Pursuing Her Chapter 29

Chapter 29 Applying Sunscreen

“Isn't this a bit unusual, even for you?“Realizing that he had yet to introduce Sophie to his friends,

Tristan said, “You guys carry on. I'll bring a friend over tonight.”Is your friend male or female?""You'll

find out when the time comes.”Sophie and Ysabelle were queuing up to buy tickets when Tristan

and Felix arrived at the water park.The line was rather long due to it being a weekend, so Sophie

was scrolling through her phone to kill time.”Uncle Tristan? What are you doing here?” Ysabelle

asked when she saw Tristan coming over. If I recall, he hates coming to childish places like this!"l saw

your Instagram post, so I decided to drop by."Noticing that Sophie was sweating from the hot

weather, Tristan continued, “Come here, you two. Felix, go take their place in the queue."Felix then

swapped places with them while Tristan led them to a shady tree.”You girls can just wait here until

Felix gets the tickets.” Tristan’s casual-looking outfit made him seem a few years younger. That,

combined with his already handsome face, got a lot of girls looking his way.Someone selling straw

hats happened to pass them by, so Tristan bought them one each and helped Sophie put it on.As

Sophie had really fair skin, it was starting to turn red from exposure to the hot sun.”Do you have

sunscreen on?"“Nope."She didn't like applying sunscreen because of how uncomfortable it felt on

her skin. Tristan then borrowed a bottle of sunscreen from Ysabelle and squeezed some of it onto his

palm.He was about to apply it on Sophie when she grabbed his arm.”"What are you doing?"“Hold

still.” Tristan ignored her response and continued applying the sunscreen on her face.Sophie found

herself burning bright red when he gently ran his fingers over her cheeks.Eek! This guy is really...

Even Ysabelle was stupefied by what she had just witnessed. Since when did Uncle Tristan become

so caring and gentle?After applying sunscreen on her face, Tristan squeeze some of it directly onto

her arm and gently rubbed it all over.Felix's jaw dropped when he returned with the entrance

tickets. What has gotten into Tristan today? I've never seen him give a girl such treatment before! I

bet nobody would ever believe me if I told them Tristan personally applied sunscreen on

someone!“Here, I bought the tickets! Let's go!“Felix then grabbed Ysabelle's hand and started

dragging her away."What's going on here? Has my uncle Tristan gone crazy from the heat or what?"

she asked in confusion.”Maybe!” Felix replied. He wasn't really sure about the relationship between

Tristan and Sophie, so he didn't want to comment on it any further."Thanks..."Sophie felt as if her

body was burning up from his touch.”Let’s go." The two of them then made their way toward the

entrance, which had a boat on a huge water slide."How about the four of us sit together for this

ride?” Ysabelle suggested.”No. You and I are going to take a separate row,” Felix said while dragging

her away.The next thing he knew, Ysabelle had stomped on his foot with all of her might.“Ow! What

was that for?” Felix shouted in pain.”For not minding your own d*mned business!"Has Uncle Tristan

taken a liking to Sophie? Isn't he a little too old for her? I mustn't let Sophie fall for him!As Tristan

and Sophie had already taken the row behind them, Ysabelle had no choice but to take the one in

front with Felix.As she turned around after getting seated, Ysabelle saw Tristan gently fastening the

seat belt around Sophie's waist."Yup, it's game over!” Ysabelle mumbled to herself when she saw

how intimate the two looked.”"What do you mean?"“My uncle Tristan is really going to rob the

cradle!"D-Did Ysabelle just call Tristan old? Oh, well... she is his niece, so I suppose she’s the only

one who can say that without getting in trouble!As the boat began to move, Ysabelle decided to set

her concerns aside and lose herself in the moment.Being the more excited one of the four, she was

the only person that screamed in excitement the whole time.The boat slowly climbed to a really

high point before plunging rapidly into the water below.Tristan instinctively leaned over to shield

Sophie from the huge splash.Unbeknownst to him, his little protective act had caused her heart to

race a little."Woohoo! This is so much fun!"Ysabelle was incredibly excited even though her clothes

were all wetAll four of them had varying degrees of wetness on their clothes when they got off the

boat ride."What do we do now?” Sophie asked as she found it uncomfortable walking around in wet

clothes.”"We'll head over to Newcove Hot Spring Resort,” Tristan suggested as Charles and the others

were still waiting for them over there.As Sophie was wearing light-colored clothes, her curves could

clearly be seen with the fabric stuck to her skin.Tristan took his jacket off and draped it over her

body, an act which Sophie did not refuse."Take care of my niece for me. Don't bully her, you hear?”

Tristan told Felix when they got to the parking lot.”You know how Ysabelle is, Mr. Tristan! I'd thank

my lucky stars if she doesn't bully me instead!” Felix exclaimed with a helpless smile.”l should be

telling you not to bully Sophie, Uncle Tristan!” Ysabelle protested.She had wanted to ride in the

same car with them, but didn’t dare do so when Tristan shot her a warning glare."Now, now...

Sophie is an adult, so I'm sure she knows what she’s doing!” Felix then quickly shoved Ysabelle into

his car before she could say anything further.Tristan opened the door to the passenger seat and

helped Sophie into the car.He then grabbed a fresh towel from the trunk before climbing into the

driver's seat.Noticing that Tristan was going to help dry her hair, she quickly grabbed his arm and

said, “I-I can do it myself, Mr. Tristan!“She was still a little uncomfortable with such intimate

gestures.”Okay,” Tristan replied with a nod and handed her the towel.“Do you want to dry your hair

as well?” Sophie asked after toweling her hair dry.”l want you to do it for me,” Tristan

replied.Noticing no response from her, he continued, “I helped you earlier, didn’t 1?"Sophie fell silent

after hearing that, but leaned over to help dry his hair anyway.As he had his head lowered while

Sophie wiped his hair, his gaze naturally fell upon her exposed cleavage.Tristan quickly averted his

gaze when he felt his blood surging toward his crotch.Sophie, on the other hand, was so focused on

drying Tristan’s hair that she didn't notice his struggle." There, all nice and dry,” she said while

folding the towel.”I'll get you introduced to a few of my friends. They might be of use to you in the

future,” Tristan mumbled in a rather hoarse voice."What's the matter? Are you feeling unwell?"“I'm

fine."While it was perfectly normal for him to have some kind of physical reaction toward a girl he

liked, he found it a little disgusting due to how young she was.After taking a moment to regain his

composure, Tristan was about to start the car when he heard someone talking about Sophie.Louisa

and Willow were at the water park too. “What? Sophie got Queenie in prison?” the former exclaimed

in shock after hearing the news from the latter." They say she got sentenced to five years in prison.

Do you think Sophie has returned to get revenge for that incident from five years ago?” Willow felt

uneasy just thinking about it.“What are you so afraid of, Willow? What could Sophie possibly do on

her own? Not only does she have no evidence for that incident, but she will also be haunted by it

for the rest of her life!” Louisa reassured her with a disdainful sneer.