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.

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was almost done grilling the fish, Egbert had finally returned

Egbert was wearing half-dried camouflage pants

showing off his evenly toned muscles

and when she heard footsteps, she instinctively looked up.

She was stunned!

sight before her was nothing short of a visual

closer, and soon, his cool

moved a bit

at her,

turned her head to look at Egbert, and asked, “Why 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

flowers by the riverbank, casually washed them, and then came back, smeared the juice from the flower stems

tasted it and said, “It’s

“Of course, anything I grill

Egbert chuckled.

the two of them ate with relish. The five fish were quickly finished.

Eileen checked Egbert’s clothes that were hanging on the rack, touched them,

down the clothes and threw them to the bare-chested Egbert, saying, “Put them on.”

he looked at Eileen and suddenly asked, “Do you want to take a

which were indeed as dirty

have a change of

jacket to her, saying, “Wear this.”

a moment, then stood up and said,

she took Egbert’s jacket and

drone wisely turned away, not

and then hung them on a nearby tree to dry.

then put on her half-dry

her other clothes, she

was quite big

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

returned barefoot because her feet were wet. So she didn’t put on her shoes but carried

was resting in the shade