Emmelyn cast her glance toward the three men who were standing at the end of the deck, talking with wine in their hands. Gewen had joined Mars and Edgar there and now it seemed the three men decided to watch the sunset together.
From this side, the three men made a really beautiful sight with the orange skyline as the background. Emmelyn nudged Kira, "Can't you tell that Gewen likes you?"
She decided to bring up that subject again because she felt sorry for Gewen who had been trying to get Kira's attention for four months to no avail. Emmelyn wanted to know if Kira intentionally act cold toward Gewen, or she was really unaware of the man's feelings.
Kira shook her head. "No, I have no idea. What makes you think he likes me?"
"Well... I thought it's quite obvious," Emmelyn chuckled. "He always found excuses to come and talk to you, and his face had that stupid grin whenever he saw your presence."
"Really???" Kira furrowed her brows in confusion. "I never paid attention."
"Well... now that you know he likes you... what do you think about him?" Emmelyn asked Kira. "Do you think he is attractive? Do you think he is smart and brave?"
Kira thought about Emmelyn's question and finally replied, "Well... now that you mentioned it, I actually think he is okay. He can be annoying sometimes, but he is not mean. I also think he is quite handsome. As for being smart and brave... I'm not sure."
"Well... it might not seem like it, but Gewen is actually a general. He, together with Mars and Edgar fought so many battles and they won every single one of them," Emmelyn explained. "He just doesn't look tough or brash like most men, but I once sparred with him and he could take me down EASILY."
"Really?" Kira remembered the moment when she killed six wolves who surrounded Gewen in the forest.
She thought Gewen was weak because of that one moment. When she explained it to Emmelyn, she was surprised to hear Emmelyn's response.
"I think he was just dazed because you came out of nowhere immediately and slain those wolves. I am sure in normal circumstances, he would be able to kill them all," Emmelyn said with a chuckle.
She knew what Gewen was capable of because they sparred before and also because Mars told her that between the three of them, none of them was significantly weaker than the others.
Their strength and combat skills were actually on par with each other. You could say Edgar was the strongest, Mars was the most resilient, and Gewen was the fastest. They all were formidable.
Emmelyn suspected Gewen was in awe and enamored by Kira's presence that he was too shocked to move during the wolves incident, and just watched Kira kill the six grey wolves alone.
"Really?" Kira glanced at Gewen to assess him and then turned to Emmelyn again. "It's really hard to believe, but if you say so, I believe you."
"Maybe you can go hunting together with Gewen when we reach Draec and see for yourself if he is really as weak as you thought he is," Emmelyn said with a smile. "I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised."
Kira chuckled and finally smiled. "Okay. we'll see about that."
She glanced at Gewen again. This time, the man happened to look in her direction. Their eyes locked. Kira raised an eyebrow at him and smiled. Hovewer, much to Kira's surprise, Gewen didn't smile back. He actually turned to Mars and continued their chatter.
It made Kira furrow her brows in confusion. This was strange, she thought. Usually, Gewen would always smile so broadly whenever he laid his eyes on her.
But just now he didn't smile at all, and in fact, he acted as if he didn't see Kira.
Kira didn't like being ignored like this. Why did Gewen look away after their eyes met? Did he find Kira annoying?
Wait... Emmelyn said Gewen liked her a lot. Did he no longer like her? Did Gewen's feelings change after Emmelyn and Kira talked about him? Why wasn't Gewen smiling when he saw Kira just now?
The pirate princess looked away, but soon she turned to see Gewen again. The man still didn't look at her. In fact, now he wouldn't even spare her a glance.
Kira didn't know why, but slowly her heart was filled with anger.
Why didn't Gewen look at her in adoration like usual? Did he really suddenly stop liking her the day Kira found out that he had feelings for her?
This was not fair! Kira pursed her lips and took out a water skin from her coat pocket. It contained wine, not water.
She chugged on her wine and wiped her mouth rashly, trying to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling in her chest when she realized Gewen no longer paid attention to her as usual.
Was it only her imagination though?
She stole another glance at the man, but Gewen still didn't look in her direction. Uff...
"I can't wait to get to the shore," Kira said to Emmelyn suddenly, trying to distract her mind from Gewen. "I have a surprise for you."
"A surprise for me?" Emmelyn widened her eyes. "What is it?"
Kira raised an eyebrow. "It's not a surprise if I told you now."
"Surprise." Harlow suddenly chirped.
The two women's attention turned to her and they both laughed heartily. Harlow already had twelve teeth now and they looked so cute when she smiled.
Kira had sent many letters to her father to look for Emmelyn's teacher and his son since Emmelyn left for Myreen. She still remembered her promise to help Emmely look for her teacher.
Kira received good news before they boarded the ship in Glasswell toward Wintermere and she couldn't wait to share it with Emmelyn.
She believed Emmelyn would like this one surprise from her.
Meanwhile, Gewen was almost crying when he downed his wine.
"This is soooo hard," he muttered over and over.
From the corner of his eyes, Gewen could see Kira looked at him several times, but his two friends always threw him murderous glares, signaling him not to look at her back.
"It's been four months and she still doesn't care about you," Mars said, crossing his arms on his chest. "It's because you keep chasing her. Women don't like it. They will actually feel intrigued if the man who has been showering them with attention, suddenly stops doing it."
Edgar nodded. "That's why we both suggest you ignore her. If she feels like there is something missing in her life, she will realize that you have value and she is missing you. But if she doesn't even realize that you are ignoring her, it means she really doesn't care about you and it's your cue to stop chasing her love."
"Why are you guys telling me this?" Gewen pursed his lips. "You are not experts on women. I am."
"You are the expert on women and this is the advice you gave us a long time ago," Mars said with a chuckle. "And now it seems that you are the one who needs your own advice. Falling in love has made you lose all your intelligence."
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From Missrealitybites:
I decided to publish my werewolf book on Webnovel on November 4, 2021. Please wait for it and add it to your library. You can see the cover in the comment ^^.
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