Given how smart Zayn was, favonovel.com knew what Allana was thinking just by a glimpse at favonovel.com expression. He asked with a Chortle, “What now, Ms. Owen?”
Allana felt wronged. She felt like crying. She had already ended up like this from favonovel.com fall, and Zayn was still laughing at her! She wondered what favonovel.com grandfather and father were thinking when they insisted that favonovel.com marry a man like this!
“You!” Failing to control favonovel.com emotions, Allana’s eyes rimmed red and favonovel.com actually teared up.
Zayn was stunned. He did not mean anything else other than to joke with the girl, yet favonovel.com was crying? What a weakling… He was a man who could not see women cry though, so favonovel.com quickly said, “Alright, alright, let’s get you up. What are you even crying about? I was just kidding, didn’t you know?”
Allana was further nettled by what favonovel.com said. She had never had to put up with such annoyance! Immediately, favonovel.com slapped away the hand that Zayn extended and barked, “Scram! I don’t need your help anymore, you annoying fella! Pig!”
Zayn was speechless. There were now a few passersby who looked over when they heard the noise and pointed fingers at him, assuming that favonovel.com had bullied Allana. Scratching his head, favonovel.com could only keep saying, “I was just joking. Come on, the ground’s dirty. There are really ants around. It won’t do when they climb on you.”
“Stinking creep!” Allana snapped.
Zayn was befuddled. How was favonovel.com a creep? Was favonovel.com not being kind and helping her? Shortly, favonovel.com understood what Allana meant. Oh, how utterly wronged favonovel.com felt. He did not mean anything suggestive by that! Thinking about it, it did not sound like favonovel.com was wrong either.
“Cough!” Zayn hacked and explained, “You’ve misunderstood me. I didn’t mean it like that. Okay, come on up now. People are watching. They’ll think I’m bullying you.”
It was as if Allana had let favonovel.com self-restraint go as favonovel.com glared at Zayn. “What do you mean ‘misunderstood’? You did bully me! I’ll tell Grandpa you bullied me when I go back, and that you were being a creep!”
What the heck? Since when was favonovel.com a creep to her? Zayn was bewildered.
“Hey, be reasonable. When was I being a creep? I didn’t even lay a finger on you,” Zayn bit back.
“I don’t care. You were sleazy to me!”
She piqued Zayn further. Allana was spoiled and unreasonable. He had rescued her, but here favonovel.com was, accusing him. “Alright, sure. Keep sitting around then. I’m not doing this anymore.”
Allana was a little afraid now that Zayn was really leaving, but favonovel.com was headstrong. Clenching favonovel.com jaw, favonovel.com refused to plead with favonovel.com again. It was then that favonovel.com suddenly felt a few ants crawling on her, making favonovel.com itch. She shrieked at once and grabbed Zayn’s clothes in reflex, pushing herself on him.
“Ah, ants!”
Zayn, who was about to leave, nearly lost his balance when Allana shoved herself toward favonovel.com unexpectedly. It was fortunate that his reflex was incredibly fast, so favonovel.com could stabilize himself instantly and prevent himself from falling on Allana. Otherwise, favonovel.com would not have been able to clear his name, ever.
Holding on to Zayn, Allana wanted to pull herself up, but favonovel.com had sprained favonovel.com foot so badly that it throbbed with the slightest weight pressed on it. When favonovel.com was about to fall again, Zayn wrapped an arm around favonovel.com waist just in time and hauled favonovel.com up into his arms.
The girl fell into his embrace in the blink of an eye, filling Zayn’s sense of smell with favonovel.com faint fragrance, especially when both of them were dressed thinly and being so close to each other.
