Chapter 211 - What's The Real Score Between Them?
Hannah was still hugging Tristan from behind. He was shocked beyond belief after hearing Hannah's confession.
Hannah's words were still replaying on his mind right now.
{ "Tristan! That day! I lied to you that day! I didn't like Andrew! You're the one I truly liked before! I have loved you first before Andrew!" }
He didn't know what to say nor what to react. He just stood there in his baffled state.
Then Hannah released Tristan from her tight grasp. She moved in front of him with her teary eyes. She was crying as she regretted lying to him before.
She thought she had already forgotten about Tristan and started loving Andrew. But how come she was still hurting whenever she would see Tristan and Lillie?
"Tristan? Did you hear me? Why are you not talking to me? Did you really forget about me? Is Lillie the one in your heart now?" Hannah asked him with her desperate voice.
"Please, talk to me! Answer me!" Hannah began shaking Tristan's body.
Because of that Tristan was awakened from his deep stupor.
The twins just continued watching the two of them, anticipating Tristan's response.
"Dang! What will happen now? Will Tristan finally give in and confess to Hannah as well? Things are getting more complicated now." Jake couldn't help but blurt out his concern.
"I'm more worried about Lillie. Should we interrupt Tristan and Hannah? What if Lillie just suddenly arrives here and sees this?" Blake said, peering at their surroundings while searching for Lillie.
Blake heaved a sigh of relief when he didn't see Lillie. Then they heard Tristan finally speak up after his long silence.
"Hannah…" Tristan held her shoulders and looked straight into her eyes, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.
"You're drunk… I think you should go and rest. Let's talk about this when you are sober." Tristan said before turning in Jake's and Blake's hiding spot.
"Jake! Blake! Please come out and walk over here. I need you to accompany Hannah and bring her back to their tent!"
Jake and Blake were dumbfounded when Tristan suddenly called them out. They didn't expect that Tristan would ignore Hannah's confession.
They had no choice but to come out of their hiding spot and walk towards Hannah and Tristan. However, Hannah showed her disapproval as she complained to Tristan.
"Tristan… I don't want to go back yet! I'm not that drunk! I know what I'm doing. Let's talk now! Please answer me. Did you forget about me already? Do you love Lillie? Or you are just using her to move on and pretend in front of me and Andrew that you already moved on?"
Tristan narrowed his eyes upon hearing that. His expression darkened as he answered Hannah.
"I'm not pretending. Lillie is my wife. I'm not u-" Tristan stopped mid-sentence. He couldn't utter the remaining words
He wanted to say that he was not using her but he couldn't. He knew deep inside that he tried to use her.
He was guilty for that because the first time he saw her and asked her to marry him, that was his first motive- using Zhen-Zhen for his benefits.
Tristan clenched his fists at that thought. His heart and mind were in shambles right now.
He needed time to clear his mind first and gather himself. He couldn't talk about this as of now. His only option now was to avoid this.
"Jake, please accompany Hannah back to their tent, now!" Tristan's voice was firm. He had a serious expression on his face.
Jake immediately complied with his request as he approached Hannah, telling her to come with him.
"Tristan!" Hannah called him out. She wanted to talk more but Tristan started to walk away from them.
Hannah tried to follow him but Jake and Blake stopped her. Blake blocked her way while Jake grabbed her elbow.
"Hannah, please leave Tristan for a while. He needs to be alone right now." Blake said to Hannah with his pleading look.
Hannah just glanced at Tristan's retreating back. Her tears fell once again like raindrops.
"Tristan, you are a coward too! You can't even tell me if you love her or not." Hannah mumbled before turning her back and walked in the opposite direction.
Jake followed Hannah. He needed to make sure that she would go back to their tent. It was Tristan's order.
Blake, on the other hand, followed Tristan. He knew that Tristan was still shocked because of this shocking revelation. He secretly loved Hannah for a long time.
He respected Hannah's relationship with his brother, Andrew that's why he chose not to fight his love for her. He always thought Hannah was madly in love with Andrew, so he accepted it though he was in pain.
The Twins and Matthew were the only people who witnessed how Tristan suffered from his heartaches. Instead of messing with Hannah's and Andrew's relationship, Tristan chose to mess his life by being a Cassanova and a playboy.
