Ramon laughed at Hailee's half annoyed expression and pulled her closer to him when another couple passed by them and almost bumped into Hailee. "Then what about you?" Ramon turned the question to her. "Is there a place you want to visit?"
"Yes," Hailee exclaimed cheerfully. "There is a small village near the town of L. When I was a child, I used to go there with my parents. There is an inn near the waterfall, so you can get a great view of nature when you open the window."
"A small village in L town…" Ramon muttered while touching his chin. He had never heard of this place, but if Hailee wanted to visit the place again, it wouldn't hurt him to find out, right?
While the two of them were talking about this, someone suddenly called out to Ramon in a loud voice.
"Ramon! You are here?" The man's voice was getting closer and closer as he was half running toward the two of them. "What is this? Second honeymoon?"
Hailee and Ramon turned around at the same time and saw a burly man running toward them, his breath was hitching but a wide smile graced his thick lips.
Behind this man were several people, following him. Two men and one woman, it looked like they were on vacation together.
"Who are they?" Hailee briefly whispered to Ramon, leaning her head toward her husband, before the stranger was within earshot.
"Friends from college," Ramon answered Hailee, but his expression was dry. He didn't seem too happy that their short vacation had been interrupted.
"You are very difficult to contact," said the man, when he was in front of Ramon. Then his eyes turned to Hailee and his smile grew wider. With great enthusiasm, he took Hailee's hand and shook it quite vigorously. "My name is Charlie, Ramon's classmate, you must be Hailee, we met at your wedding."
Well, Hailee had to be honest that she didn't remember this man at all even though he said they met at her wedding.
How could Hailee recognize every single face that she saw for the first time under such bright spotlights and a sea of countless people.
So, Hailee just greeted him in return. "Hi, Charlie."
Even though Charlie said that he and Ramon were classmates when they were in college, Hailee doubted that they were the same age, because Charlie looked at least ten years older than Ramon.
"What are you doing here? I don't think I have ever seen Ramon takes day off, especially on a weekday like this." Charlie started a barrage of questions, while the other three of his friends started coming over to them.
Hailee didn't really like the arrival of these uninvited people because she wanted to be alone with Ramon. But, Charlie seemed very happy to meet his old friend and Ramon didn't seem to mind chatting with Charlie.
Therefore, Hailee assumed that Charlie and Ramon were quite good friends when they were still in college.
"I am Amy," the only woman in Charlie's party introduced herself to Hailee, after the other two men, each named; Cordy and Billy. "I am also Ramon's college mate, but I am in the same class as Lexus."
"Oh, so you know Danny too? I heard Lexus and Danny are class mates," Hailee seized the opportunity to start a conversation with this woman named Amy, while Ramon was listening to Charlie chatter about their nostalgia from years ago.
On the other hand, Cordy and Billy chimed in occasionally, looking not confident enough to talk directly to Ramon.
So you could say that only Charlie and Amy really knew Ramon. Hmm… Hailee started with her own observations.
The longer she was associated with Ramon, the more accustomed she became to making judgments about her surroundings and the more careful she was in dealing with people.
Because like what Ramon said; You have to be careful in what actions and steps you chose to take, especially to whom you speak.
"Oh, yeah… I know Danny," Amy answered nonchalantly. "But, I don't get along with him." She said those words as if Danny was not in the same status as her, so hanging out with Danny could damage her image. Very typical of a conglomerate princess who didn't respect other people. The types of drama queens that Hailee didn't like.
Okay, Hailee's first impression of Amy wasn't that great, but Hailee was quite happy with Charlie's easy-going character, which reminded her of Lexus.
There must have been fun stories from their college days.
"How about we have dinner together later? Barbecue?" Charlie suggested and Amy clapped her hands happily.
"Come on, it must be fun reminiscing about the good olden days," Amy coaxed and occasionally stole glances at Ramon. The woman thought her actions had escaped Hailee's eyes.
Oh, of course not… Hailee was of course watching every little move this old friend of Ramon's made and she couldn't help but sigh in annoyance; this was one of the downsides of having a popular husband who had been the most coveted bachelor ever. There would always be annoying flies around.
"What do you think?" Ramon actually asked Hailee's opinion.
However, what Hailee liked the most was the fact that Ramon didn't even glance at Amy. His arms were wrapped protectively around Hailee's waist and every now and then he would sweep Hailee's messy hair off of her face because of the wind, gently.
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