***It breathed a frigid dawning the subsequent day***
Celine woke up and yawned loudly. She sat up and looked besides her. She got nervous and shocked that Noah was not in the mat.
Wondering where he might be, she ran outside.
"Noah!" She yelled out and she hurried outside feeling anxious.
She looked around and couldn't spot him, and she paced a bit.
"Where could he be?" She muttered.
She heard some footsteps heading towards her and she turned to see Noah. He was carrying two huge coconuts.
"Were you looking for me?" He smiled wildly.
Celine felt quite awkward, "no I wasn't." She shook her head.
"But you seemed a bit restless."
"I was just feeling famished so I was couldn't relax, "She noticed the coconuts, "hold on, are those coconuts?"
"Yup. We're having it for breakfast."
"No way am I!" Celine said firmly, "but they are from a dirty farm or a shabby bush and could have several germs on them and I don't wanna get sick."
"But coconuts are highly nutritious, so even if there are germs it won't hurt you."
"I am not having those coconuts, you are throwing them away."
Noah was walking past her.
"I'd rather starve you hear me!" She screamed.
"Soothe yourself!" He screamed back and continued leaving.
Edward sat up in an European chair at the dining table besides Alia. He was staring into space. A variety of scrumptious meals was placed on the long European table alongside a basket of fresh fruits.
Alia was munching slowly her sandwich. She turned to Edward and looked at him and she sipped her glass of water.
"What's the matter? You haven't touched your food."
"How can I eat when I have no idea about the condition Celine is in. I promised Joanne after she died that I will take great care of Celine and I feel so scared to lose her like I lost Joanne or feel the painful agony I felt losing Joanne."
Alia tried to fight back the tears in her eyes, and she winked thrice.
"Do you still love Joanne?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because you still seem affected by her death, " Alia yelled, "it's been over a decade my sister passed away yet she's so important to you that you can't bear anything happening to Celine?"
"Celine is my daughter."
"Who you adore because she's also Joanne's daughter. I am sure that if Joanne did not die, you would not have had any feelings for me. And it hurts so much that up till this moment, she is special to you."
Edward got quite furious and sprang up to his feet.
"Joanne is my past, you are my present."
"But as long as Celine is in your life and is always in this mansion, Joanne is your present cause Celine always remind you of her and I don't want to fight for you love."
"I love you Alia that's why I married you."
"You employed one of the best bodyguards for Celine because you are still traumatized that you couldn't protect Joanne. If you are not hurt by her demise you won't protect Celine at all cost. And I feel stupid that you have not stopped grieving over Joanne all these years of us being a married couple. You can move the mountains and turn the world upside down till you've found Celine, I don't care." She stormed out.
"Alia! Alia!" Edward screamed and she walked through the stairs to her bedroom.
Celine felt a pang of pain in her tummy, she wiggled and gently patted it and groaned. She turned and looked at Noah seated at the huge rocks biting out of the freshly peeled coconut.
Noah smirked at her, and she rolled her eyes and sighed.
Noah munched the coconut and Celine noticed him picking up the last piece. Before he could bite out of it, she hurried over to him, and pleaded, "don't...don't eat the last portion. I'm really hungry."
She rubbed her tummy.
Noah stood up from the rock, "I wasn't going to eat it all."
He pulled out a huge coconut he hid behind the rock. Celine gasped feeling quite baffled.
"What? You think I was gonna let my queen starve? I will never let you go hungry under my watch."
Celine's lips curved into a smile.
"Could you hurry up and peel the coconut? I'm famished."
Noah let out a chuckle.
Alia walked to her wardrobe and she widely opened it. She reached towards the portraits and pictures of Joanne leaning against her clothes and she hurled them at the floor and slammed the wardrobe.
"Up till this moment you are the one Edward treasure over me because of your stupid daughter Celine. Anyways, it's a good thing Celine is missing and I hope that she's already dead and joins you wherever you are. Edward is already mine. He should only concentrate on me, I should be his only priority. I will make sure that Celine will pay for every tear you and her made me shed." She said firmly and clenched her fists.
***It was 8:36 pm later that day***
Celine and Noah were lying on the mat in the hut. The door of the hut was tightly shut.
Celine's eyes were shut, and she tossed on the mat covering her ears tightly as crickets were noisily chirping.
Noah felt quite disturbed watching her tossing and he turned to her, "What's wrong?"
"It's those stupid insects, they're so noisy and I wanna catch some sleep." She covered her ears with a lot of grip.
Noah stared at her wondering what to do to make her feel comfortable.
Celine furrowed her eyebrows, "Grrr! Tell them to stop."
Noah started to hum and Celine turned to him, "what are you doing? Are you trying to sing? It's already night."
"Duh! Since you hate hearing those crickets, I think listening to me humming could make you fall asleep cause I wouldn't want my queen waking up with puffy eyes."
Celine sighed and looked into his eyes, "you know, when I was three years old, my mum always hummed me to bed and I will quickly fall asleep in her arms."
She sniffed and wiped her tears before they could fall.
Noah continued humming and Celine smiled at him. She turned from him and shut her eyes slowly till she fell asleep.
Noah sensed that she has fallen asleep and he moved closer to her. He gently shifted the strands of her hair from her cheek and stared at her face. He grinned from ear to ear.
"I didn't know that you are fragile, and innocent. I promise you my lady that I won't ever let anyone or anything hurt you. And I won't hurt you."
He stroked her cheeks softly and he turned from her and lied besides the edge of the mat.
"No tear shall drop from your eye, I won't let anything make you cry and I will protect you until my last breath cause you are my life." He muttered.