My Sugar And Your Spice

Chapter 262

near the pond. At that thought, she removed her shoes and lifted every stone she saw near the water. She then noticed someone walking lightly behind her.Startled, Amelie turned around to find a handsome face framed by a fringe looking back at her. “Blakey?” she gasped. “You’re still here.”“You haven’t left, so why would I?” Blake replied with a smile.Unbeknownst to her, he no longer had a blank poker face when talking. His eyes were now filled with a doting adoration for her.“You guessed the key might be here too?” She did not analyze his answer and merely thought he had arrived at the same conclusion she did.In response, Blake’s face stiffened.On the other hand, he didn’t care about the key because Amelie was the only thing on his mind.Not saying a word, he made his way over and kneeled in front of her, utterly oblivious to the stream of water. The next thing she knew, he had wrapped a slender hand around her fair ankle. “No matter how urgent the key is, you can’t ignore your leg.”Amelie looked down at her leg to realize there were gashes on her leg. While the wounds were not deep, there were so many of them that it looked horrifying. Since she was in such a rush when she saw Jodie fall off the cliff, that’s probably when she hurt herself. Even though her leg was injured, she was still preoccupied with finding the key. However, she did not expect Blake to spot such a hidden injury. What an attentive guy he is!When he grabbed her ankle, she staggered to the boulder behind her to sit down. Then, he placed her foot on his knee when a bunch of herbs suddenly appeared in his other hand. She did not know what kind of herb they were. Later, she observed as he meticulously scraped away the herbs’ thin outer membrane before applying them to her wounds as if they were bandages.While doing so, he gently blew on the herbs. “My grandmother would always use this herb to treat my wounds when I was hurt. I can personally attest to the fact that they work,” he explained gently and warmly.Blake rarely talked about his personal life, so all Amelie knew about him was that he was an orphan. Nonetheless, she did not know that he used to live with his grandmother.His eyes were so soft and peaceful when he mentioned his grandmother. There was a faint smile on his lips.Evidently, those days were highly memorable to him.On the other hand, she grew up with her father. Thus, it was inevitable that his words reminded her of her days with her father. She could not help but lose herself in her memories.Suddenly, Amelie heard a cold voice clearing their throat.Snapping out of her thoughts, she turned at the same time Blake did to find Leo walking over to them with a stern look.The water was still dripping from his dark hair and his clothes. There was a murderous gaze on his stern face. Is it because he believes Jodie’s statement? Is he here to question me without first changing? With that thought, she kept her eyes trained on him.Leo was looking at them as well. However, his gaze was focused on the barefoot being held by Blake instead of her face.She sensed his gaze slowly sharpening like an invisible blade; it was nowhere to be seen but extremely dangerous. Then, she uneasily pulled her foot out of Blake’s grip before standing up.“If