Zora nodded excitedly, “I didn’t expect you know this.” Nicole smiled and looked outside. She replied, “Francis is a very good singer. Sam cares about you. He asks me to tell you my experiences.”

“He!?” Zora’s face turned red. She denied, “You made a mistake. He doesn’t love me.” He loved you. Zora said in her heart.

Nicole smiled and didn’t go on with the topic. She said, “Don’t be nervous. We just have a chat today.”

Nicole began to talk about her past story. In the room, they two sometimes exclaimed and sometimes they laughed. Time passed and the bottle of wine was finished.

Zora was head down on the table sleeping. Nicole looked at her. She found she was an interesting girl. That was why both Sam and Francis were so fancy on her.

The door was opened again and in came Sam. Nicole told him, “You just come on time. Zora drank too much.”

Sam frowned and looked at Zora. She was there knowing nothing. Nicole explained, “Sakura wine tastes sweet and nice. It’s the first time Zora drank it, so she could not resist its temptation.”

Sam replied, “You don’t need to explain. She always does things as she likes. She dares to do anything.”

Zora kept closing her eyes on the table. She secretly clenched her hands. The wine made her dizzy, but she could hear clearly what others were speaking.

Nicole replied, “You take her back. Remember to prepare a glass of lemon water for her to drink, or she might feel headache after she wakes up.”

Sam nodded silently. He held Zora up and went out.

When Zora woke up, it was dark outside. She looked around dizzily. She felt very headache. There was a glass of lemon water beside her. She suddenly remembered what Nicole said last night. She felt sad and picked up the glass. She drank up the water.

The door opened. York came in with a tray. He greeted, “Miss Qiao, wake up?”

Zora raised her hand to block the light and asked dizzily, “What’s the time?”

“It’s five pm of the second day.”

“Five pm? I’ve slept for a whole day and night?” Zora got off the bed surprisingly and asked, “Where is Sam?”

“He’s in the yard. Miss Qiao, how about have some porridge?”

Zora shook her head. She had no appetite. She had forgotten everything about last night except what Sam said before they left. It was like a stab in her heart. She found in Sam’s mind that she was considered to be a troublesome person. Nicole was such a tender and excellent person. If she were Sam, she would also love Nicole.

Thinking about these, she felt sad, as if something choked inside. She could not swallow it or vomit it out.

“Miss Qiao?” York told her, “Mr. Shen specially ordered this porridge for you. You must feel sick after waking up.”

“I won’t have it!” Zora pushed away the bowl. She felt annoyed mentioning Sam.

The porridge was everywhere and the bowl was broken on the floor.

York was stunned.

Zora came back to herself and apologized, “I am sorry, but I…”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll send for someone to clean it.” York smiled, “Miss Qiao, I get another bowl of porridge for you?”

“No, thank you.” Zora got up from the bed and said, “I’ll go out for a walk.”

The scenery of the hotel was designed very well with rockworks, pools and greenery, which made it quite like an ancient garden. In the pool, various goldfish were swimming.

She wandered along the corridor and an old sakura tree in the yard attracted her.

Sam was standing under the tree. Some flowers fell on his shoulder. Beside him stood Nicole wearing a pink kimono, making her a unity with sakura flowers.

“This tree is older than I.” She picked up the flowers on Sam’s shoulder and smiled, “Do you like the girl yesterday?”

Sam was silent.

“Though you keep silent, your eyes tell me everything.” Nicole patted Sam on the shoulder, “Sam, you are nervous.” Suddenly she noticed someone wearing a creamy-white kimono hiding near them. She knew who she was. She said to Sam, “Let me help you to make sure about her heart?”

“No, thank you.” before Sam went on to speak, he was stopped by the lady before him with a kiss.

“Nicole.” He turned serious, but his hands didn’t move. He respected his old friend.

Nicole stepped backward and laughed. She touched her lips and said, “This kiss is a reward for your rejection to me that year. What’s more, I must tell you I am not happy. You plotted to make my nephew back home to his country.”

Last night, York told Sam about his meeting with Francis. And later, Francis got a phone call to ask him back home immediately. All these could cheat Francis but could not escape from Nicole’s eyes. She looked at the corner, the person wearing the creamy-white kimono was not there.

Sam answered seriously, “No next time, but I thank you for Zora. You have always been her idol.”

Nicole asked, “Do you really like to let her go to the entertainment circle? That is a deep-water pool. Aren’t you afraid she might be drowned?”

Sam answered calmly, “I am here. She’ll naturally be safe.”

Zora was rushing back to her bedroom. Her face was red because of the movement. Just now the scene she saw was like a root deeply planted in her heart. If Sam’s words last night were like a stab, then the scene just now she saw was exactly that stab deeply into her heart making her bleeding.

She felt so painful that she wanted to cry, but to find that the real pain was the kind that could not be cried out.

She realized that Sam didn’t touch her was not because he cared for her, but because he was not interested in her at all. She raised her head and looked around. She came here for the sake of Sam. But now she had no need to stay.

She went back to her bedroom, picked up her bag and passport. She was just ready to go when York came in in a hurry, “Miss Qiao, at last, you are here.” Zora stopped him coldly, “Let me go.”

“… Miss Qiao, Mr. Shen contacts Nicole because he finds you will make an MV. Nicole has always been your idol, isn’t she?” York said.

“Leave me alone.” Zora pushed York aside.