The Jewel in My Heart
Chapter 22

Anna was stunned when she felt a warmth enveloping her back, when she turned her body.

"You should wear warm clothes" said Arthur, wearing a wide, sky-blue scarf made of wool.

Arthur's long arms reached up to the front of Anna's body until it was completely covered by the scarf.

"Thank you" replied Anna clumsily. His sigh of relief was heard clearly when Arthur pulled his arm away.

Arthur smiled at Anna who was sighing in relief, he grew curious but held her back as much as possible.

"Where is Nina?"

"Sleep."

"Sleep?" Arthur showed a big smile. "He must be happy here."

Anna nodded shyly. "Like it is so."

"You feel comfortable here?" Arthur deliberately sat on Anna's side with a short distance away.

Unknowingly Anna shifted her body until it stuck to the arm of the bench. "Well." Anna's sentence hung up, her face lowered.

"But?" urged Arthur.

"If I can choose, I'd rather go back to my previous life."

"I see, you're sorry to help me..."

"No, it's not that" Anna quickly cut, "I can't possibly regret helping someone. Even if the one lying there was even a dog, I would still bring it to my house."

Arthur's two eyebrows rose with a joke. "You liken me to a dog?"

"It's just a parable!" Anna looked up to Arthur.

"In other words, are you going to help anyone?" asked Arthur who was greeted with a nod to Anna's head.

"You're being naive, aren't you?"

"You think so?" asked Anna with her curious face.

"Obviously, besides being naive you're also a little mysterious."

"What?"

"You keep secrets."

"You're afraid of me" Arthur guessed, observing the change in Anna's countenance.

Anna raised her chin. "I'm not afraid of you."

Arthur wrapped his arm around Anna's shoulder and in a split second, Anna stood within a safe distance of Arthur's reach.

Arthur shook his head slowly, "You're afraid of me."

Anna gulped, within a short time Arthur had figured out the contents of her head. Anna doesn't like this type of person.

"I'll see Nina" said Anna and walked quickly away from Arthur, who was still sitting on the park chair.

Anna cursed softly when she almost hit one of Arthur's bodyguards.

Arthur was pensive in the chair, Anna was indeed afraid. Not only on her, when at the embassy or on the plane Arthur saw that Anna always avoided physical contact in any form with men.

Arthur shook his head, it must have been a hard thing for Anna when it came to caring for the injured Arthur.

What is Anna hiding? Arthur was willing to bet, if he asked her directly Anna would definitely dodge.

He could have found out for himself, he could have broken through the secret codes of the forbidden archives. But it violates Anna's privacy, and for the size of the person who has been helped her life isn't it quite so brazen?

Until lunch, Arthur still thinks of a way to unlock the secrets of Anna Tenpa forcing her.

And as Anna still feels upset with Arthur, she doesn't talk to Arthur even though they're eating at the same table.

Arthur tries to open the conversation but Anna responds to him coldly, occasionally answering briefly if he has been very forced.

Not his retreat slowly but Arthur was increasingly challenged, he promised in his heart would find a way to satisfy his curiosity.

Actually Arthur does not care much about the affairs of others, but he once caught Anna pensively alone on the sofa of his house.

The woman's gaze was directed at the television but her eyes were blank, and Arthur did not like such eyes.

Anna's eyes seemed completely alive only when she was looking at Nina.

After Nina finished eating, Anna directly carried her out of the magnificent dining room.

Anna was very fond of Arthur, but Anna did not want to see him.

Arthur smiled secretively, he would know his answer soon.