Ca.s.sie looks around if who's visitor brother Daichi saying about, but it is only brother Rudolf was here now who he stayed at the island most of the time to govern the ongoing construction of Quinn's hotel. Then someone suddenly jumps behind him.

"Joanna!" Ca.s.sie happily hugs Joanna and they jump together.

"Wait! You shouldn't jump now you are pregnant!"

"You are right," and the two girls giggles. "Congratulations! I heard you got accepted at Mainland University!"

"Yes. Thanks for the boss for granting me a sponsors.h.i.+p," Joanna whispered.

Ca.s.sie smiled. Shun, no. Quinn, done a lot of things for their friends. Ca.s.sie glance at Quinn who was now helping to grill some pork and burger pattie. She pulled Joanna to sit on the sofa to have a chat, then ask any news about the island. Ca.s.sie could see how Joanna sometimes got blushed, and so she glanced at brother Rudolf who is now helping Quinn to grill the barbecue.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Joanna asked Ca.s.sie.

"Nothing…"

"Did you get mad at the boss when you saw the gossip? Did you slap him in the face? Kick him between his thigh, and confront him?"

Ca.s.sie chuckles. "You were reading too many Webnovels. Real-life sometimes really not happens that way, you know."

"Then?" Joanna listens eagerly to what she will confess.

"It was just gossip, Quinn just picks up someone," Ca.s.sie stared at Joanna's face who isn't convinced to her explanation.

"He already explains why he's the one end up fetching that princess in the airport."

"That's all? You didn't get jealous? Or something?" Joanna is persistent.

Ca.s.sie takes a moment before she answers Joanna. "Of course, I do. But, even though he keeps so many secrets from me and I still cannot forgive him yet, however, I want to trust him on this one."

"Besides, my doctors have been advising me not to get too emotional. I have to take care of this baby."

"Ca.s.sie…" Joanna gives her that kind of expression. She may sound or acted like a love expert sometimes or like an experienced one, but she really doesn't know the feeling of being in love with someone yet.

Even though Ca.s.sie and the boss has a huge misunderstanding but they still together. Is it really that way? What are they holding on to stay together like this even of what happens?

Joanna keeps the thought to herself. Honestly, she could still not fully understand. Maybe if it happens to her, she will beat up that person then break up with him.

"Did you already ask the boss why he lied to you and pretend to be a strange guy?"

Ca.s.sie is shaking her head. "I still can't bring up myself to confront him."

"Why?"

Ca.s.sie looks up and meets Joanna's eyes. What she did afraid of why she still can't confront Quinn about lying to her?

"You really do love him, right?" Joanna asked her.

"Maybe, am still confused right now. I do feel the struggle of accepting this for now. You know how much I yearn to see him and find him… but then? I ended up sleeping with him, going to marry him soon... then now? Am pregnant with our child," Ca.s.sie paused as she got emotional.

"You were still in great shocked? I could still remember how often you would tell me about you having a brother. Even if you have no memories of him while we were growing up, you still keep talking about him. And I never imagined that it was the boss." Joanna felt astounded now she would recall everything since Quinn introducing himself as Shun Crow.

"Yeah… and now because I lost some of my memory, there are things that confused me."

"Your head still bothering you, right? Do you feel nauseating and vomiting again?"

Ca.s.sie nodded. "Quinn, he begs me to take care of us even though I still hate him, and we have this misunderstanding... I can't refuse."

"Then the boss really love you… how about you?"

"Hmm…" Ca.s.sie glance at Quinn and their eyes meet. Her heart beating like this again. She takes back her gaze and looks away.

Joanna excuse herself and dragged Rudolf to escort her to a washroom. Quinn brought her the food he grilled and she began eating them. The burger patty on Cheddar cheese is tasty, she finished even the tomatoes and cuc.u.mber Quinn added.

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Later on, someone arrives very unexpectedly. Their mouth dropped seeing their surprised visitors.

"h.e.l.lo, everyone!" Levi greeted.

"Levi?" Ca.s.sie was really surprised to see him, but she was more surprised to see the person behind him.

"Madison!" She happily runs towards them and hugs Madison like they didn't see each other for years.

"How come?" She asked excitedly.

"I heard, the Circuit for Grand Prix is available to do a  run."

"Really? Then? You will stay longer?"

"A week, yes. Besides," Madison's gaze landed on Blaire and Meisha. "Someone I would love to meet, could you introduce me to them?"

Madison already mentioned to Ca.s.sie that Blaire and Meisha is her NASCAR drivers idol. She was excited to meet them personally then ask advice to become a Grand Prix Champion.

"Of course! You don't need to feel like you're somebody else!" Ca.s.sie is pulling Madison by hand and introduced her to the race drivers couple.

While Madison now talking to Blaire and Meisha, Ca.s.sie went to Levi for a talk… and someone still jealous of seeing them together. Maybe him and Ca.s.sie we're getting okay, but there is no final reconciliation between them yet. Quinn glances frequently at Levi and Ca.s.sie, he wishes to hear what they were talking about. He just feels relief when Joanna came back and Ca.s.sie introduced Madison to each other and the three girls began chatting.

More visitors came by… the Lawrence siblings and their spouses then Andrea and James.

"You… can I make an article have the headlines 'The Blueberry Legend: Delivered by Royal Naval Sub and the Fastest Cargo Plane on Earth'... That would be an epic!"

"Shut up."

James laughs hard and continued teasing Quinn. Ben joins them and Quinn shook his head listening to this cousins' jest.

If they knew how he is more jealous to see that Levi personally brought fresh berries for Ca.s.sie, surely they will tease him more. If he had known, he would have bought a berry farm for Ca.s.sie instead. Why he didn't think about that sooner?

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