Chapter 196 - Assumed dead

Immediately Ethan got to her room, he saw her jumping up and down with an astonished expressions.

"What's going on?" he asked, relaxing his racing heart. This woman scared the shit out of him.

Diana ran into his arms and hugged him tightly, "Ethan the cold." she paused breathing heavily.

"Are you okay?" Ethan asked, still not getting what exactly is happening.

Diana pulled back and looked into his eyes, "can't you feel the room is chilly?" Diana asked.

It's the next day after their sex. She didn't get to try out the cold and confirm if she's cured as she was wrapped in Ethan's arm all through the day.

He was the one who made her sleep early, not knowing that he did it, so that he could go and buy all this for her.

Immediately Ethan left her room, she rose up and intended to switch on the air conditioning and recalled that Ethan has removed it, so she opened the window for the night breeze to find its way in. It's the rainy season and the weather is indeed cold.

Even though she was scared silly, she's still curious to find out if she's fine now.

She wondered if the sex did the trick. As soon as Ethan stepped out of the room, she relaxed on the bed and was about to enjoy the feeling she's feeling at the moment, when her eyes darted to the window and then she realizes her room was chilly right now and she's fine.

This seems like a dream to her. She's really cured of her illness? she couldn't believe she's free.

She didn't feel her inside starting to shiver like before and also, she realize how nice it is to feel this natural breeze.

She screamed Ethan's name to share the news with him.

Ethan replied her that he could feel it too. "Ethan it worked! I'm cured!" Diana exclaimed, hugging him again.

Okay! Ethan didn't know how to react to this. She's already cured for a few days now. He just didn't want her to get angry that he planned it behind her.

Since there's a high chance that sex could work, he decided to flow with it, instead on entering a hot argument with her, since she's happy about it.

He picked her up and swirled her body around, while she chuckled happily. She's finally free. "I'm so happy for you." Ethan said after dropping her and looking into her happy eyes.

Those eyes carries some sort of glows he hasn't seen before. He could feel how much it means to her.

"Are you okay?" he asked, as they began to get watered with tears. He held her to her bed and look at her seriously. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

Diana smiled in between her tears, but they kept dropping non stop. The more Ethan cleaned it with his thumbs, the more it kept surfacing and falling nonstop.

"I can't recall the numbers of jobs I've lost because of this Ethan. While everyone go swimming during summer, I swim in the weather, because that's what my health want.

It's the only season I could put on my favourite clothes. While feeling heat, I don't dare crave air conditioning. The excessive heat added to my facial irritation, worsening it.

Everything just sucks! You know some of my classmate gang up on me once. They heard from Rihanna lose mouth that I can't handle cold.

She ranted on how my bathroom was always steamy and all. They prepared a  very chilled water in a bucket and pour it on me during our graduation from college.

They claimed they were celebrating and no one can ask them not to. I was drenched in water and yes, my body began acting up.

If Rihanna wasn't present that day, I can't imagine what would have happened, because they all surrounded me and was staring at me being attacked by the invisible cold inside me.

But Rihanna who had no idea her beliefs of humiliating me will lead to them trying it out came to my rescue, as she knew it could lead to death if no one did anything.

They hated me because, no matter how much they insult me for my facial appearance, I never appear sad or fail to put them in their place.

Rihanna realizes her mistake then and informed them that they nearly killed me. That's the first time she acted like a sister, or should I say regretted her choice.

While everyone celebrates, I was cloaked up at a corner, sipping hot water and getting warmed up by the air conditioning that was on heat.

That's the beginning of being shamed. Countless of time that I've tried to endure the cold, just to make sure I secure a job, but ended up messing myself.

Not to mention those I managed to secure but still ended up with the same result." Diana looked up at Ethan's cloudy expression and reached her hand to his face, "Ethan, I'm finally free." she said, crying out loud.

Ethan felt sad and imagined it could have been the same if it was his company she came to work at. She held her close and whispered into her ear, "you should be happy." he said.

Diana nodded her head, "I am. I am very happy right now." she said.

"Good. Let's make up for all that now. We could go swimming now without your needle case. We could walk together in the rain and forget umbrella existed.

And when we catch a cold, we could get treated and still stubbornly try it again and get scolded by Sarah." Ethan paused and Diana chuckled.

"Let's have a date near the ocean, where the wind act as third wheel. We wouldn't care and fed it some dog food.

Don't feel sad over something you don't have and enjoy what you have now.

Right now you have freedom, let's work together and make good use of it darling. You and I." Immediately Ethan ended his words, he closed in on her lips and kissed it softly before pulling back, "are you willing to enjoy your freedom with me?" he asked.

Diana nodded her head before hugging him and rested her head at his chest while he stroked her back, "now stop crying, I don't feel so good with seeing you cry, no matter what the tears indicates." he said.

She sniffed her nose and nodded her head once again.

...

Meanwhile, during the weeks Diana wasn't present at work, she was already assumed dead. They were only waiting for someone to break the news to them.

Jenny has tried her line, but it didn't get through. She wondered if Diana has given up already, or perhaps she found her killer.

She felt it's a shame that she got the wrong person. The owner of the company has been informed by Diana that she smelled something fishy and needed to work on it.

It was the excuse she gave that made her stay away from her mission this long without the man wondering what's going on.

While the couple were planning their romance, they had no idea how the coming weeks are going to be their worst nightmares.