Yours to Take by Grace Cooper

Author:Grace Cooper [Cooper, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Hunter never mentioned out conversation the next day.

We spent hours in the car, talking about our expectations regarding the project. I was highly confident that we would reach positive results, in time. And out of nowhere, I was far more confident in myself. It was a nice change. This whole trip had left me feeling odd for a while, and I felt as though I was taking back my real self.

Was it because now I knew that Hunter was more than willing to share his secrets with me, even if it meant signing some contract, or because I was working again, I could not tell? Nevertheless, I felt better about myself.

As we drove and talked, I kept looking at Hunter. His confident posture, his cool eyes and heavenly face and there was a small part of me that felt a little sad. To say I was attracted to him would be an understatement - yet I could not bring myself in such a position. I must not.

The scenery around us changed from the concrete of the city, through endless fields into mud and wooden docks, behind which another set of concrete buildings and asphalt roads was perched up. The car halted, the driver killed the engine and I felt needles piercing my skin. It was the moment of truth.

As we exited the car, children of all ages were starting to notice us. Some of them were obviously helping with the fishing work, while for others I could not say. Perhaps they were employed, perhaps they were poor, or perhaps they just when where other children went.

Children were not the only ones whose attention we managed to attract. Grown men and old women were around the street, pausing to look at the car and at two foreigners, dressed far too well for field work.

Hunter looked around, then at me.

My eyes met his and lingered there. No hint of a question was clouding his determined expression. It felt almost as though he did not care what I had decided. I should be glad about that. I did not want to reject him - I was not sure whether I could.

It was becoming clear to me. If I wanted him, or at least a chance to be with him, I would have to sign the agreement to keep his secrets. I would keep them anyway, if I were with him. What could be so awful about him that he could not risk telling me - that he could not be sure I would keep my mouth shut.

That lack of trust, however natural it may be, was embodied in his contract. And that was something I just could not agree to.

I looked away, then at him again.

He smiled. “Follow me.”

I did. We crossed the street which, compared to the capital, was not that busy at all. The scent of barbecue filled my nostrils and I suddenly felt water in my mouth. It was the power of Vietnamese cuisine that did it to me.

As we approached a group of children, they started chuckling and saying something to each other.

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