Turning Of The Tide

Chapter 517

After Christina sat down, Joseph wiped the other stool and adjusted his clothes before slowly taking a seat.

From Christina’s perspective, she could see the snow on Joseph’s shoulder. She also noticed that the color of his arm on one side was darker. Today’s snow had a slight drizzle mixed in.

Christina instinctively looked at her own clothes, and she noticed that there was not a single snowflake on them. This action from Joseph was akin to throwing a stone into the deepest part of the lake, hitting the very center of it.

After staring blankly for a while, she took out a packet of tissues from her handbag and handed it over to him, gesturing for him to wipe. “Wipe your shoulder,” she said. “It’s a little wet.”

Joseph took the packet of tissues and pulled one out, but he could not manage to wipe the particularly dark spot. Christina could not bear to watch. She stood up, walked over to Joseph’s back, and took the tissues from the table. Silently, she helped him wipe away the snow from his clothes, gently patting it off first and then absorbing the moisture with the tissues.

Christina spent several minutes doing this, and throughout, Joseph had a smile on his face, remaining still as Christina helped him.

“Done,” Christina said, feeling th

fabric with her fingertips and double-checking it.

“Thank you,” Joseph said. Just as Christina was about to leave, Joseph quickly grabbed her wrist and asked her a question to sound her out. “Do you want to build a snowman?” he said.

Christina thought, “Build a snowman?

“What a distant memory. How many years ago was it when I last built a snowman?” Ever since Chris went to college, he had no intention of taking over the company. This heavy burden had fallen on her shoulders.

The major that she chose was not a major that she loved, but she did not regret it. Among the three children, there had to be one to help out as their parents continued to get older.

-She thought, “I think I built a snowman with Stella when I was in my senior years at high school.

“It seems like it. I can’t remember.”

Joseph had always been observant. He could discern her true thoughts from her silence. He pulled her to sit on a stool. Then, he turned around and went to a spacious place. After choosing a spot, Joseph began to collect snow from the snowy environment. His warm hands were swiftly numbed by the cold.

The busy figure in the snow once again left Christina in a daze. This man was really skilled in understanding Christina’s feelings. Step by step, he entered her heart silently. She was completely unguarded.

Joseph did not talk about love or affection. Ever since he confessed, he did not ask her if she wanted to be with him, nor did he rush her to make a decision. It was as if he was not the one who had confessed.

Joseph walked back and forth, exposing himself in the rain. A pile of snow had already piled up in the open space. Christina could not stay seated. Joseph’s intention was to capture Christina’s attention, not through his busy figure but through the charm of the snow. However, Joseph did not know that Christina was actually paying attention to him.

She got up, walked over to Joseph, tugged at her coat, and squatted down. No one was holding an umbrella. The snow was still falling. “What should I do?” she asked.

Upon hearing this, the man beside her smiled and said, “I’ll collect the snow, and you can form the snow into shapes.” He would handle the laborious work. She just needed to work on the design in one spot.

“There’s quite a lot of snow here,” Christina said. “Don’t go to get more snow.” Christina felt the urge to hold Joseph’s hands, wanting to know how cold his hands were.

In the end, she gave up, thinking that it was somewhat inappropriate. When her hand touched the snow, she no longer needed to feel the temperature of Joseph’s hands. The coldness of the snow made Christina shiver, but she smiled happily and began to make snowballs. Joseph helped create the snowman’s body, concerned that she might be too cold.

two of them worked together and soon, they finished making a snowman. Joseph took

It was really quite cold, but his hands,

were getting warm

could enable people to have a view of the scene downstairs. Ethan stood expressionlessly by the window, craning his neck.

One of them asked, “Ethan, what’s our boss

“Are you

gotten into a romantic

was looking at an idiot. He thought, “Is this being in a romantic

of accomplishment when they looked at the finished product, especially Christina. She had a long-lost joy

so that it could serve as a keepsake of this moment, their eyes met. In

were half-squatting, looked as if their energy points had been pressed. They remained motionless,

toward. Christina followed her heart and tilted her head. Just when both of them were only half an inch apart, a sneeze

immediately stood up awkwardly. She lowered her head, pressed her

turned serious. He

and left. Looking at Christina’s back as she left hurriedly,

the person coming out, he immediately sprinted downstairs at

later, Ethan stood beside Joseph. The person who sneezed was Benjamin the driver. He was the bodyguard who drove Christina around

wanted to see how things are developing between

had become displeased. He thought, “Who would be happy when their good time is disrupted? If it were me, I would

out of nowhere. Ethan was afraid that Joseph would get angry, so he kicked Benjamin first, saying, “Hurry up and apologize to Mr. Turner. Why did you come to

began to panic. “Mr. Turner, I was wrong,” he said. “I was wrong. Can I go back to let my injury

late to run now? Can I act as if he didn’t see me? Sneezing isn’t something I can control.

gust of cold wind, and then there’s a

The height difference became evident. Joseph’s tone was very calm as he said, “You’re very free. Getting thrown once is not enough.”

to the shoulder throw from

“No. I’m not. My hand isn’t

the winter snow. He glanced at the snowman behind him and said, “I don’t want to see any snow on the hotel’s steps

this snowman melts, you will stand in this spot and pretend to

on the verge of tears but not being able to shed them. He felt deeply regretful. He thought to himself, “Why did I wander around late at night instead of sleeping? And now I can’t sleep for the entire night. I need to clear the snow

from

replied, “Got it,

said, “Haha. Mr. Turner thinks you’re short. So darn hilarious. Hahaha.

Shoe inserts.”

solid kick, saying, “Just a reminder. There shouldn’t be any snow on the hotel’s

was finally brought back to the harsh reality. He thought, “What? It’s still-snowing now. How is it possible for the steps to be snow-free? Isn’t this like asking someone

just trying to play a prank on me, seeking revenge. My damn