Cherish Love

ANNE ALEXANDRIA CHLOE's POV

"So are you ready?" I heard Dylan suddenly ask the moment I went out of the room.

"Yes but where are we going anyway?" I asked while looking at him. He is just simply wearing a plain white shirt, navy blue jacket with hoodie and black pants but he still looks good on it. Well, honestly speaking… If Dylan wasn't my brother's friend, I might have mistaken him as a professional model or maybe an artist. I just shrugged my shoulders as I walked towards the mirror here to check my look. Hmmm…? I'm beautiful as usual. Hahaha!

"A place where you can recharged before we go back home tomorrow." I heard Dylan suddenly said that made me turn to look at him once again. Really?

"Is there any place like that, Dylan?" I asked while still fixing my bangs. I just saw him nod his head while still smiling at me.

"Yes, I have found one here." I heard Dylan said that made me just nod. Oh really?

"Is that so?" I simply said. Hmmm…? I wonder where it was but where exactly it is? I was about to ask him once again when Dylan suddenly offered me his hand that surprised me.

"Shall we go now, Miss Chloe Ramirez?" I heard Dylan said as he showed me his genuine smile. I just shrugged my shoulders while trying to hold back my smile as I reached his hand and held it but in the end...

"Sure, Mister Dylan La Flair." I simply said as I smiled at him. Seriously… I don't know why but every time this person smiles at me… I just couldn't hold myself from smiling as well.

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"Hey, Dylan..." I called him while looking outside the window.

"Yes?" I heard Dylan asked while still focused on driving. Seriously?

"We've been travelling for an hour already. Where exactly are we going anyway?" I asked before I turned to look at him and saw him seriously driving. I don't know why but I feel so uneasy and irritated right now. Irritated because he's been driving for an hour already and until now, he still doesn't want to tell me where we are going and I feel so uneasy because… Well, I actually don't know why… I just suddenly felt uneasy right now...

"To a place where we can relieve our stress." I heard Dylan said while still smiling as he drives carefully. I know that and he's been telling me that since---wait a minute… What did he just said?

"Our...what?" I asked confusingly. What was that supposed to mean? Is he alright?

"Our stress." I heard Dylan said while still smiling. What?

"So you're not okay right now, Dylan?" I asked while still looking at him. Right now… He doesn't look like stress or anything right now but this is the first time I have heard Dylan said that so...it might be true, right?

"Hmmm… You'll know later, Chloe." I heard Dylan said while still smiling as he took a quick glance at me before returning his attention to the road. What?

"You know what? You've been telling me that since a while ago." I said seriously at him before crossing my arms across my c.h.e.s.t. Seriously… Is he really alright? I saw him just shrugged his shoulders while still focused on driving. Now that I think about it… Even before I met him until we got married… I haven't seen him down or stressed even though their company was facing difficulty before… Could it be that he's just hiding everything by himself?

"Hey, tell me… What's on your mind, Dylan?" I asked while I'm still looking at him. I saw him take a quick glance at me before looking back to the road once again.

"Chloe…" I heard Dylan suddenly called me while looking at the road seriously.

"What?" I asked as I divert my attention to the road.

"How does it feel that you're now the one who's asking me that and not me?" I heard Dylan suddenly asked me that made me return my attention to him once again. Huh?

"What?" I asked in confusion. Wait, what does… Oh, that's right! Because Dylan was always the one who asked me that.

"It feels great." I said as I smiled at him that made him shook his head while still smiling widely.

"You're crazy..." Dylan suddenly said that made me chuckled.

"But kidding aside… Are you really okay, Dylan?" I asked once again that made him just nod while still driving.

"I'm fine, Chloe. Believe me." I heard Dylan said that made me just nod but why do I feel like… I wasn't satisfied with what he just told me?

"Are you really sure?" I asked once again that made him just took a deep sigh before he took a quick glance at me.

"Well…" I heard Dylan suddenly said but this time, he sounds so serious. I was about to speak when he suddenly stopped the car.

"What? Wait… Why did we stop? Are we here already, Dylan?" I asked while still looking around us but I can only see trees. Are we really here already?

"Of course not. We're still not here yet." I heard Dylan said as he brushed his finger through his hair. Wait, is there something bothering him? I was about to asked him once again when Dylan suddenly unbuckled his seatbelt.

"Wait, let me here. I'll just check something." I heard Dylan said before he opened the door and went outside the car. My gaze followed him as I saw him looking at something on the side of the car. What? What's happening? And because of my curiosity and of course, nervousness… I went out of the car as well to check what's really happening right now.

"Dylan, what's wrong? What's happening here?" I asked as soon as I got close to him.

"Flat tire." Dylan said seriously before he took a deep breath. Huh?

"What!?" I asked in shock. No way! Is that for real!? I saw him took a deep breath once again before nodding his head. Oh my gosh! This can't be happening!

"What should we do now!? We're stuck in the middle of the forest for goodness sake, Dylan!" I said as I started to panic. No way… I don't want to stay here… No… What should I do? Wait, where's my phone? I immediately get my phone but unfortunately…

"Just like what you just said, Chloe. We are in the middle of the forest so it's pretty obvious that there's no signal here." I heard Dylan said that made me even more nervous. What!?

