Chapter 37 1 Slept With You Because I Wanted To Marry You. “Why do we keep on sitting out here in the open where the cold wind can torture us instead of sleeping in our cozy tent? Don’t you think we’re being idiots?” Derek suddenly laughed at himself. It was amazing how I could just sit out here and chat with him peacefully after what happened earlier. “Why are you even here? You could’ve kept on sleeping and pretended like nothing happened,” I said sounding annoyed. Derek looked at me, and held my hand after a while. “Because I was afraid that you’d take things too hard. When I woke up. I didn’t see you. And when I came out of the tent, I couldn’t find my bike anywhere. I thought of how terrible you are at riding a bike, so it frightened me that I’ll have to pick up your corpse at the foot of the mountain. This time, his hoarse voice sounded very agitated and worried. It was then that tears rolled down my cheeks. I remembered how he rushed down the slope really fast earlier. Perhaps he wasn’t even using the brake. He was probably so anxious at the time. Then, he threw away his cigarette, took off his jacket, and draped it over me. He embraced me, gently kissing my tear-soaked cheeks with his warm lips. Each act that he did was so gentle. “Eveline, I slept with you because I wanted to marry you, not the other way around. Despite how touching his words were, I was still hindered by what he said after we had sex

When he muttered “happy birthday”, I knew in that moment that he had someone in his heart already. But I couldn’t resist how kind and warm he was towards me. “Come on, I’m taking you to the hospital ,” he said abruptly. I declined his offer , but he still called Timmy to pick us up. Once Timmy had driven the car here, Derek stashed the two bicycles into the trunk, and then he carried me into the back seat. There, he sat with me, and held me in hi s arms throughout the entire journey, making me feel that I was taken good care of. Soon, we arrived at the hospital. Once my wounds had been treated, he persona lly drove me home and took me upstairs. After placing me on the bed, he put his hands on both sides of my body, staring at me with unblinking eyes. “What is it?” His intense gaze some how frightened me. “Let’s go to the city hall afte r you woke up. ” The way he spoke didn’t seem like he was joking. I looked at hi m, pursing my l ips in silence: . “Well? Say someth ing, will you?” D erek shook my arm. However, I remained silent, feeling conflicted by thi s turn of events. I wasn’t going to lose anything fro m marrying him, but I knew that he loved someone else. I was well aware that I shouldn’t hope to w in his heart, but I was merely a woman. Us, women could sometimes be too greedy in love. Upon hearing wha t he said, I sud denly clammed up. My reactio n seemed to amuse him

“Why would you choose me? You must have a lo t of choices,” I asked. I then gathered my courage to look into his eyes, for I wanted to hear the whole truth. His playful expression disappeared as he stared into my eyes seriously. “Do you want to hear the truth. I nodde d in re sponse. “Because yo u are simpl e,” he said. “What do you mean? ” I asked. As Derek sat on the e dge of the bed, he rai sed his head slightly. “Unlike other women who are far too complicated, you’re simple. Being with you is comfortable, and easy. That’s why I want to marry you. It has nothin g to do with anything else,” he said in a calm voice, making himself clear. However, his wor ds only served t o disappoint me. Few people could analyze a relatio nship so clearly. Someone who was too ration al in a relationship would become a terrible partner. I had no idea that the day after I crawled out of the tomb of my crappy marriage with so many scars, I would get married again on an impulse . I finally agreed to his proposal of marriage not because he had slept with me, bu t it was due to his grandfather’s wish, his honest view of love, and my growing f eelings for him. This time, I believed that I could slowly fall in love with him