Chapter 82- Water
"Can you please stop crying," just a few minutes back she was teasing him and laughing with him and here he had made her cry again.
She was still hiding her face behind her palms, and he could see her shaking shoulders.
"Y-you haven’t even eaten your breakfast and now ... you are crying like this..." He closed the distance between them and held her hands to pull them away from her face.
"Marissa... listen..." he tried talking to her wet face, but the hands were back to her face...
He didn’t give up and pulled her hands again with all his might.
"I can’t talk to you without looking at your face. Move away your hands, girl!" he pleaded to her, but she placed her hands back.
"Jeez, Marissa. Is there a machine installed in your arms? Your hands automatically move to your face..." his annoyed voice somewhat made it look funny to her. The crying session didn’t take time to turn into a laughing one.
She bent down while laughing giving him almost a heart attack.
"Gosh! Rafael!" she managed between her laughing fit and Rafael looked at her as if she had gone crazy.
"You don’t look alright to me!" he whispered, and she shook her head trying to control her mirth.
"I’m good, Rafael. I’m good," She at last took a long breath and placed her fingers on her forehead.