Coralie did not expect Jovana to ask her such a question!
She thought for a while before shaking her head and answered, "I don't think he likes me."
"Who are you kidding? Of course he likes you. Don't lie to me."
"We were neighbors when we were young. Yohan was very fat when he was a child. The others did not like to play with him,# and they even bullied him. When I knew about it, I protected him and played with him." Coralie paused, looked at Jovana, and said, "Because of his childhood experience, he became more withdrawn. He only trusted me at that time, that's all."
That was what Coralie found out during the long year when she was with Yohan.
Although she did not know what Yohan had experienced in the Watson family, she was certain that along the way, because of his way of dealing with matters and people, he did not trust anyone at all.
Yohan had never trusted anyone, except Coralie. That was why he tried his best to win her over.
"You're lying..."
When Jovana heard Coralie's words, her eyes lit up.
Obviously, she was excited when she heard Coralie's words.
"I did not lie to you," Coralie answered affirmatively. Seeing Jovana acting that way, she said, "You should tell him your real name."
Although Coralie did not know what had happened to them, she knew that Jovana had her own name.
The reason she was called Jovana was because of Coralie.
"Coralie!"
While Jovana was hesitating, Skylar's voice was heard from the shore.
When Coralie turned her head, she saw Skylar swimming towards them from the shore.
As for Yohan, he stood motionless on the beach.
Skylar swam over and immediately noticed that Coralie and Jovana were both standing, so he straightened his back and steadied himself. He asked worriedly, "Why can't the both of you talk on the beach? What if the tide rises?"
Skylar's expression was very nervous.
He glanced at Jovana, and his gaze was unfriendly.
He was worried that Jovana had tricked Coralie into the waters and wanted to...
"Okay, let's go back now." Coralie turned her head, reached out to Jovana, and asked her, "Should we go?"
Jovana looked at Coralie and Skylar and shook her head stubbornly. "I can swim on my own."
After she said that, she swam to the shore. She swam very fast, just like a fish.
"What did you two talk about?"
Skylar stared at Jovana.
"It's nothing."
Coralie shook her head and swam to the shore with Skylar.
Jovana reached the shore first. As she reached, she opened her arms and ran to Yohan, like a spoiled child. "Uncle Yohan! Look at how worried other husbands are for their wives. When will you act like that?"
She held Yohan's hand and pouted her mouth in a coquettish manner.
"The chances of something happening to you in water is even less than on the ground."
Yohan reached out, held Jovana's hand and took her away.
She stuck out her tongue and turned back to look at Coralie, who had just reached the shore. She said to herself in her heart,
"Coralie, if one day Uncle Yohan falls for me, I will then tell him my real name."
"Skylar, what did you and Yohan talk about?"
Coralie reached the shore, wrung the seawater from her beach dress, and asked Skylar.
"It's nothing."
Skylar pushed the hair on Coralie's face aside and took her to the gathering place not far away.
Just now on the boat, the crew told them that this was a free-and-easy period. They would only need to gather at the gathering place for lunch.
When they arrived at the gathering place, it was not the time for lunch yet. Therefore, Coralie and Skylar explored the island.
There were traces of man-made development on the island. There was a man-made road on the ground, and the tree branches had been picked up. It was not uncomfortable to walk barefoot on it.
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