He dated different women, slept with them once just to divert his focus away from Hannah and Andrew. He tried his best to forget Hannah several times but failed.
They thought he was already doing well but when Tristan learned about Hannah's and Andrew's engagement, he suddenly burst out, pouring all his negative emotions out.
Then one day, he just introduced his wife to everyone. Blake, Jake, and Matthew saw the changes in him. Tristan looked happier and livelier than before.
They could feel that he was treating Lillie sincerely. But they just met each other just recently, so they were still in doubt about what was the real score between Tristan and Lillie.
Matthew was the only person who knew Tristan's first true motive in asking Lillie to be his wife. But now, even Matthew, himself, had no idea if Tristan already had a change of heart.
When Blake was able to catch up with Tristan, he saw him stop in the middle of the mini forest and leaned his back on the big tree. He could see that Tristan was having conflicting thoughts right now.
Blake took a deep long sigh before he asked Tristan.
"Tris? Can you still proceed with your surprise with Lillie? What are we supposed to do with this?" Blake raised the cage where they put the fireflies they caught a while ago.
Upon the mention of Lillie's name, Tristan automatically stood up straight and turned to Blake.
"Right! Where's my wife? She is supposed to arrive here by now!" Tristan immediately ran back to the spot where he was supposed to meet Zhen-Zhen.
He was searching for her around the area but he couldn't see her. The worries and concerns resurfacing in his eyes.
Tristan picked up his phone and called Matthew.
Matthew: "Hello, Tris?"
Tristan: "Matt, where's my wife? You said she's on the way here but she didn't arrive yet!"
Matthew: "Lillie already left here. 20 minutes ago."
Tristan cursed upon hearing that. His heart started to beat rapidly inside his chest once again. He would always act like this whenever Zhen-Zhen would go missing.
Tristan: "Please, help me find her. She's still not here."
Matthew: "Okay."
After that, Tristan ended the call and left the area. He decided to search for her in other areas in the camping site. Blake also helped Tristan in finding Zhen-Zhen. The two of them split up.
Tristan went to their tent but to his disappointment, he didn't see her. He even came to see his parents, asking them whether they saw Lillie or not.
"Mom? Did you see Lillie?" Tristan asked Isabelle. Tristan couldn't hide his worry.
"What's wrong, son? I thought she was with you. The last I saw her was when you and Lillie were mingling with your other cousins in the activity area." Isabelle answered him.
"Oh, why don't you ask Alice and Thomas. Maybe she went to check on them," Lucas suggested to his son.
"Ok, Dad! Thanks, Mom. Contact me if you see her."
Tristan didn't know why but he had a bad feeling about this.
"Did she see us a while ago? Hannah and me?" Tristan mumbled to himself as he proceeded to Alice's and Thomas's location.
It did not take long when he reached their tent. "Ma, Pa, is Lillie here?"
"No, son. She's not with you? I thought both of you are together." Alice said, feeling a little bit confused.
"Oh, we got separated a while ago. Ma, Pa, I should go now and find my wife. Tell me if ever she comes here." Tristan said before leaving Zhen-Zhen's foster parents.
Tristan was restless. He didn't know what to do. Zhen-Zhen went missing again and he didn't know the reason why.
"What should I do? Wifey… where are you? Please, don't disappear again just like this. Are you giving me a heart attack again?" Tristan was in his panicked mode.
"Please… I hope nothing bad happens to her."
He tried calling her but she's not answering. Her phone just kept on ringing but she didn't pick it up.
Unknown to Tristan, Zhen-Zhen was just looking at her ringing phone right now.
"Your dumb husband is calling you. Are you not going to answer it?" FaMo asked Zhen-Zhen.
But instead of answering FaMo, Zhen-Zhen burned the phone in her hand. FaMo was stupefied after seeing it.
FaMo: "..."
'Dang! Zhen-Zhen is really scary right now! What's wrong with her? Is this Zhen-Zhen? Who is she?'
FaMo was still figuring her out when Zhen-Zhen spoke up to him once again.
"Black Fire, there's someone who hurt me a while ago. As my protector, I want you to do something for me. Give her a lesson." An evil smile flashed on her lovely face after saying that.