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*Andrew Pov*

"What are you doing?" she screeched coming to a halt when she realized I am following her.

"I am coming with you." I replied shrugging.

"I am not going to a mall that you decide to come with me. I am going for a bath." She stated, glaring at me.

"It's ok! I don't mind." I mumbled before taking a step towards her and she immediately took a step back.

"What is happening here? You are behaving too weird from past one week. Are you torturing me because I kissed you that day?" she asked with a pleading tone.

"Torture? What torture? I don't know what you are talking about." I replied frowning at her.

"You don't know?" she suddenly asked fuming and started walking towards me.

"You are hugging me to yourself on the cot and then kissing me whenever you are even a little nearer to me. This is not torture?" she asked, poking my check and I immediately held her hand.

"You mean like this?" I asked in a low tone before circling my other arm around her waist before pulling her to me.

"And this?" I repeated pressing my lips to her cheek to which she shivered in my arms.

"And also this?" I asked and gave her a small kiss.

"Well, I can't see any effects of the torture over you. And if I don't know better you are enjoying all this too much." I mumbled before bending my head to press my lips to her neck.

"I have a boyfriend." She weakly mumbled before clutching my shoulders for support.

"So? You have a boyfriend and not me. And that says I don't have any restrictions." I whispered in her ear.

"However, if you really love your Simon then you wouldn't stay in my arms like this." I added and immediately felt her pushing me away.

"You... you... urgh!" she shouted before turning towards the water.

"If you follow me then I will jump into this water and don't forget that I don't know how to swim." She warned before rushing away.

I chuckled and turned back to walk inside the hut. This past week has been too amazing to even dream about.

I am feeling like I am alive again and no matter what how stupid it is to think like that as if I was dead until now but still I feel alive.

She is amazing in every aspect. Innocent, cute and stubborn. Which I always thought would only be in small kids just like Olivia.

"You have to Olivia!" I said, folding my arms with a hard expression on my face.

"But... but I am scared." She mumbled, looking at the water.

"Still, you have to cross the river along with us. Otherwise, how will we reach home?" I asked and she fidgeted with her hands before shaking her head.

"No! I will not cross it." She said in a strong tone before moving back to the tree and sat on the ground.

"Is there any other way?" I asked, looking at Sam, who is always halfway in the water with his half body wet.

"You are asking me that now when I am like this? Another point in my revenge list." He said huffing.

"There is no other way, Sir." Peter said, sighing and I can see they both are also tired with all the journey.

"Olivia! I am asking you for the last time." I stated looking at her.

"And I am saying for the last time." She stated back folding her arms copying my actions.

"Great!" I mumbled to myself before bending down and lifted her up ignoring her cry.

"You just be calm and we will cross in no time." I said and started walking when she nodded.

"It is so nice." She mumbled when we are halfway to pass the river.

"Wait! Can we walk back again? It is really nice with all the views." She suddenly said when we reached the bank making me glare at her.

"Please!" she pleaded with her eyes.

"Don't worry! We will have many rivers to cross." I said and she immediately grinned before getting down from my arms.

"But I will still not walk in that water." She stated and walked following Sam making me chuckle.

I came out of my thoughts and felt the pain inside. Why do you have to die Olivia? You were such a great kid.

Did Victor kill you? Was that why you were terrified to go inside? If it is true, then I must have killed you only by taking near that monster. It is my mistake! I thought, shaking my head still feeling the pain.

"Are you thinking of new ways to torture me?" her voice brought me out of my thoughts and I saw her standing before me.

"Lily!" I whispered before pulling her into my arms and hugged her, hoping that this sudden pain leaves me.

"What happened?" she asked in a soft tone after a few minutes before I felt her rubbing my back.

"Nothing! Just remembered someone." I mumbled and tightened my hold more around her.

"It is ok!" she whispered and we stayed for I don't know how long until she slowly moved her hands before pushing me away gently.

"We should stop doing all these things." She stated directly and I smiled at her before sitting on the cot.

"Do you think it is funny? I am feeling too much guilty." She mumbled folding her hands before standing in front of me.

