Kiss Me Not

Meanwhile, just as Will expected, Olivia ran to her room crying hard. He stayed with her inside the room, without saying anything. He let her cry her heart out like last night. All he could do was feel bad for her. How he wished he could pull her into his arms and comfort her but he knew it was impossible. Plus, he did not want to get entangled with Olivia's current situation or even worse became a rebound in the end.

He mocked himself inwardly for thinking like that, as if Olivia would even spare a glance at him. He was sure she did not feel anything for him!

"I'm sorry you had to see me in this state Will. I know you have a lot of work so you can leave now. I'm really fine," Olivia weakly whispered. when she noticed Will was still there, sitting not far from her. She was too clouded by her own emotions and did not even notice that Will stayed with her.

Will grabbed some tissues and passed it to Olivia and said, "I'm always around if you need me okay Olivia? You know you can call me anytime you want and I will be there."

He wanted to console Olivia but he did not have the courage to do it like Cedric. Will could only sigh and leave the room with heavy footsteps. He was looking down when he walked out not caring about his surroundings so he bumped into someone.

"Oh, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to bump," he whispered, looking at the woman he bumped into.

"Oh, it's Miss Berry. I'm sorry for this," he said with a timid smile.

Berry had a very wide and bright smile on her face as she said, "Oh it's okay Mr. Will. I'm perfectly fine."

She was about to walk but winced, "Ouch…"

"What's wrong?" Will asked worriedly as he helped Berry to stand up straight.

"I don't know. It's probably a cramp…" she murmured, hiding an evil grin. She was squealing in happiness silently because the handsome assistant of the Prince was holding her tightly.

"Berry? What happened?!" Mitch asked, rushing down the hallway only to see Berry and Will together

"She's having cramps," Will answered.

"Huh?" Mitch muttered in disbelief.

"I see… I was looking for her everywhere. Let me help her instead," Mitch said and quickly held Berry from Will who immediately left.

"You just killed a romantic moment for me!" Berry complained, making Mitch chuckle. She knew that Berry did not have any cramps and was only trying to seize this opportunity to get close to Will. He was one of Berry's targets among many men on her list.

She was curious if Berry would be able to catch a big fish among them. Berry was a charming lady and to be honest it was not hard for her to get a man's attention with her looks. She was well educated too even though she came from poor family background.

She was a licensed cosmetologist with enough experience. She was also skilled in assisting Brione with all her tasks so her salary was really high. Berry even had two trusted assistants under her whom she could call anytime she wanted to.

Berry was an established woman with a pleasing personality so any man would be lucky to have her as their partner.

"Ah, don't worry. You now have an alibi to text him later. You can text him to say thank you or whatever. I was looking for you because Brione called us to her room urgently. She said it was something important." Mitch explained as she quickly pulled Berry to the elevator.

******

Meanwhile, Cedric called Will to check if Olivia was already settled in her room once he was back in his room. Upon confirming, he told Will to rest and then cut the call.

He leaned comfortably on his couch and rested his head on the headrest while staring at the ceiling. Unconsciously his eyes drooped and he dozed off to sleep.

He woke up because he was having trouble breathing. When he opened his eyes he realized he was in a vast sea. The pressure of the water was making it hard for him to swim back up and get more air. It was very dark, so dark that the only light present was the rays of the bright moon which penetrated the water.

He reached out his hand, trying his best to reach that light, trying his hardest to get air, breathe, and live!

He struggled very hard… But he could not take it anymore. The salty water was filling up his lungs pushing him deeper into the ocean.

'You can't die like this…' his inner voice reminded him so he tried to swim back up with all his might. He succeeded and saw some lights from afar so he swam towards it. But another wave crashed into him and he felt a hard hit on his head.

"Your highness! Please wake up!" Will shouted as he vigorously shook Cedric's shoulders.

"For God's sake Cedric, wake up! Cedric!!!" Will cried worriedly seeing how Cedric seemed to be having a hard time opening his eyes.

He was about to slap Cedric to wake him up when he finally opened his eyes!

Cedric gulped as he stared at Will who was looking at him with his wide and scared eyes.

"Your Highness, you finally woke up. You were having a bad dream. Good thing I came to check on you since you were not picking up your phone," Will commented with a sigh of relief. He immediately poured a glass of water and gave it to Cedric.

Cedric drank it in one shot and kept the glass on the table weakly. He looked at Will and said, "I dream of it again, drowning in the ocean."

It was another fragment of his memory from the incident a year ago.

"Nothing like that would happen to you again, Your Highness. The security on this island can't be breached anymore. The King made sure that not even a single unknown person would be able to come within a mile of this island." Will reassured him. He was not there with the Prince when the incident happened. When a group of terrorists kidnapped the Prince on his own island.