Upon hearing Cheryl's question, Johanna's resentment disappeared without a trace. She squatted down again, lowered her head, and even without looking at her expression, one could guess how red her little face was. Johanna shyly said, "I don't know."
"Ah - you kissed him for so long, how could you not know? I think you just don't want to tell me? Johanna, remember that we grew up together. Except for the dream skincare cream that we didn't share together, everything else between us is no different. Even with that dream skincare cream in mind, I still ended up giving it to you later on. I never thought my childhood friend would be like this." Cheryl had a strange mind and talent for scheming against people; therefore what she said earlier was simply calculated against Johanna.
Sure enough after hearing Cheryl's words, Johanna also felt embarrassed herself. She stood up and walked over to Cheryl before taking both of her hands and pleadingly saying: "Cheryl,I'm sorry! It wasn't intentional; I really don't know how to describe the feeling when Rosendo kissed me."
"If you don't know how to say it then take your time; there's no rush," replied Cheryl happily as she knew that Johanna was willing to share her secret with her.
"In fact it feels very strange – sweet in the heart but happy too – like wanting time to stop at that moment forever," described Johanna.
"Did he stick his tongue into your mouth?" asked Cheryl seriously.
Johanna shook her head and said: "No!"
"Did you stick your tongue into his mouth?" asked Cheryl again.
"Nope! Do we have to put our tongues into each other's mouths in order for it count as kissing? What if he bites my tongue?" Johanna asked a very silly question.
Unfortunately, she was born into a wealthy family and grew up with the rich; her friends were all children of the wealthy, and even if she wanted to make friends with someone from a poor family, their parents would not agree. Therefore, she had less social experience than most people.
"Ah - Johanna, I now know that you are so innocent that you don't even know what French kissing is," Cheryl laughed.
"Have you ever kissed anyone? Humph! You still have the nerve to say that about me," said Johanna poutingly and dissatisfied.
Cheryl took Johanna's hand and smiled: "Okay okay Johanna don't be angry. What I meant was in TV dramas where male leads kiss female leads by sticking their tongues into each other's mouths. That's why I asked like that; don't be mad."
"Cheryl,do you think I'm unlikable? Look at how proactive I am when it comes to kissing him but he didn't react at all." said Johanna sadly.
"If you were an unlikable person then would there be so many suitors after you? Rosendo doesn't respond because he hasn't fallen in love with you yet – so please understand this. It's me who has no luck – my looks aren't much worse than yours but there isn't one boy who dares pursue me... sigh... nowadays boys aren't real men anymore." Cheryl sighed.
Johanna covered her mouth and giggled, "Who made you so fond of teasing people? Remember that guy who pursued you for only two days before you almost drove him to the brink of a mental breakdown? It was only after your dad personally apologized that things were resolved. And it's been pretty much the same with all the others since then - they're all scared of you. If I were a guy, I wouldn't dare pursue you either. After all, life is more important than anything else."
"Waaah... am I really that bad?" Cheryl said pitifully.
After spending some time outside withCheryl ,Johanna 's mood improved significantly. Johanna took Cheryl's hand and led her back into the villa. As soon as she entered, she began searching for Rosendo's figure. Although she still hated Rosendo quite a bit, she couldn't deny that she cared about him deeply - perhaps hate ran just as deep as love!
Not finding Rosendo anywhere, Johanna called over a waiter and asked him: "Have you seen the person I brought in earlier?"
"Oh! You mean your boyfriend! He's right over there!" The waiter pointed to a corner.
Johanna found this strange because she didn't see Rosendo in the corner at all; instead, there was just a group of girls chatting away merrily. Could it be... could Rosendo be hiding among those girls?
Johanna squeezed through the crowd until she saw that these girls were fawning over none other than Rosendo himself! They acted like maidservants serving their master obediently - this reignited her anger towards him once again.
"Rosendo! What are you doing?" She shouted angrily when he noticed her presence.
"I'm not doing anything! Just chatting with these lovely and beautiful young ladies," replied Rosendo with a smile.
"Rosendo, I hate you." With that, Johanna turned and walked away. She was really angry - her heart felt sour. It was true; she was jealous. Rosendo treated these girls so well, yet he acted like a stranger to her. How could she feel good about that?
"Johanna, come over here and say hello to these uncles," Tyson waved at his daughter.
"Johanna! Didn't you bring your boyfriend with you? Where is he? Why don't you bring him over for us to see?" Gregory asked kindly. He owned an industrial park which rented out factories to other companies - because of the large number of parks he had, the rent alone earned him more money than running a company would.
"He's not my boyfriend; I just lied earlier." Johanna said angrily as soon as Rosendo came up in conversation again.
"Well then, you're losing out by giving away your kisses like that...haha..." Gregory laughed.
Willie heard what Johanna said and became very happy: "Johanna, do you not like him?"
"He's not my boyfriend! Why should I like him? Besides, even if he were given to me...I wouldn't want him!" Johanna said furiously.
"That's great news! I thought you liked him! If you don't like him then it's easy," Willie exclaimed happily.
"What do you mean 'if I don't like him' makes things easier for you?" Johanna asked confusedly.
"If you don't like him then I can have my daughter pursue him!" Willie shocked everyone by saying this aloud.