"Come here!" I mumbled before dragging her onto the cot and make sure she is lying properly.

I put off the light before lying beside her and pulled her into my arms to which she struggled like every day but in the end settled herself.

"Well?" she asked, moving a little to lift her head on my check to stare at me.

"Well, what?" I asked innocently.

"Well, will you stop doing these things?" she asked taking a deep breath.

"How about... no!" I replied and she groaned before pressing her face to my chest and punched beside her head making me choke at the sudden attack.

"Why do you kiss me all the time?" she suddenly asked shaking her head.

"Don't you know? Ok! I will tell you." I replied, to which she lifted her head to know the answer.

"When we shared our first kiss, I felt like something is pulling me into a big loop. Like, something is being taken away from me and asking me too much. It is scary in the beginning, but I like the feeling. So, what are you pulling from me?" I asked, staring at her eyes.

"Me? I didn't understand your words, but it feels like you are doing something which you shouldn't and which would hurt you in the end." She replied staring back.

"Hurt me? Why?" I asked, smiling.

"Because eventually I will go back to Simon and you will be left alone." She replied, turning away towards the side of the hut, making the atmosphere suddenly change like my mood.

"Will you now?" I asked, holding her hair and pulling it to make her look at me.

"Yes!" she replied, frowning at me.

"Then why are you kissing me every time I do that?" I asked, to which she narrowed her eyes.

"I realized how bad I am at all this and want to learn one or two things before making myself fool in front of Simon." She replied after a second.

"Fine! Learn those one or two things." I said crashing my lips to hers and this time it was my turn to squeeze out something from her.

When we stopped for air, she is staring at me with wide eyes. I traced my fingers on her cheeks before holding her face.

"When you look with those eyes of yours, it feels like there is a lot more than that comes to the eye and makes sure we are staring at them only. When you cry, that image gets distracted, which in turn distracts the person who are with. And I will be that person, no matter what along with making sure the image gets never disturbed." I promised her and myself before hugging her and drifted off into sleep.

*Lily Pov*

"I will go and bring some fish. I know everyday eating the same vegetables must have killed you, but I am glad you didn't fussed." Andrew said smiling at me before pecking my lips.

"I will be back soon and be careful." He added and walked away while I just sat on the log still repeating his last night's words.

"Lily! I am pushing down the food. I know we didn't give you any food for last two days, but he was completely behind you so didn't got a chance." I heard Kevin's voice.

"Take it back! I don't feel like eating." I mumbled, not even staring at the box that landed beside me.

"Ok!" he mumbled and started pulling it back with the thread.

"What happened, Lily?" he asked after a minute.

"He... he loves me, Kevin." I mumbled and hugged myself tightly.

"I know!" he whispered.

"But... but how?" I asked feeling shocked.

"You forgot to turn your earrings into off mode to cut off the mike." He replied and I groaned.

"Victor shouldn't..." I started saying but he cut me off chuckling.

"He will not know. No one heard except me as I cut off the speaker for them when I realized what was happening." He said assuring me.

"What to do now?" I mumbled.

"It is a good thing that he loves you, right? Our work will become too easy." He said with a surprised tone.

"Are you mad? This was not supposed to happen. It is not at all a good thing." I said and felt the tears in my eyes.

"Well, who asked you to kiss him those many times when you never did it once with me." Kevin said grumbling.

"Because we never reached the point and you know I was just hurt when we started dating." I said frowning at his words.

"Which stopped immediately because of your Dad." He stated.

"Well, now go and ask his permission. Why don't we date?" I asked fuming at his attitude.

"Now? After seeing the way how you both are while kissing? No chance!" he stated and I turned the mike off by twisting the earrings before pushing my head down.

Oh god! He can't love me. Maybe he doesn't and all this is not love but something else. However, his words are no doubt one hell of a word to say to a girl.

And then I thought the girl would not feel guilty after hearing them even if there was a real Simon in the backdrop.

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hi guys!!! so, how do u think story going... not boring nah? i know confusion will be there like i always said... so dont get confused over the compulsory confusion part ok... everything will be cleared...

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