Female Novel
Chapter 125
Pierre could feel Selena begin to weigh him down, so he turned to check on her. “Selena, don’t fallasleep! You’ll die here if you close your eyes!” Upon hearing him say so, Selena continued paddlingon mechanically while he kept bombarding her with his overbearing commands. “We’ll soon bethere! Hang in there!” His words replayed themselves over and over again until she could no longerhear them.
Feeling the weight of her own body, she knew she was sinking. I feel like falling asleep and neverwaking up again, she thought. Having fallen into a seemingly never-ending dream, she dreamed ofher own mother. She also dreamed of Juniper, whom she brought to meet her mother. HoldingJuniper in her arms, her mother asked, “Who is her father? Why is your husband not with you?”
Right away, Pierre’s face seemingly popped out of nowhere while saying, “She is my daughter.”
Then, her mother said, “Selena, I’m so glad to see you so happy. Promise me that you’ll continueliving your happy life, alright?”
“No! That’s not it, Mom! Things aren’t how they seem!”
Abruptly, Selena jolted awake. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Pierre’s extremelyhandsome face. “Argh—!”
There was a weird smile on his face. “It’s embarrassing that you would still call for your mother inyour sleep despite being a grown-up.”
Rubbing her eyes, she was finally awake. “It’s none of your business!” Scanning her surroundings,she realized that they were on an island. “So it’s true that there’s an island!” She was suddenlyrejoicing in having lived another day. Thank goodness that I’m not dead. A smile tugged at thecorner of her lips while she thought so.
“Have you been assuming that I was lying?” Pierre snorted before throwing a fruit at her. “Eat up.”
The fruit seemed enticing with its reddish hue, but Selena wondered if she could actually eat itwithout knowing if it was poisonous, considering that they were stranded on an undeveloped island.However, Pierre was already digging in, and her own stomach was growling with hunger. Since shehad high chances of dying either way, she decided she should at least die with a full stomach. Withthat thought in mind, she munched on the fruit.
The fruit was juicy and tasty, so she ate a few in a row, which finally filled her up. It wasn’t until thenthat she looked up at the sky. The sun lit up the pale blue sky that was dotted with a few seagullsflying past them from time to time. Judging from the position of the sun, it was nearly noon. Shedidn’t realize she had been sleeping for such a long while.
After finishing the fruits, Pierre stood up to stretch out. Then, he proceeded to sharpen a treebranch using a knife that he seemingly conjured out of nowhere. As soon as he was donesharpening the branch, he entered the forest with the branch in his hand.
“Where are you going?” Selena tried to follow him.
Stopping in his tracks, Pierre answered, “I’ll try to hunt some game for food. Are you coming withme?”
As she checked out the thick forest, she could feel herself getting goosebumps from the sense ofdread that it elicited. The island itself seemed uninhabited; if it really was uninhabited, it might meanthat there might be beasts in the forest, so she didn’t want to risk her life. “Why not stay here? Whatif you die there?”
Her question was met with a snort from him while he entered the forest. Scuttling forward, she triedto catch up to him, only to find that her leg was in much pain, so she stopped. She had totallyforgotten about her injury. “Suit yourself!” she mumbled, then she went back to sit down on her spot
on the ground. Upon checking her possessions, she realized she had nothing on her person. Evenif she had something, they had probably sunk to the bottom of the ocean. She scanned hersurroundings once again, further verifying that it was indeed a deserted island with nothing.novelbin