Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 71

Eileen was oblivious to the fact that Egbert was taking off his shirt to cover her chest.

Nevertheless, she quietly held his clothes and asked, “Can you fish? Or should I do it?”

“No need.” The man took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and stepped into the water.

Eileen was a bit worried, as he seemed quite weak. She frowned and reminded him, “Be careful.”

Egbert glanced at her, saw her hugging his clothes tightly. With a slight smile, he walked into the river.

The water wasn’t deep, and Egbert bent over, his eyes intently focused on the fish swimming in the river. After a while, he suddenly lunged.

Eileen stood on the riverbank, tiptoeing to get a better look..

Seeing that Egbert hadn’t moved, she asked, “Did the fish get away?”

He didn’t reply.

Eileen was about to tell him it was okay, that failure was the mother of success, when suddenly he reached down and scooped a fish out of the water with one hand, throwing it towards her.

Eileen instinctively caught the fish, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

“You’re amazing!” she exclaimed.

Egbert smiled briefly. Then he caught fish after fish with precision. Ten minutes later, he had caught five fish.

Though five fish seemed like a lot, they weren’t particularly heavy. Together, they were just enough for two people.

Eileen did a quick calculation and said, “That’s enough. Let’s go back to the shore.”

Egbert, dripping wet, made his way back to the shore.

Eileen was busy starting a fire. She glanced at Egbert and said, “Why don’t you take a bath while you’re at it? I’ll call you when the fish is ready.”

Egbert paused, looking at her.

Eileen pointed in one direction, saying, “Over there, in the direction we came from. There are some big trees for cover. I checked; it’s safe. And the water is clean. Go take a bath.”

Egbert looked in the direction she pointed and said, “Okay.”

Egbert headed in that direction and started taking off his clothes by the riverbank.

in the sky

showed the following comments:

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I pay

Let me see! Let

“Let me see” was repeatedly popping up in the

almost done grilling the fish, Egbert had finally returned

Egbert was wearing half-dried camouflage pants and carrying his freshly washed vest and

bare, showing off his evenly toned muscles

and when she heard

She was stunned!

nothing short of a visual shock!

footsteps grew closer, and soon, his cool body naturally settled down next

moved a bit away!

at her, asking, “What’s

aren’t you wearing any clothes?” Egbert calmly unfurled his clothes and placed them on the fire rack as he said, “They’re not dry yet.” Eileen pursed her lips and stopped talking, continuing to

fish was soon ready. Eileen stood up, picked a few flowers by the riverbank, casually washed them, and then came back, smeared the juice from the flower stems on the fish, and handed

and said,

proudly said, “Of course, anything I

Egbert chuckled.

fish were also ready, and the two of them ate with relish. The five fish were quickly finished.

high at that moment. Eileen checked Egbert’s clothes that were hanging

clothes and threw them to the bare-chested Egbert, saying, “Put them

didn’t put them on. Instead, he looked at Eileen and suddenly asked, “Do you want to take a bath

at her own clothes, which were indeed

don’t have a change of clothes.”

his jacket to

held the still-warm jacket, paused for a moment, then

that, she took Egbert’s jacket and headed upstream.

away, not sneaking

and then hung them on a nearby tree to dry.

put on her half-dry

clothes,

jacket was quite big

on, not only were the sleeves too long, but the

feet were wet. So she didn’t put on her shoes but carried them instead.

in the shade of a tree.