"Dylan! What should we do now!?" I asked him in panic. What? He's thinking of a way, doesn't he?

"Will you please calm down, Chloe? I can't think properly because of you…" I heard Dylan said a bit irritatedly. What!? So does that mean, he still doesn't know what to do yet!?

"Why? Don't we have any spare tires here?" I asked him as I saw him sighed once again. What?

"Good news, Chloe. We have one but unfortunately, we don't have tools in the car right now." I heard Dylan said that made me stopped. What!?

"What!?" I said in disbelief. No way… This can't be happening...

"How can we get out of here?" I asked him who's just simply standing here beside me. What? I was about to ask him once again when Dylan finally speaks.

"Chloe, calm down…" Dylan said. What? That's the only thing he can say right now!?

"I can't do that!" I yelled at him that made him turn to look at me. Is he insane? For goodness sake! We still have a flight tomorrow in the afternoon!

"What if---" I said but was interrupted when I suddenly saw Dylan glared at me...for the first time since we have met. I-us he angry?

"Stop!" Dylan yelled at me that made me stop. H-he's really mad at me!

"Can you please calm down, Chloe!? You're not helping!" I heard Dylan said irritatedly that made me stop as my heart started to calm down a bit. H-he's really mad right now and I can clearly see my brother to him though I can sense that Dylan has more self control than my brother. I just took a deep breath as I tried to calm myself. I actually don't know why I suddenly panicked a while ago but Dylan was right… I should...no, we should both calm down so that we can think of a way to get out of here. We're both in silence while thinking when we suddenly saw a light coming from a...

"There's a car, Dylan." I said that made Dylan and I looked at it.

"Wait! Stop! Please help us!" I said as I immediately went in the middle of the road to stop the car.

"Help us please!" Dylan said while now standing beside me until the car stops right in front of us.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" And there we heard a man's voice coming from the car. Okay, this is our chance. We immediately went to the driver's seat and there we saw a middle aged man driving and a guy who was sitting on the passenger seat.

"Ahm… Our car---" Dylan said politely. Geez. Why is he suddenly being so nice?

"We need your help. Do you have tools for changing the car tires, mister?" I asked directly to the point that made Dylan and these two looked at me in surprise. What?

"Of course, we do have. Do you have any spare tires in your car?" The middle aged man asked that made me just nod.

"Yes! Right, Dylan?" I said before I turned to look at Dylan who's simply looking at me.

"Yes…" Dylan said in disbelief. What? What's wrong with him?

"Okay. Lawrence, will you give me a hand?" I heard the middle aged man said before we saw the guy sitting beside him nod his head.

"Yes, dad." That guy said. Oh, so they are father and son. Dylan and I distanced ourselves first before we saw them go out of the car while his son goes at the back and gets the tools.

"Flat tires, huh." The middle aged man said that made the both of us nod.

"Ahm, here's the tire, mister." Dylan said before he opened the car trunk and get the tire there and gave it to the middle aged man.

"Thanks. Don't worry, it won't take too long." We heard the middle aged man said that made the both of us look at each other as we both nodded our heads.

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"Thank you so much for helping us, mister…?" Dylan said when our tires have finally been replaced.

"That was nothing. Just call me Allen and this is my son, Lawrence." The middle aged man said that made his son just nod his head while smiling at us. Thank goodness that we've met nice people like them...

"Okay. Thank you, Sir Allen and sir Lawrence. By the way, I'm Ethan and this is my wife, Chloe." I heard Dylan said as he introduced us to them.

"Thanks for helping us." I said as I bowed my head.

"That was really nothing and also, just call me Lawrence, Ethan." I heard Lawrence said that made Dylan nod his head as he smiles at them.

"Your wife? Wow. You two look so young." Sir Allen suddenly said that made the both of us look at each other. Oh, that's right… How should we explain this?

"But well... You two should be careful next time. Check everything first before going outside, okay?" Sir Allen said while smiling at us. Oh, geez. He might be thinking that I'm pregnant or something...

"Yes, sir Allen. Thank you for helping us once again." Dylan said before he held my hand that made me turn to look at him. You know what, Dylan? We don't have to pretend to be lovers anyway… Sir Allen and his son didn't know us anyway.

"No worries. Just take care on your way, okay? Let's go now, Lawrence. Your mom must be waiting." Sir Allen said before he waved at us and went to his car.

"Yes, dad… We'll go ahead now." Lawrence said while still smiling at us.

"Yes. Thank you once again, Lawrence." I said before I bowed down my head that made him chuckle. Huh?

"I already told you that it's alright. Just be careful next time. Bye." Lawrence said before he bid farewell and went inside their car. We bid farewell to one another once again before they left, leaving the two of us here alone in the middle of the forest once again.

"Let's go now, Chloe? It's getting late already." I heard Dylan suddenly said that made me glared at him that shocked him.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" I heard Dylan suddenly said before I punched his arm lightly.

"That scares me, you know..." I told him seriously but instead of getting mad at me… He just laughed at me before he patted my head.

"It's alright because no matter what happens, I will always protect you." Dylan simply said while still smiling at me that made me stop before I slowly nodded my head. I don't know why but ever since I have met Dylan… I always want to believe in his words.