."

They parted ways as each of them went to their respective rooms, but Chloe held her puzzled gaze at Ryan until they disappeared.

"You're shaming me," Shiela growled as soon as they left.

"You're giving all of them the impression that I am cheating with you behind your fiancee's back."

"Leave them thinking that way. I couldn't care less," he shrugged before turning the doorknob.

"But I don't want to be a villain in your love story."

"It's because you are the female lead."

Ryan placed her under the shower as he rinsed them both from the salty water. He was preparing a bubble bath at the same time, and after a while, she could already smell the scent on it. He began taking off their clothes as soon as the tub was ready, and then he placed themselves both inside.

"I hope the warm water and the essential oil could ease your body pains a bit," Ryan said as he cuddled her.

"Hmmn," she replied, closing her eyes as she felt the therapeutic effect of the warm bath against her body.

"If you want to stay longer here and do not want to talk to them yet, I can go and tell them."

"It's alright. I want to know them more also." 

"But, you are tired."

"A cup of black coffee will perk me up."

"Then, I'll make one for you."

As soon as the water cooled down, they both got up and rinsed. It did not take long after they had changed into a new set of thick sleepwear when they heard a slow knock on the door. Ryan opened up a small box on the wall, and to her surprise, it was a monitor showing Jullien outside the door.

"Never open the door without looking whose outside, first, " Ryan spoke out over his shoulders. To her further surprise, he went to the other side of the wall and realized for the first time that there was another door connecting to the next room. She shuddered at the thought that perhaps,  Ryan had another room in between hers and Jullien. And to prevent Jullien from knowing that he was inside her room, he would enter through that door in the middle room. 

Her legs started to shake at the new realization. She went back to the monitor to see what's going on outside, and to her shock, she could hear their conversation. Why did Ryan expose these secrets to her?

"Sweetheart," Jullien greeted him as soon as he came out of his secret room, but she got shocked again that he didn't come out through the door next to hers.

"Jullien, why are you there?" he said as he approached her, leaning his body on the wall the moment he was a meter away from her.

"I was waiting for you. I want you by my side," Jullien said, pouting her lips, as she ran her hands on his chest.

"I have guests, Jullien. Why don't you sleep early?"

"I want you," she said in a flirty voice, rubbing her lower body against his.

"That can wait until our wedding night. Go back now."

"Just please sleep with me tonight."

"We have plenty of time for that in the future."

Shiela felt her legs losing strength as she watched and listened to them. Jullien looked beautiful in her thin nightgown, outlining her flaunting curves beneath the transparent material. She returned to her bed. She could not afford to watch them making out outside her room. If Jullien could dare to kiss him in front of a crowd, how much more when they were alone?

She picked up her phone and opened her social media accounts. She must occupy herself before Ryan would come back. She didn't want him to suspect that she was sneaking and watching them through the monitor.

An advertisement popped up on her phone, and her eyes got wide when she saw Jullien on the photo. Beside him was Ryan, looking down on her with those tender eyes of them. She clicked on the link right away and read its story. She then felt like fainting the moment she read the first paragraph.

"The heir and heiress of MS Sciences, Inc., Mr. Ryan Paul Te, and Dr. Jullien Sy, have finally confirmed that they will be tying a knot in three months..."

Mr. Ryan Paul Te? And not Ryan Neil Yu?