Chapter 90: Something wrong with her

Chapter 90; Something wrong with her.

Damien gave Hazel a look that seemed to warn her not to push her luck and Hazel lowered her head, chuckling to herself.

She never thought that Damien would really do something like that just to get her something that would make her comfortable.

It made her feel warm in her heart.

“Aren’t you going to have a taste?” She seemed to remember something and asked, but Damien shook his head.

“I don’t like sweet things.”

Considering that he had been taking Whatever she gives since and only refused for the first time, Hazel was certain that he really can’t stomach sugary things, so she did not force him and enjoyed her drink.

Damien watched as Hazel took tiny sips of the tea while shaking her leg happily, then he shook his head helplessly. She was behaving exactly like a child.

But Damien liked this side of hers a lot. He even wished she would remain like this, but it was certain that when they get back to their pack, things would change again.

The thought made him frown, but Hazel didn’t notice any of this.

That was when a large crowd was seen rushing towards a specific direction and she raised her brow in curiosity.

“What are they doing?” She mumbled to herself, but Damien, whose attention had been solely on her, heard. He followed the direction she was staring at and turned back to her.

“Do you want to see?” He asked and Hazel did not hesitate to nod.

She already finished relaxing, so she wanted to do something fun now. Hazel stood up, dusted her dress and said, “Let’s go.”

Together, the both of them entered the stream of crowd quickly. Damien walked beside Hazel, subconsciously protecting her carefully.

Hazel did not notice as she was busy following the crowd while listening to the excited voices all around her.

So, she didn’t notice a child rushing forward from behind her, and bumped into her. Because she had not expected it, the impact sent her staggering forward slightly, but a strong arm pulled her close and she found herself in a warm embrace the next moment.

Damien had been quietly watching her. Actually, he could have stopped the child from bumping into her, but for some reasons, he didn’t and took advantage of that to pull Hazel close to him.

Now that she was in his arms, something in him sighed in satisfaction like this was how it was meant to be, like Hazel was meant to be in his arms.

Hazel in Damien’s arms was surprised, but she did not struggle free. His arms around her became obvious and she raised her head slowly to see that he was also looking at her with an undefined emotion in his eyes.

The both of them, amidst the tide of crowd, stood still, the noises around them fading into nothing as they just stared at each other.

For a reason, Hazel felt her heart beating fast and strongly lile it was not hers. There was something off about the atmosphere between her and Damien, but she could not tell what it was.

Yet, it placed her heart into a state of unrest.

Damien’s gaze subconsciously drifted to her parted red lips and a sudden, surprising urge to kiss them rose from the bottom of his heart.

He was shocked by his own thoughts and didn’t know how to react for a while. How could he even think of kissing her, and in such a public place at that?

Little did he know that Hazel was waiting for him to kiss her, she had already prepared her mind for a kiss with him. Back in her pack, she had seen several couples kissing each other without care if it was public or not, so she did not think much of it.

She didn’t even notice her use of the term ‘couples.’

Damien closed his eyes briefly and sighed, his self-restraint was nothing whenever it comes to Hazel, but he knew she wouldn’t like it if he kissed her right there and he didn’t want to ruin her mood.

So with that, he forcefully pressed down his urge.

He finally found his voice and asked, “Are you okay?”

Hazel was surprised and asked out loud, “Aren’t you going to…to…”

She suddenly couldn’t say the word.

It was Damien’s turn to be puzzled, he stared at her in bafflement. “To what?”

To kiss me.

Hazel finally realized the direction her thoughts were going and she flushed in embarrassment and shame.

What in the goddess' name was wrong with her? How could she think of Damien kissing her in a place like this? Why was she even expecting a kiss from him in the beginning?

Damien waited for Hazel to speak, but what he got was her flushed cheeks instead.

“You, why are you red? Is it the heat?” He asked, slightly concerned.

Hazel, who was bothered by something else suddenly grew annoyed. She punched him lightly in the chest and glared at him.

“Clueless jerk.” She mumbled, her cheeks turning even redder like a cooked shrimp.

Damien was completely dumbfounded, he didn’t even know what he did wrong and his expression of confusion only annoys Hazel even more.

But why was she even annoyed? Was it Damien’s obligation to kiss her just because she wanted?

Hazel sighed inwardly. Just because she had managed to see another side of Damien, she has started having expectations towards him.

She struggled out of his embrace with complicated emotions swirling in her eyes, “I’m okay, thank you.”

Damien studied her carefully and seeing that she wasn’t angry, he exhaled a sigh of relief secretly.

But Hazel noticed that small action of his and pressed his lips together.

Why was it that every action from Damien, whether small or big, always gets to her these days? She had even expected a kiss from him without care of the crowd.

Was something wrong with her?