Chapter 204 - 204: It Was Wonderful To Think About It

Albert was also shocked. He didn't want her to leave, but he had not intended to grab her. It must be his hand, not about him.

He smiled a little awkwardly. "Well, I..."

Sophia looked him in the eye and said nothing. She pulled the chair beside her and sat down. "Anyway, I don't know where to go. Can you talk to me for a while?" She said with a smile.

Albert cheered up and nodded, "Yeah. I'm bored."

Then he realized that it was the first time he and Sophia had quietly sat down to talk.

Albert thought about it and said, "Actually, I want to tell you something. I'd better start with my family. We do business, run companies, the Pearson Group. I am the sole heir of the Pearson Group. But I have not made a public appearance, so few people know me."

He didn't mean to hide it from Sophia. He just didn't want to make her uncomfortable because of his identity. On this trip, people who came with him were top executives. With Sophia's intelligence, she was sure to be able to deduce his identity.

Sophia nodded, "Yeah."

She didn't really care about Albert's identity and wealth.

Did she know that? Albert thought.

Well, that was awkward.

He coughed and changed the subject, "Well, do you want to go somewhere? I'll take you there tomorrow. In fact, we do not have to follow the group. We can travel by ourselves. I've been here before, and I'm familiar with it."

Sophia thought about it and thought the proposal was feasible. She did not feel antipathy to group travel, but with her there, the employees of the Pearson Group seemed to have to care about her all the time and could not enjoy themselves.

Traveling was fun, and she didn't want them to be constrained by her.

Albert was about to say something when the door was pushed open, and Ryan came in and shouted, "Boss, how are you? I came here as soon as I heard it. Are you all right?"

Albert didn't want to see Ryan at this time.

Then, Ryan noticed Sophia, and he suddenly realized that he shouldn't come. He had come to show his concern for his boss, but now he seemed like a third wheel.

"Well, I'm just here to check you. I'm leaving now. Ha-ha. By the way, what do you want to eat for dinner, Sophia? I can order for you," he said at once.

With that, he hurried out of the room.

Sophia didn't understand what Ryan was doing. He asked what she wanted to eat but ran away before she answered.

She was going to say that she wanted some seafood. After all, such fresh seafood was not everywhere in Lands City.

For Albert's earlier question, Sophia said, "How about going to the seaside tomorrow? I just learned to swim today and wanted to have a try again. But… Do you want to go? If you don't want to, we won't go there."

She suffered from a fire. After that, she felt upset when she saw fires. Thus, she wondered if the drowning would leave a psychological shadow on Albert.

Albert did feel sick when he thought of the seaside. But he felt that it was time to show his manhood, a real man should not have a psychological shadow or somewhat.

He waved his hand and said, "Then let's go to the seaside. I'll catch shrimps for you."

Sophia smiled, "Good! I'll do that with you."

A picture of catching shrimps with Sophia in the sea appeared in Albert's mind. It was wonderful to think about it.

He suddenly felt that he was not afraid of water.

***

The next morning, Sophia and Albert took an appointed taxi to the beach, while the other employees went to another scenic spot. Before getting in the taxi, Ryan came to Sophia and handed her a swimsuit. He said with a smile, "It's for you, Sophia. Thank you for taking care of my boss yesterday."

"No, thanks. He's my friend. It's right to take care of him," said Sophia.

And he was drowning because of her, and she was very sorry.

Ryan said, "I've bought it. I heard from my boss that you're not going with us and are going to the beach. Just wear it. It's your size. And I can't return it. If you don't take it, I'll have to wear it myself."

Hearing that, Sophia was curious about what he looked like in the swimsuit.

But she couldn't say that. "All right." She took the swimsuit.

She intended to reciprocate the gift at a later opportunity.

When she got to the beach, she went to the dressing room and put on the new swimsuit. This swimsuit was also very good. Ryan had a good eye. Compared with yesterday's swimsuit, this one had no bareback, and the skirt was longer, which was completely different in style.

When Sophia got changed and came out, she saw Albert waiting for her there. The men's wear was easier to change, so he got dressed quicker.

They came to the beach and played in the shallow water for a while.

Not long after, a girl ran over. She looked at Albert and said with a smile, "Excuse me, sir. May I use your phone?"

Albert had no expression on his face. "I don't have it."

The girl borrowed Albert's phone to get his phone number. But he seemed cold and was not easy to talk with. She had to smile, thinking about other ways to accost him.

Sophia thought the girl was here to borrow a phone and thought she could lend her hers, though her phone was in the locker of the dressing room, and it was troublesome to go back and pick it up.

But the girl's glance at her was not very friendly, as if hostile.

Sophia was puzzled. When she looked at the girl, she noticed that she kept looking at Albert, admiring.

Somewhat, Sophia felt unhappy. She didn't know what she was unhappy about. She just didn't like people staring at Albert.

Albert was handsome, and she knew girls love handsome boys, but she was just unhappy.