Captivation: Want Nothing But You

"In order to survival," Shelia said casually.

But Victor felt sad upon hearing that.

"Is the meat ready to be flipped? It’s on the verge of being burned." Shelia pointed out.

Upon recall by Shelia, Victor saw a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when he looked at it closely.

He flipped the meat over while he was still thinking about what she just said.He had second thoughts about whether or not to ask her about it.

It was, after all, Shelia’s own business.

Shelia, on the other hand, didn’t seem to take it seriously.She asked, "Will you please teach me?"

"Hmm," Victor said after a while.

"Is that a yes?"

Suddenly, Shelia’s eyes glowed, and she broke into a grin.

Her two dimples, meanwhile, became much more stunning.

Victor nodded, "Okay."

Shelia grinned broadly as she said, "Thanks so much, Van.You are the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except for my caretaker in the orphanage."

"Orphanage?"

"Yap! That’s where I was raised.However, two years ago, the orphanage was taken over and the old woman was unwell and died." Shelia’s eyes clouded as she spoke about this.

"The elderly woman was a wonderful friend.When I was younger, she prepared great meals and gave me a lot of fresh fruits."

‘‘She is an orphan…’’ Victor pursed his lips.

"A guardian was needed to look after you since the orphanage was taken over.Why didn’t you leave with the other kids?"

Shelia looked up at Victor and answered, "I didn’t want to leave."

That was the only home Shelia had known for so long.

"Are they okay with you being outdoors on your own?"

said, "No.But I was desperate to visit her tomb, so I fled.My whereabouts remain unknown to them, and I

ground, Shelia lay down immediately.She was bathed in shards of sunshine that had been scattered by the trees and fallen to the ground.She placed her hands behind

to visit

keeps you from doing

have a

eyes remained fixed on Shelia and he

would like you.She had a soft spot in her heart for

didn’t seem appropriate to use this term to

the adjective "lovely" was an apt

twice, Victor asked her, "Since she was responsible for your upbringing, how come you

mute, and illiterate.She never referred to us by name.Only

as if it were a treasure and presented it to Victor as

elderly woman split the fruits, she put them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but

Did I get the best

"It’s definitely the best."

and said, "I am the only one with

was toasting

the meat after

set

came from her gut just after

so she put her hand to her stomach and ate the meat with a

It’s much better than the meat I made myself! Van,

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

after a

she rose to her feet, she said, "Let’s keep

nodded and was ready to rise when Shelia abruptly

"Come on, get up."

little pause, he took Shelia’s hand

learning the hard way, Shelia used a dart to put marks on the

track of time as

had

Victor in sitting down on a stone and drank

sure how far we’ll have to travel until we’re out.Hopefully, we can get out before

some water

walking, and he was coughing up blood

incoherently, "I’m sure