Chapter 490 - The Dark Forest

Lance has always been there for her to protect and comfort her. Yes, she showed him her emotions but she never tells him what her real emotions are. There are some things that she cannot expose to him or Diana although she fully trusts them.

"Honey. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I've gone overboard and I was wrong." Jacob tried again to reach for her face but this time, he used his two hands to cup her face. He raised her face to look at him but J averted her eyes and looked on the side instead. This made him mad at himself.

Jacob pulled her into his lap and he rested his forehead on hers. "Honey, I am really sorry. Yes, I was just teasing you and also wanted to know what you felt that day. I'm sorry if I forced you too hard. I was so insensitive and inconsiderate. I should've waited until you are comfortable in opening up your emotions to me. I guess I became more relaxed when you confessed your feelings to me last night. Please, Honey, sweetheart. Don't be mad at me. I can't bear it." Jacob pleaded in a low voice that was closed to a whisper.

J closed her eyes feeling Jacob's genuine regrets. She felt his thumbs stroking her cheeks, drying them from tears. She felt him peck a kiss on her lips. In between kisses, he heard him said, "Let me make it up to you."

"Please?" she heard him again said beseechingly. She opened her misty eyes and questioned him. "And how are you going to make it up to me?"

Jacob smiled after hearing her words. Her silence almost killed him. A thought came to him and he gently kissed her on her lips. "Come, I'll show you something," he said afterward.

But before that, he went upstairs to gey a thick jacket for both of them and another blanket. Then he walked to the kitchen to get a flashlight. After he gathered them all, he pulled J out of the villa and they started to walk towards the dark forest.

When J noticed that they were about to enter a dark forest, she halted in her step and pulled Jacob's hand that was on hers. "Jacob, where are we going?"

Jacob smiled at her reassuringly. "Honey, do you trust me?"

J nodded without hesitation. Seeing her nod, he squeezed her hand and pulled her closer to him as they enter the dark forest. The trees were tall and thick that the light of the moon can't even enter. It was so dark that only the light coming from the flashlight illuminating their way.

The surrounding was so quiet that only crickets could be heard. J snuggled closer to Jacob as they go deep in the forest.

"Is it safe here?" J said in a low voice but since it was so quiet, it came louder than she expected.

"Don't worry, I've been playing here since I was a kid day and night. I am very familiar with this place like the back of my hand." Jacob said confidently.

"But, you haven't been here for five years."

Jacob didn't reply immediately. He seemed to have thought of something. "Yeah, you are right." J started to panic internally. What if Jacob had forgotten their way back? Will they ever gonna get out of there alive?

"But, it's not like the forest will change in just a short time. It will take hundreds of years." Jacob eased her nervousness. He noticed it since J's palm is starting to sweat although it was freezing cold out there.

"But it will only take a day for humans to change it." J retorted back which made Jacob snortle.

"This is private property. No one would dare roam around here."

J started to calm down. She trusted Jacob. If they ever get lost in the forest, at least she is with him. "Are there any animals here?" She asked with curiosity. Because ever since they started venturing the forest, she could only hear crickets.

"Hmm... nothing. Just birds. We are here." Jacob stopped walking and J has to move to his side to see a vast expanse of grassland. They continue walking to find a perfect spot to lay down.

When they did, Jacob laid the blanket on the grass and helped J sits on it. As soon as they were seated comfortably, Jacob turned off the flashlight.

"What are we..."