CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Eliza felt the intense gaze of the man that was sitted beside her and wondered why he was staring at her and she looked away from the flowers to meet his gaze," have I done something wrong?" she asked and he shook his head

"then why were you staring at me?"

"was I?"

"what do you mean by were you?" she said and looked away from him coyly. Then she asked, " that river I was found, can you take me there?" she asked and looked back at him

"why?"

"going there might make me remember something"

"well that's true" he said and stood on his feet, "let's go"

"now?"

"going there at night is the best,no one would see us but if we do in the morning,a lot of people will and the village people also get water there"

"oh" she said and stood on her feet and dusted the back of her wrapper with her palm. He made a whistling sound and a horse came running in their direction and came to stand before Ara, he smiled and patted it's head, "good boy" he commented

"we are riding on it ?" she asked and he nodded his head. She had rode on horses on few occasions when she went to the beach with her mum to catch fun but she still feared it. Araromi jumped on the horse and stretched his hand to her, "let me help you" he said and she slowly grabbed his hand and in a swift, he lifted her from the ground and placed her on the horse in front of him."Are you ready?" he asked and she nodded her head.He made a sound and kicked the horse and the horse began to move.At first, slowly and when they got out of the palace, he increased his pace and the horse began to move fast, blowing air on her face and she closed her eyes and shifted backward towards him, her back against his hard muscled chest and unconsciously, she placed her hand on his thigh for support.When the horse stopped, she slowly opened her eyes and saw that they had reached the river, "so quick" she said, her breath heavy. When she was done catching her breath, she saw that she was resting on him and her hands were on his laps and she hastily adjusted herself and cleared her throat.

"no need to be startled, it was a sight to behold" he said and she threw an angry look at him

"no no, you can't do that, you still have a punishment with me remember" he said and she hastily looked away from him and for a moment, she got worried, wondering what the punishment might be. He jumped down from the horse first and stretched his hand for her to hold and he helped her down. The horse drank from the river and Araromi patted it's head lightly." take your time" he said to her , standing beside her by the river. She looked around and wondered if she would disappear if she goes into the water, praying and hoping her theory would work"

"remembering anything?" he asked and she shook her head. She came here through an accident, then maybe she can return that way. She looked away from the river to look at Araromi who had his eyes fixed on his horse and was patting the back if it's head lightly.

"please push me in" she said and he raised his eyes in shock,

"you want me to push you into the river?" he asked and she nodded her head"why?" he asked

"am here to regain my memories, please"

"are you sure?" he asked and she nodded.He moved back a little and after some seconds, he pushed her into the river and she fell in with a loud splash. She closed her eyes, hoping that by the time she opens them, she would be back in her world and when she did, she saw a set of deep blue eyes looking down at her with worry and she swimed out of the river, she had been hoping that her theory would work but it failed, the look of disappointment was evident on her face and he helped her out of the river and help her sit on the floor, her clothes were wet and he was worried she might catch a cold. He went to his horse that was now resting and brought out a small wrapper from the bag that hung on its back, he had kept it there for emergency,, he is the type that loves adventures so he goes around with those things. He went back to her and wrapped the wrapper around her and she smiled at him and whispered a thank you. He sat back beside her and asked,

"did you remember anything" and she shook her head,he already k ew she didn't, with the look of disappointment she had on her face. Right now, her heart ache, she could feel it shattering into pieces and she felt the urge to cry, the only solution she had thought of was this and she had hoped that it would work and that was why she summoned courage and asked him to bring her here,he could have say no to her,but he was nice enough to bring her, she really didn't care if she vanished in his presence but she didn't. She was lost in her thoughts that she failed to notice the tears that had already began to roll down her face until she felt a hand pat her back, then did she realize that she was crying. She raised her teary eyes to look at him, "it's frustrating"she said and rested her head on his shoulder for support, she could feel her body go weak and she sobbed quietly. he wrapped his hands around her shoulder and embraced her, allowing her cry in his arms. His heart ache to see her cry, it broke his heart more than anything and he rubbed her shoulder wanting to comfort her, though he wasn't happy to see her cry, he was glad that she was crying in his arms and that he was here to hold her.

When they got back to the palace,he took her to her room and when they reached her room, she bowed her head and said,"thank you"

"go in and dry yourself you will catch a cold"

" I will dry the wrapper and return it back to you" she said, referring to the wrapper he gave to her and he nodded his head in agreement,

"how are you feeling now?"

"better, thank you" she replied, " goodnight" she said and when she turned to go into her room, she heard him say,

"as for your punishment, come to my room tomorrow morning and clean it up."