Chapter 36: Romantic Rainy Day
Harvey’s eyes stopped for a long time at the photo of Aurora when she was twenty years old. If he remembered correctly, that year was the time she confessed her love to him.
In the blink of an eye, sixteen years have passed, and her youth also follows the flow of time, gradually fading according to the rules.
– Why did you tell that guy that I was your woman? Have we slept together? Aurora smiled and asked when she saw Harvey looking at her photo.
– That statement will make him stay three meters away from you. I’m protecting you. – Harvey replied calmly and returned to the sofa.
– You always avoid trouble like this. You will be exposed if you meddle in other people’s love affairs.
– It’s just a restriction. I’m not going at a speed that exceeds the limit of a normal person. I didn’t bite people’s necks or suck blood outside the intersection and I also didn’t jump from the twenty-second floor to the ground.
Aurora quickly put her hand to her mouth to suppress her laughter.
Recalling the moment Harvey defended her in the pub, her heart suddenly felt happy.
Every time she was determined to put him out of her heart and mind, he would appear, rekindle a fire of hope for her, and then disappoint her.
She understood that she had no special talent to touch his heart, which had been frozen for more than two thousand years. His reason is too strong.
– You didn’t say that before, right?
– Because it’s you, I don’t care about strangers.
– Are you courting me?
– Give me a glass of blood, I’m hungry.
Soon, a large glass of blood was placed in front of Harvey. He quickly picked it up and drank it all in one long gulp.
A few minutes later, his mind was completely awake, his limbs stopped feeling restless and uncomfortable.
Because he followed her, he was late for dinner. Fortunately, he didn’t faint on the street.
When the clock struck eight o’clock in the evening, both of them moved to the haunted forest.
Every time Harvey thinks about the name that humans gave that place, he feels funny because there are no ghosts haunting that forest, only two vampires, Maris and Samson.
The moonlight gradually moved higher and hung freely in the sky, radiating gentle light into the jungle.
The deep, echoing sounds made Aurora reflexively, unconsciously lean close to Harvey.
The yellow autumn leaves poured down in strong winds, making her feel like she and he were standing under the romantic rain of autumn.
– She has arrived.
Aurora exclaimed excitedly when she saw a figure in a red dress appear among a flock of owls.
The scene in front of her reminded her of a famous movie, where the female lead came to rescue the male lead with a flock of powerful crows accompanying her.
Large owls quickly flew close to Harvey, grabbed each bag, and then flapped their wings back to the castle.
The little owls lingered to wait for their owners. They scattered and perched on tree branches and looked at the two visitors.
– Did you two come here together? Why do I feel Aurora is so beautiful today?
Maris stepped forward and hugged Aurora. Because she has eyes that see through the darkness, even though the moonlight is fading and the car lights are off, the female vampire can still recognize the blush from alcohol on Aurora’s cheeks.
– If there is anything missing, just tell the owl to bring me the paper. I’ll buy it and give it to Samson when he comes back. Harvey stepped back, leaned his back against the car door, and said.
– Is a month too short? I’m so worried about Lucasta. Maris nodded with a sigh.
– You should worry about Samson. There’s nothing to worry about when people live with other people. Furthermore, she also has me and Aurora.
After speaking, Harvey opened the car door and got inside.
Without an appointment, both girls shrugged and pouted at the same time.
Maris was once human and she realized that there are humans who are scarier than vampires.
Specifically, her biological aunt and her husband conspired to sell her to human traffickers in exchange for a large sum of money right when her mother had just passed away and the man had turned Vincent into ashes.
– A pureblood vampire without a heart. Maris said in a low voice.
– No, he loves Lucasta very much. He was always afraid that Lucasta would go hungry and he bought a lot of milk to bring to the office.
– Really?
– That’s right, one time I saw two cartons of milk in the back seat of Harvey’s car. When I asked him, he said it was for Lucasta.
Maris’ eyes lit up because she was so surprised. She didn’t expect that even Harvey would be conquered by that lovely blonde girl.
Seeing Maris tilt her head to look at the car, the handsome vampire immediately realized they were talking about him.
– Hey Aurora, please stay in the forest with Maris. He lowered the windshield, stuck his neck out, and spoke loudly.
– I’m leaving, goodbye.
When Aurora got into the car, Maris also disappeared with the owls. The forest became silent again, as deserted as its inherent atmosphere.
– Are you afraid to live in such a desolate place?
– If I had you, nothing would scare me.
Knowing her answer would make him uncomfortable, she chose to close her eyes.
