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?"

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

the trees and

want to

you from

find me if I go there.She had no idea that I have a name now.I’ll tell her my name when I meet her again in the

on Shelia

"If she had the chance to see you, Van, it would be more than likely that she would like you.She had a soft spot in her heart for adorable kids.She said that I was a lovely

didn’t seem appropriate to use this term to describe

at Shelia, Victor concluded that the adjective "lovely" was an apt description of her

she was responsible for your upbringing,

illiterate.She never referred to us by name.Only a poker card was in my

gently removed it from her pocket as if it were a treasure

given a unique card.When the elderly woman split the fruits, she put them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’

Did I get the best

"It’s definitely the best."

retracted the card and said, "I am the only one with

meat was toasting as they

the meat after he re-applied the

all set

gut just

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

better than the meat I made myself! Van, you’re

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

after

to her feet, she said,

to rise when Shelia abruptly

"Come on, get up."

and after a little pause, he took Shelia’s hand in his and replied,

way, Shelia used a dart

had lost track of time as

had

down on a stone and drank some

travel until we’re out.Hopefully, we

drank some water as

perhaps exhausted after so much walking, and he was coughing up blood for the second

said incoherently, "I’m sure we can.Let’s move