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Chapter 613
Chapter 613
"You’re unexpectedly sensitive." Nathaniel took a few steps closer, narrowed his eyes, and gave a NôvelDrama.Org content rights.
smile. "There’s no need to push yourself. I know you must be feeling very uncomfortable right now. You
don’t have to pretend when you’re with me."
Nathaniel’s words sounded very firm, but Hesper had never told anyone about her seasickness
because she did not usually take a boat, so she was very sure that no one knew about it...
‘How did he find out about this?'
"Don’t think too much. We’re bringing you back to Fredonia. There are too many people searching for
you in Halwanest. I just snatched a treasure from them, so how could I send you back?"
Seeing the hint of madness that stained Nathaniel’s usually calm and gentle gaze, Hesper took a few
steps backward and sat back on the bed. "What are you hiding from me? Did we know each other
before? If so, how long ago...? Was it when I was a little girl?"
"You’ve always been smart." Nathaniel took a few steps closer and reached out to caress Hesper’s
forehead, but she dodged him again, as expected. However, Nathaniel did not withdraw his hand,
continuing to rub Hesper’s hair.
Thinking about how Nathaniel was a fraud from the very beginning, Hesper sneered. "Mr. Tucker,
please don’t tell me that you’re about to talk about the past with me. Like, something about me once
saving you, but you having to use me later on for some random reason."
Hearing Hesper’s words, Nathaniel was stunned for split second. The gentleness that had always been
in his gaze reappeared, and he even gave a faint smile.
"If I didn’t know that you’d forgotten everything, I’d think that you were teasing me on purpose."
Hesper was also taken aback for a moment.
‘I was just being sarcastic, trying to exasperate him, but from his reaction, I just hit something.’
Hesper scoffed. "Using me is using me. I don’t care about the reason behind your action. I’ll never
forgive you... What’s more, if I really treated you very kindly when we were young, with all that you’ve
done to me now, I have only one word for you—traitor."
The boat swayed all of a sudden, and Hesper’s face turned pale instantly, while Nathaniel stood still in
place and digested her words. The corners of his lips curled upward into a smirk as if nothing had
happened.
"You can say whatever you want. Everyone has been trying to persuade me to kill you, but I'm the one
who can’t bear doing so." Nathaniel moved closer to her and leaned forward, forcing Hesper into
shrinking backward, but the distance between the two was still rather ambiguous.
"Does Rickard approach you like this too?"
Hesper gazed at Nathaniel calmly, while he met her gaze. Then he stopped moving forward and
lowered his voice as if muttering to himself. "You have no idea know how much I envy and hate him..."
‘Why is Rickard allowed to love you so blatantly and openly? And how dare he not cherish you after
getting you.’
"Okay, take a good rest now. I know you feel sick whenever you’re onboard a ship, but in order to
prevent you from causing any trouble while on our way back, I could only resort to this." Nathaniel
stretched out his hand to tidy up Hesper’s baby hair. "Okay, now go to sleep if you’re feeling really sick.
We'll arrive by then."
After saying so, Nathaniel straightened his posture and walked out of the room.
Hesper resisted the discomfort, stood up from the bed, and took a closer look at the surrounding
environment.
‘The room is luxurious, but there are no sharp weapons, and although there are windows, jumping out
of them would mean that I’ll end up in the ocean. I’m not so desperate that I’ll choose the sharks over
Nathaniel in order to escape. And of course, there’s no communication equipment.’
Hesper looked around, but there was nothing she could use.
They were now at sea, so even if she pretended to be sick or went on a hunger strike, there was no
way that she could stop the ship.