Chapter 452 Awkward Seating Arrangement
Their holiday was coming to an end. On the last day, Wrenna followed what she wrote in the itinerary and brought Damian to search for local delicacies.
One could usually find good food in small alleys and unassuming restaurants. On the other hand, beautifully decorated and eye-catching restaurants were only good to look at, but their food was not as tasty.
Therefore, Wrenna led Damian to explore many small alleys. However, these places were famous on the internet, and their shops were small, there was always a long line.
It seemed that people were willing to go miles for good food.
Wrenna held Damian’s arm and stood under their umbrellas in the hot sun. They were lining up to taste the famously delicious ice cream. At least a dozen of people were lining up ahead of them.
“Damian, do you feel hot?” Wrenna took a piece of tissue and wiped the sweat from Damian’s face.
Although she was concerned about Damian, the desire to eat something tasty trumped over it.
Damian watched Wrenna swallowing her saliva as she looked at the ice cream others bought. He thought that she looked really cute.
He could not resist a chuckle and said, “It’s hot. Can we leave?”
Damian teased her deliberately and saw her conflicted expression. She looked reluctant and troubled.
“Erm… Are we leaving?” Wrenna could not figure out what she should do.
She stood on her spot and could not bring herself to leave.
Damian could not resist laughing and squeezing her cheek. “You look like you want the ice cream badly. It would be a waste to leave now that we have lined up for so long. Is the ice cream that good? I don’t remember seeing you eat much ice cream in D City.”
Wrenna smiled and replied, “It’s different. I guess everyone has an innate desire to follow the crowd. If someone says that it is tasty, one will naturally be curious to try it. If this is in D City, I probably won’t want to have it.”
Wrenna grew up in a wealthy family. She had traveled the world and ate at Michelin 3 star restaurants and other famous restaurants.
While their food was tasty, it felt different from now.
Now, she and Damian were lining up like an ordinary couple. Even though the weather was hot, and they stood under the sun, it felt satisfying to experience something new with the man she loved.
“Silly girl.” Damian laughed and squeezed her cheek. Wrenna smiled back.
The couple waiting before them heard their conversation and turned around. The young woman asked, “Are both of you from D City?”
Wrenna nodded, “You too?”
“Yes, I saw the reviews on the internet saying that the ice cream from this shop is tasty. It seems you are also here for the same reason,” the young woman answered.
Wrenna and the young woman seemed to understand each other instantly.
“I’m Zoey Lange. He is my boyfriend, Edwin Hensen. We are returning to D City tomorrow. Are both of you going back tomorrow too?” Zoey asked.
Wrenna nodded. “I’m Wrenna Jackson. This is my husband. His surname is Quigley.”
Wrenna only mentioned Damian’s surname. Unlike Zoey, she did not behave overly friendly.
It seemed that Zoey and Edwin did not mind.
“Both of you are married?” Edwin asked in a surprised tone.
Wrenna nodded. “Yes.”
“What time is your flight? Perhaps we can share a car to go to the airport together. That way, we can save a little on the fare,” Zoey suggested.
Wrenna was unfamiliar with sharing a cab for the sake of saving on cab fare.
Furthermore, they only just met. Wrenna could not understand why Zoey was acting as if they had known each other for a long time.
However, she felt bad to refuse her offer.
Suddenly, Damian said indifferently, “That won’t be necessary.”
“What do you mean? You don’t have to be afraid. We’re not bad guys. After all, we all came from D City. What’s wrong with sharing a ride to the airport? If we are on the same flight, we can chat during the flight too.” Zoey did not feel any shame and was overly eager.
She proceeded to talk about her hometown and that they should hang out when they returned to D City. After that, she chattered on about herself and Edwin. Zoey had recently graduated and worked as a clerk in a big company. Meanwhile, Edwin grew up in D City. He owned a car and house. From her tone, Zoey sounded proud.
“Which hotel are you staying in? We splurge on this trip and are staying in an expensive hotel. After all, Edwin can afford it,” Zoey said.
Wrenna was polite, so she did not know how to get Zoey to stop talking. She could only hope that it would be her turn soon so that they could leave as soon as possible.
She quietly shook Damian’s fingers and frowned, expressing her helplessness and frustration.
Therefore, Damian said, “We would like some silence.”
Edwin was embarrassed and quickly turned Zoey around. On the other hand, Zoey was sullen from being told to stay quiet.
She glanced at Damian and thought.
He’s unfriendly and rude. How can he be so gentle to Wrenna but cold to me? I’m a beauty too. Even if he’s married, he has no reason to treat me so coldly.
