Chapter 274 - The Most Beautiful Sunrise (1)

Lance was relieved to have found Lily, but then…

His heart unexpectedly broke when he heard Lily sobbing. Earlier, Sarah said that Lily seemed to be emotional so she let her drink. Does she have a problem, that's why she went up here?

Lance slowly approached her afraid that he would startle her.

He just stood there watching her. For some strange reasons, he felt an immense relief and happiness when he found her. But then, when he saw her crying, he felt strings tugging his heart. After a couple of minutes standing there, he silently sit beside her making a certain distance.

Lily sensed another presence around her, she looked up and saw beside her the very reason why she is feeling downcast. Seeing the charming face of Lance, her sob became even more louder.

Lance felt compelled to comfort her. When he was about to reached out his hand to stroke her hair Lily suddenly shot him a icy look.

"Why are you here?" Lily asked in between her sobbing. Lance was about to answer when she speak again. "Are you pretending to care? Did my sister in law told you to care for me? Huh?" Lance was taken aback. He shot her a confused look.

Then Lily continued crying. "You don't even care about me so why are you here?!" She's throwing a tantrum, Lance thought. So, he just let her cry and let out all her emotions.

"Why can't you care about me? Do you only care about sister in law? Is there any body else that you care aside from sister in law? Can't I be one of those person that you care? Why don't you care about me?!" Lily throw him a lot of questions then she continued to cry.

Lance almost had an idea as to why is she acting like that. A faint smile appear at the corner of his lips.

Lily had drunk a lot so she is emotionally unstable right now. She also seemed to have lost inhibitions and have said some things that might expose her feelings towards Lance.

Lance look at her with warm expression. He reached out to stroke her hair. Lily shot him another icy glare. Every time that she gave off that look, there was strong similarity between her and her brother Jacob.

"Come now. I came to look for you because I care for you." Lance said in a soft voice. And that was the truth. When he saw her drinking, he was uneasy. When he found out that she was missing, he was scared. And when he can't find her, he was worried sick.

Lily narrowed her eyes. "You cared for me because you invested a lot on me. You only cared for your money."

Lance laughed. "How can you think of me that way?" But Lily didn't reply and just glared at him.

Lance noticed that her emotions seemed to be stable now after crying a dam. "Hey, you feel better now?"

But instead of replying, Lily looked at the dark feeling drowsy.

Lance stared at her, her cheeks, ears and nose were red. There were dark circles under her eyes and her short hair is a mess.

"Come on, I'll take you back to the hotel." Lance said afterward.

"Go, I'll stay." Lily said void of emotions.

"You can't stay here. It's dangerous out here." Lance said then he looked around the dark forest surrounding them.

"I don't care, just let the darkness swallow me whole. Let the bears eat me." Lily rest her chin on her knees as she mumbled to her self. Her eyes were half closed.

Lance chuckled. "There are no bears here."