20 Please be careful with it (4)

"You can have it, we have been eating that all year round. Those are the harvest from the farm", he said and handed her the remaining mangoes.

"Really? These are so sweet", she said and took them from him and started to eat again.

"That is why our client has increased their demand for this year. No other farm has produced this kind of variety and that is why we are dominating this market", he explained proudly.

"Hmmm," said Christine.

After she finished the mangoes, she wiped her hands and mouth with a paper towel.

"Have you finished already? We still have the watermelon and apples'' Joseph asked.

"I will eat that later, I am full now," she said smiling, showing her perfect set of white teeth.

Joseph is mesmerized with her smile and smiled back. Christine wanted to say something but held it back.

"Suit yourself. I will take a quick nap for now. Don't wander around, you are not yet familiar with this place.'' he said.

Christine nodded. He leaned on the tree trunk and covered his face with his hat. A few minutes later, Joseph's breathing become even indicating that he has already fallen asleep.

Since she has nothing to do and she was not sleepy, she went back to the stream and sat on one of the rocks and played the water with her feet. She felt the cold water and it makes her relax. This place is beautiful and she can't wait to show this to Jolo. if she was not sent away before, this could have been her hangout and she would share it with Jolo. She wonders how Jolo is right now. Its been 5 years and they did not have any communication whatsoever. She bet, he was forbidden to contact her. Before she left, she secretly gave their phone number and address to him but she never got a call or a letter from him. She misses her friend. She was told that Jolo was in C City and is on his final year in college as an engineering student. According to Adela, Jolo was already informed that she is back on the farm and after his final exams, he will head home immediately. She felt excited to see her friend again, regardless of what happened between them, she still consider him her friend.

Almost an hour passed and Joseph was still sleeping when she went back. he already changed his position, half oh his body was on the mat and his head was on the root of the tree. She sat next to him, leaning on the tree trunk. He must be tired, she thought to herself so she decided not to wake him up. She decided to eat the watermelon which was on the other side of Joseph. She leaned over, being careful not to wake him up, to pick the plate of the watermelon. But before she was able to settle down after picking it up, she lost her balance and she fell directly onto Joseph.

"Ugh", Joseph groaned due to the sudden impact. His left hand held her waist while the other hand was holding his hat while he was trying to figure out what happened. They were in an awkward position. Half of her body was on top of Joseph, she was still holding the plate of watermelon on her hands some of them were on the ground already but there were still some cubes left.

"I am sorry, I was only trying to get the watermelon and I lost balance", she explained quickly and because of the awkwardness of the situation, she quickly tried to pull herself off Joseph's body and by doing that, she was wobbling and she tried to use her left hand to support her but it landed exactly on Joseph's crotch.

"Argh", Joseph groaned in pain and held her hand that landed on his crotch. Christine was shocked and felt pity for Joseph, his face so much pain so she quickly put the plate down, balanced her self and tried to blew and massage the part where her hand landed. Joseph's expression turned from pained to amused looking at her and when she realized what she did, her face turned red and she quickly stopped and looked at his crotch and them at his face. Joseph doesn't know if he will cry or laugh at her expression and he forgot that he was in pain a moment ago.

"I...I.., I am so so sorry, I did not mean it", she said and doesn't know if she will touch him or not. Joseph closed his eyes in pain and rolled himself into a ball his breathing uneven and blue veins are visible on his temple. After a few seconds, he calmed down.

"Don't worry, it is okay, it did not break. Next time, be careful with it", he said in an amused voice. Joseph adjusted his position and stood up. He removed some of the watermelon seeds that was on his shirt and pants.

She felt so embarrassed and just wanted to ground to swallow her whole or to just disappear.

"Can we just go back to the mansion now so you can rest and have...that...checked, you know'' she said without looking at him.

Joseph chuckled, "which one?'' he teasingly asked her.

"You know what I mean", she pretended to be irritated to hide her embarrassment. She then collected their things and put them all in the basket in any way possible. Then she stood up, put her shoes on and folded the mat.

Joseph was only observing him, his amused expression is still there. Christine looked at him but looked away quickly when he saw his amused face.

"Shall we go now?'' she asked him after a few seconds.

Joseph bowed down like a prince and said "Yes your highness", he was controlling not to laugh at her. She was obviously embarrassed but hide it by being pissed off.

She stomped her feet and walked toward the direction of the horse which was grazing on the grass around it. Joseph shook his head and followed her, still smiling.

He untied the horse and put the saddle on it. When he was done, he took the basket from her and put it on the ground. He held her waist, lifted her and mounted her on to the horse. He was all smiles and it irritated Christine.

After making sure that she is settled, he mounted himself on the horse and reined it out of the clearing. Joseph was whistling a tune while Christine was sulking, her face is burning red.

Their bodies touching as the horse trots its way going back to the mansion. She felt so awkward after what happened and how she wished that the horse would run fast so they will get to the mansion quickly.