Zoey snorted coldly. It was loud enough for Wrenna and Damian to hear.
Wrenna exchanged glances with Damian. She would not argue with Zoey if she stayed quiet.
They finally got the ice cream thirty minutes later.
Wrenna finally got what she wanted. She took a bite and found it delicious. It tasted even better after putting in so much effort to line up for it.
“Damian, give it a try.” Wrenna offered the ice cream to Damian.
Damian leaned down and took a bite. He was not keen on ice cream, so he did not find anything special about it.
Instead, he watched Wrenna enjoying the ice cream happily. He held the umbrella for her and led her to find somewhere cool to rest.
“Hey, Wrenna, Mr. Quigley. Please wait.” Somehow, Zoey still caught up with them after they walked away.
She no longer seemed sullen. It seemed as if the incident just now never happened. “Give me your number so that we can arrange to go to the airport together.”
Wrenna looked to Damian, leaving the matter to him.
“That won’t be necessary,” Damian said and pulled Wrenna with him to leave.
Behind them, Zoey stomped her foot unhappily. “What’s wrong with him. Although he’s handsome, he has no right to be so rude.”
Edwin tried to calm her down and said, “Don’t be angry. I don’t think they are good people anyway. You kindly offered to share a ride with them, but they refused. They are an ungrateful couple. Zoey, don’t be angry.”
“Hmph, they are really bad,” Zoey said indignantly.
After Damian and Wrenna returned to the hotel, Wrenna tidied up their luggage slowly in the air-conditioned room.
She saw that the “battle suit” in her luggage and was disappointed that she did not get to use it.
Furthermore, she couldn’t help feeling sad that she did not achieve her main goal for this trip.
After some consideration, she realized that she and Damian had improved their relationship. At least they had grown closer as a couple.
As for Stella, Wrenna never wanted to see her ever again. She hoped to forget her.
The following morning, Damian and Wrenna had just arrived at the airport when they bumped into Zoey and her boyfriend.
Zoey came to them and said, “What a pity. I’ve told you that we should have shared a ride, but you refused. We could have chatted on the journey here. Let’s go in. You are probably on the same flight as us. Later, we can sit together-”
Wrenna raised her hand to interrupt her and said, “I’m afraid we won’t be sitting together. Our seats are first-class.”
Zoey and Edwin were stunned, so Wrenna took the chance to pull Damian with her and left.
Once they were in the VIP lounge, Wrenna laughed and asked Damian, “Damian, how can there be someone like that? What’s her motive? Does she not feel embarrassed at all?”
Wrenna had never met someone like Zoey, so she could not understand what she was thinking.
“I don’t know, but it’s not worth pondering over,” Damian said.
After boarding the plane, Wrenna did not have a chance to relax. Although there was no Zoey in the first-class compartment, Stella was there instead.
Burnham was there with her too, and he greeted Damian and Wrenna with a smile. “Damian, Wren. I looked for you in your room yesterday. Why weren’t you there? Where did you go? Did you go bungee jumping again?”
Wrenna really wanted to blacklist Burnham immediately.
Therefore, she ignored Burnham. She did not care whether he was really stupid or just pretending. Since he brought Stella here, it was enough for Wrenna to hate him.
Damian did not want to talk to Burnham too. He took his seat and doted on Wrenna. He was so caring that Burnham felt nauseous looking at him.
Therefore, he turned around and returned to his seat. Unfortunately, their seats were in the same row, so they only needed to turn their head to see each other. It was a rather awkward seating arrangement.
However, Burnham was the only one who felt awkward. Wrenna leaned onto Damian’s shoulder and spoke to him intimately. She whispered their shared secrets and giggled every now and then.
Meanwhile, Stella kept torturing herself by forcing herself to look at Wrenna and Damian being lovey-dovey. Her eyes turned red.
Burnham could not bear to see her sad. “Stella, stop looking at them. I think it’s better to let go. You’re outstanding, so I’m confident that you will find someone better than Damian. Why don’t I introduce someone to you when we’re back.”
Stella bit her lower lip and refused to give up.
Burnham sighed. He was out of his wits with Stella’s stubbornness.
When they were at the bar that night, Damian told Stella firmly that he had no feelings for her. As Burnham listened to him, he felt that Damian’s words were cruel.
Therefore, Stella remained crestfallen for a few days and did not leave her room.
Now, looking at her, it seemed that she became indignant and would not let Damian go.
It was an ill-fated love.
Burham believed that if Wrenna gave up Damian, everyone would be happy. However, although Burnham was on Stella’s side, he felt it was unfair to ask Wrenna to let Damian go.
Because of that, the three of them would remain in serious conflict.
