True Love Waits novel Chapter 727

In less than five minutes, the fun was over and the pain began. The big grains of salt at the bottom of the lake hurt her feet.

Blair had to pause before taking every step.

She tried to find spots where the grains were smaller, but even so, she was almost in tears before long. 'Doesn't this place sell shoe covers or something?' she thought miserably.

Blair looked around and was surprised to see that some people in the lake were wearing shoe covers. She sighed. 'Why hadn't I thought of this before I got down here?'

Her eyes then fell on the pavilion board which said, "Shoe covers for rent." She had been in too much of a hurry to notice it earlier.

And now, to enjoy the most beautiful view she had ever seen, Blair had to grit her teeth and walk on. Finally, she reached the middle of the lake. She had the best angle to take the pictures of the lake where the water met the sky.

She lifted her camera and clicked.

Little did she know that while she was engrossed in taking the picture of the view, someone else was secretly taking pictures of her, freezing the picture-perfect moment with her in the dead center of the white salt lake.

As time ticked by, more tourists walked into the lake. Some were wearing shoe covers, and others were walking barefoot, wincing just like her.

She wondered if she should text Niles and ask him to rent a pair of shoe covers for her.

Once she was satisfied with the pictures she had taken, Blair put away her camera and turned around to look at where Niles was sitting. But instead, her eyes fell on a familiar figure standing a meter away from her.

The handsome man stood out from the crowd of tourists. Blair was breathless for a moment. "When...when did you get here?" she asked.

"Just now." Wesley walked closer to her. "Doesn't it hurt?" he asked, looking at her legs. Despite the thick calluses on the soles of his feet, even he could feel some pain. He knew that she was in a lot more pain than him. Besides, her feet had been severely injured once.

"It does," she admitted.

"Silly woman." Wesley lifted her into his arms.

Blair buried her face in his chest and smiled. "I didn't walk barefoot into the lake on purpose. I just didn't know that this place sold shoe covers," she retorted defensively.

"It's Niles' fault. I knew I couldn't count on him," Wesley said with a frown.

Before he had walked into the lake, he had kicked Niles in the butt, almost sending his brother flying into the water. He blamed Niles for not accompanying Blair into the lake. What if she fell into a limestone cave? That could be a deadly accident.

"It's not Niles' fault. He has done more than enough. Why are you always picking on him?" Blair felt that nothing Niles did was good enough for Wesley.

He gathered her up in his arms without answering her question and said, "I'm taking you back to the hotel."

"But I just got here!" she exclaimed, clutching her camera tightly. It would have fallen into the water if it wasn't hung around her neck.

"Fine. Then, let's go and get you some shoe covers," he compromised.

"I'll wait here," she said. Blair was desperate for those shoe covers.

Wesley looked at her feet. She knew what he was worried about. "It's been years. My feet are fine."

He put her down and said, "All right. But if you see a black hole, stay away."

"Okay. I'll stay put."

Wesley started to walk away from her. Blair took her camera and snapped some photos of the handsome man's receding figure.