Ca.s.sie was restless inside her bedroom. She has been walking back in forth and biting her nails.

She wonders if Shun is now back in the country. She wanted to thank him for the book but, she felt a little bit shy to text first.

Maybe it will be fine to do the first initiation? She just wanted to thank him that's all.

Argh! Ca.s.sie jumps on her bed and shoves her face on the mattress when she heard her phone message tone.

She flew to reach her phone, instantly, she read the sender. She felt like her heart stops beating.

"Hi, how was your day?" The text message says.

Ah, her heart having trouble to beat properly. Gladly Joanna wasn't sleeping over tonight or else, she has to keep it down reacting like this.

Blus.h.i.+ngly, she types her response then she buried her face in the pillow to scream.

"h.e.l.lo, Shun. It's great!"

Ah, did her reply is fine? She is anxious about Shun's next message. She was just thinking about him then he was now texting her.

"Glad to hear that. Still busy at school?"

"Recently yes, but we're on one-week semestral break starting on Monday."

"That's great then." Shun's reply.

"Yup. Finally can take a rest for a while!"

"That's good."

Hmm, he's replying too short now. Ca.s.sie noticing it.

Nothing she did know, Shun is having troubles how he could start up a light but not boring conversation. He is going back and forth while holding his phone thinking what a nice topic he should begin with?

Argh, he never did this before. Does he need to get some reference from the 'How to Talk a Girl Not To Get Slap' book? Or Googled what and not to say during courting a girl?

Ah, what is he? Just hit p.u.b.erty? Moreover, he can't tell anyone or ask for advice from his friends. Most of them are single like him. Funny.

That's right, they were more choose going adventure and work. . . Work then gone on dangerous traveling adventures. Looks like their singleness just getting wastes that way.

Anyways, doesn't matter. They have no energy on spending time with women. It is exhausting more than their work. He and his friends choose to travel the world by sailing and compete with the monster waves in the middle of nowhere around the deep blue sea.

That's right, Ca.s.sandra did have adventures of her life. She does surfing and mountain climbing.

"Then, you and your friends planning on hitting the waves?"

s.h.i.+t! He already sent it! Argh! How stupid of him. Now Ca.s.sandra would be wondering how he should know about her on surfing. He needs a follow-up message!

"Oh, I mean, the island you were living in is one of having a great wave."

Maybe that is fine. Quinn sighed. He's too close to be caught that stalking at her!

Quinn received a reply from Ca.s.sandra, he eagerly reading them and very careful for his reply from now on.

"Ah, yes. But we're prohibited now. Have to get permission to the Tourist Authority and must be old enough."

"Why?" Quinn asked.

"Well. . ."

It takes a little longer for Ca.s.sie to continue.

"Something wrong?" Quinn was curious.

"Uhm, accidents happen that's why uncle Ruben prohibited us now. But totally, it is just an accident."

"Wait, are you in that accident? Or something like?"

Ca.s.sie blushed. How embarra.s.sing for him to know!

"Yes."

"What happen exactly?"

"Oh, I was riding on the biggest wave in that day, but my friend slipped on his surfboard, misses his balance, and he plunged out from then the board hit me."

"That's dangerous!"

Ca.s.sie smiled at Shun's reaction. She wanted to squeals!

"Uhm, am totally fine. I haven't got an injury from it."

"Even so, there are many surfers died from just a small accident."

A warm sensation touches her heart. Shun sounds like really concerned about it and it leaves a great impression on her.

They've continued talking until she remembers about the book.

"Oh, I forgot! I received the book today. It is from you, right?"

"Ahm, thank you, Shun. . ."

"Glad did arrive already. . . of course you are very welcome."

"I love it. I was too excited to know what will happen next, that is a very enticing revelation."

"Happy to hear that."

"Uhm, how did you get a copy even though it is not yet available anywhere?"

Quinn is right, he did guess that Ca.s.sandra will ask like this, so he already prepared an answer, in case of. . .

"Well, the author is kind of a friend of my boss. I got a favor from him."

"Oh, I see. How amazing your boss is, that was so nice of him."

"Yes, he is."

Quinn is smiling alone like an idiot. His amazing boss, huh?

They continued exchanging messages and they talk about a lot of books they have finish reading. Quinn also suggesting more books for Ca.s.sandra to read and promised to lend them if she likes to.

The two of them haven't noticed how old the night. Ca.s.sie was leaning half of her body into her bed and smiling huge while reading Shun's messages.

Quinn on the other hand, he was leaning on his suites floor-ceiling window while tapping his phone screen. . . behind him are the bright city lights.

Sigh, he doesn't want to end the night. . .

• • • • •

Ca.s.sie was woken up from loud ringing tones of her phone.

"h.e.l.lo?" She answered sleepily.

"Ca.s.sandra, honey?"

"Mama? Mama! Something wrong? Have you been crying?" She was nervous hearing her mom's troubled voice.

"Your uncle Martin had an accident, someone called me and he was still in a coma. Since you were on semestral break, can you go?"

"Of course, Mama! I'll pack right now!"

"Thank you, honey. Someone already takes care of your plane tickets. Have a safe flight, honey."

"I want to go but I cannot leave them here also," Hannah added.

"Don't worry, mama! I'll update you when I arrive there."

"Okay, honey. I love you."

"I love you too, mama! Tell papa, I love him as well."

"He's here now."

Her mama pa.s.sed the phone to her father, and they had talked a little before she hurried to pack up.

Ca.s.sie flew to Paris and she spotted immediately the person who picks her up at the airport.

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"Levi!"

"Hey! Ugh, I missed you!"

"Thank you for picking me up. How was Uncle Martin?" She asks right away releasing from hugging each other.

"Well, although the surgery is successful. The doctors still waiting for him to wake up."

"Hopefully he will soon. How about aunt Lydia, and Mimie?"

"They have woken up already but they still weak."

"At least. . . and thank you very much, Levi."

"What are you talking about? Uncle Martin is a great employee we ever have, besides we are very good friends. He is like an extended family to me."

She was touched in Levi's statement. She was lucky to have him as her best male friend. She met him several years ago when she attended her uncle Martin's wedding with her parents.

Although Lydia had a daughter, she is nice to her. That's is why, once in a while, she was visiting Paris before she flies to Africa to be with her parents.

Levi drives her and accompanied to the hospital.

Meanwhile, after a couple of hours, a private plane just landed on one of the Paris International Airport runways.

"Welcome back, Master Quinn."

"Mr. Son, how was aunt Larah"

"She's still not stable, Master. The doctors still monitoring her condition."

Quinn step inside the car and Mr. Son seated on his side.

"Does Derek found out any development?"

"Master Derek continued researching about it. He has to reconsider lowering the dosage for Lady Larah. She can't take the same dosage as yours. She is way weaker than you."

"And her case is worse than mine." he sighed.

Quinn now arrives in Paris Hospital. He quickly steps inside the lift when it opens and presses the b.u.t.ton to that same floor his aunt will be confined once she needs to be sent to the hospital.

After his elevator closes, the next door opens and two people coming out from the lift.

"What would you like for dinner?"

"I think, salad and pasta will be fine," Ca.s.sie replied to Levi.

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