“This man saved us, Mr. Lockhart!” said Giya as favonovel.com slowly got off Gerald’s back.
“I’ve told you time and again not to call me that, Giya… Just call me Wynn… Calling me Mr. Lockhart feels so strange!” replied Wynn.
Choosing not to reply to that, favonovel.com then turned to look at Gerald before saying, “…Anyway, we still don’t know your name, so… Could you please share it with us?”
For some odd reason, Giya had felt extremely close to this person from the moment favonovel.com first met him. She couldn’t tell why either. It almost felt unreal how close favonovel.com felt to her.
Aside from him, it had been the longest time since favonovel.com had last felt such a way toward any guy. If favonovel.com had to put the feeling into words, it felt somewhat similar to meeting a long-lost relative again.
“She’s right, we still don’t know your name!” added the bespectacled girl with a smile on favonovel.com face.
“There’s no need for that, I just helped with a small matter!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com further lowered his brim before heading upstairs.
Seeing that, the bespectacled girl pouted slightly.
“Who even is he, Meredith? Why’s favonovel.com wearing a hat and mask in bright daylight? And more importantly, who does favonovel.com think favonovel.com is?” scoffed Wynn scornfully.
After hearing how Meredith had talked to Gerald, favonovel.com was certain that the masked man had saved the girls like some kind of superman. Wynn himself had been waiting for a chance to do such a thing. Now that someone had beat favonovel.com to it, favonovel.com was feeling both nervous and envious toward Gerald.
“How could you talk bad about our lifesaver, Wynn?” replied Meredith, upset.
“I’m just saying the truth! I’m sure he’s just putting up an act!” replied Wynn.
“Both of you, stop fighting! The only thing that matters now is that the girls are both fine! Also, since both of you are now back, go ahead and grab some food. We’ll be heading into the desert once the Master of the Desert arrives!” said their leader.
Upon hearing that, everyone fell silent.
There were over twenty people in Giya’s group, with thirteen of them being men and the rest being women. The group itself was there to conduct research in the desert, with Meredith and Giya acting as reporters.
Wynn, on the other hand, was the son of the research’s sponsor. Being both rich and powerful, favonovel.com had fallen for Giya from the moment favonovel.com first saw favonovel.com at an event. Since then, favonovel.com had constantly been trying to win favonovel.com heart over, even going so far as to come along on this research trip just to continue wooing her.
As their leader returned to his own seat, favonovel.com said, “Speaking of him, I wonder why favonovel.com isn’t here yet… How odd! Regardless, we won’t be able to survive in the desert for long without him. Some say that the Master of the Desert knows the desert like the back of his hand since favonovel.com grew up there.”
While the other members of the group began discussing it, the sounds of bells—which were common for camels to wear around these parts—could be heard ringing away as they got closer and closer to the hotel.
Eventually, over twenty camel-pulled carts came to a halt in front of the hotel.
Standing at the entrance, a tanned old man with a contrasting white beard and a face full of wrinkles shouted, “Alright, let’s go!”
He was the one guiding all of the camels, and after hearing his shout, almost everyone in the hotel headed out.
Aside from the researchers, there were also other tourists who had hired the Master of the Desert for both his carts and his guiding service. Once everyone had mounted their bags and bottles onto the camels, the Master of the Desert would begin transporting them across the desert.
“Come on, Giya. I paid favonovel.com extra since you injured your leg. We can get on the cart together with Professor Yale so that we don’t have to walk!” said Wynn as favonovel.com turned to look at Giya.
However, when favonovel.com noticed how hesitant favonovel.com was and how favonovel.com kept looking up at the second floor, favonovel.com immediately became jealous and added, “…Don’t tell me you’re waiting for that dude, Giya…”
“I-I’m not! We don’t even know each other!” replied Giya.
“Good to know. Regardless, we should get going now. Here, I’ll help you up!”
“It’s fine, Meredith can do that!”