Sometimes, she doesn’t want to lie, she wants to express the feelings in her heart even though she knows he knows that.
Not to mention this cold, desolate jungle, if she had him by her side, even if she had to climb Mount Everest to live, she would willingly accept it and not feel cold at all.
– Do you want to go out tomorrow? We go for a walk in the park and eat something you like. – He softly suggested.
– Do you want to be burned to death? She asked, still not opening her eyes for fear that tears of happiness would fall.
– The weather forecast says tomorrow it will be cloudy all day, with drizzle and no sunshine.
– Storm?
– Right. The city is only slightly affected, not so much that you have to hide in your house.
Her eyelids gradually opened and the smile on her lips was distorted.
Lately, she’s been so busy that she immediately goes to sleep when she gets home. She doesn’t watch the news, so she doesn’t know anything about the weather.
When she sees sunshine, she knows it’s sunny. When she sees rain, she knows it’s raining. She doesn’t know in advance.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
People meet to go for a walk on a sunny day, but this guy can only take her out on a stormy day.
– How did you decide? Would you go? He frowned and continued asking.
– Of course, I’ll go. You rarely ask me out, how could I say no?
For several hours, Aurora didn’t seem to sleep, rolling around in bed and occasionally looking at the alarm clock that was spinning its hands at the same speed as an old turtle.
It wasn’t until early morning when the sound of the rain was steadily tapping on the porch, that she fell asleep.
Just six o’clock in the morning, Harvey was at her gate. He didn’t ring the bell but just sat quietly in the car, waiting.
His watch had run out of battery and the short hand stopped at seven and the long hand stopped at twelve from yesterday until now.
He thought he was late, but when he stopped at the gas station, he discovered he was wrong.
As for Aurora, because she slept too late, she didn’t hear the alarm. When she woke up, it was almost seven o’clock.
– Are you here yet, Harvey? Aurora tilted her head, holding the phone on her shoulder while her hands were hurriedly choosing clothes.
– I’m standing in front of your gate.
– Five minutes, wait for me five minutes.
After saying that, Aurora threw the phone on the bed and randomly chose a pastel pink knee-length dress.
Her hands worked quickly and in just five minutes, everything was done.
She nodded with satisfaction when she saw her reflection in the mirror and then walked out of the house.
Harvey drove fast on the main road and then turned into a restaurant. Aurora quickly realized that this was the restaurant where she saw him eating with a strange girl the day before, but then he explained that Lucasta was also with them.
– Those two people…
Looking in the direction her finger pointed, Harvey realized Samson and Lucasta were sitting a few tables away from them.
The blonde girl seemed to be acting spoiled, not holding a fork but forcing her brother to feed her one dish after another. Even hot soup, Samson had to blow on it to cool it before slowly putting the spoon in her mouth.
– Itchy eyes. How could he do such things? She’s grown up already. Harvey gritted his teeth and grumbled.
– I think they look so cute. Don’t you see Samson’s face filled with happiness?
While Aurora was still looking intently at Samson and Lucasta, Harvey quickly skewered a piece of meat on a fork and brought it to her mouth.
His actions surprised her to the point of freezing, her eyes widening and staring at the person opposite her.
– Please eat it quickly. I want to know if the feeling I have when feeding others is truly happy or not.
Admiring whispers rang out around her, making Aurora blush and shyly.
However, she was less proud but more sad and angry because those women said that she was an old girl, specializing in seducing teenage boys.
Because she saw him so often, she had forgotten that there was a nearly ten-year age difference between his appearance and hers.
– How’s it going? Do you feel happy? She quickly chewed the meat and asked.
– No. I feel very normal. He replied leisurely.
There was a bit of disappointment rising in Aurora’s heart. This man is truly an iceberg, he doesn’t know what romance is. Couldn’t he pretend to warm her lonely soul on such a stormy day?
– Now, open your mouth.
– You said you didn’t feel anything. Stop it. She frowned as she looked at the piece of meat near her lips.
Even though she said that, she still accepted Harvey’s care because she knew that if she refused, she would toss and turn tonight with regret.
Harvey doesn’t like eating human food, so he only has this way to make the girl accompanying him not feel lost. Furthermore, to be honest, he also felt a bit happy.
If he only thought about himself, he probably would have asked her to be his girlfriend and just stop at a lover’s relationship, not have children, not be parents, but he couldn’t be that selfish.
He had seen her pamper orphans and he knew she also longed to become a mother like many other women.