Chapter 47: Chapter 47
Madeline got up from her sun lounger, grabbed the towel from the staff, and walked towards Zane, who had just exited the pool.
"Good job, Zane, you are—mmph!"
Madeline was caught off guard when Zane grabbed her waist and embraced her.
He kissed her lips without asking, slowly pushed his tongue in, and their supposedly quick kiss turned into a French kiss.
"Mhh..." Madeline groaned when Zane began to go down and kiss her neck.
Madeline pushed his chest to dodge him. She didn’t want to do more. She was here to gain some infamy, not to make out with the hottest celebrity in Hollywood right now.
"I told you, it’s only a kiss on the lips," Madeline protested.
"Sorry, I can’t help it," Zane replied, but he was grinning, which meant he was NOT sorry for the kiss.
Madeline’s cheeks reddened. She put the towel on top of Zane’s head and said, "Here’s your towel. You did a great job."
"Can I get extra care from you?" Zane asked. "I worked so hard for our victory. Jasmin is a tough fight."
"It’s my honor to get that acknowledgment from the one and only Zane Eastwood," Jasmin said as she approached Zane and Madeline.
She threw a blanket at Russel and said, "You are also great, Russel. You’re far better than I expected."
"T—Thanks, that’s my first time playing volleyball. I just picked it up after seeing you and Zane," Russel said.
"Then you have the talent for it," Jasmin complimented.
Madeline tried to break free from Zane, but he embraced her. "I’m not letting you go until you give me the extra care."
Madeline rolled her eyes. "Alright, what kind of extra care do you want?"
Zane pointed at the towel on his head., "Please dry my hair."
"That’s—" Madeline found his request to be weirdly wholesome. She thought he’d ask for another kiss or something more than that, which she would reject.
But drying out his hair should be okay.
"Fine, go sit on that sun lounger. Let me dry it for you," Madeline ordered.
Zane followed the orders of his partner. He sat on the sun lounger and allowed Madeline to dry his hair.
The way Madeline dried his hair was so natural, as if they had done it in the past.
The cameras were all on them, recording the sweetness that came out of this couple.
"Alright, it’s done," Madeline said. "Thanks for the win, but you are my man. I’d be pretty mad if you lost."
"Of course, I want to be worthy of you," Zane said.
Madeline felt that word was a bit too sincere coming from a man who was joining a reality show for fun.
It made her wonder if he still remembered her during that small musical drama project they did back then.
’But that should be impossible, right? Zane’s always popular. He has tons of projects lined up every year and has never been hit with any scandal,’ Madeline thought. ’Well, this reality show will probably be his first scandal since he gets entangled with me. But once the show ends, we should be able to go separate ways, just like back then.’
Tia gathered them all in the same round chair near the pool bar and announced the winner.
"Congratulations to Madeline and Zane for winning the first game!" Tia cheered, but nobody except Russel and Jasmin clapped for the winner.
"We all know that Zane is the only winner. That shameless parasite did nothing," Elly sneered.
"It’s so unfair that she didn’t get disqualified for not wanting to play the game!"
"Well, Zane won everything for her, so there’s no problem, right?" Tia chuckled. "Anyway, for Madeline and Zane, you two will have a date outside of this resort tomorrow. You will visit Ubud Monkey Forest and spend a night in the special bungalow for a couple, complete with a Jacuzzi!"
"Remember that you can do absolutely anything during your date night," Tia winked.
"Will we get followed by the camera for the whole day too?" Madeline asked.
"But of course!" Tia nodded. "The camera will always follow you except when you want to do that thing at night. Then, we will leave you two lovebirds alone."
’That’s straight-up bullshit,’ Madeline told herself. After what happened in the bungalow, she wouldn’t believe the production team.
She made a mistake by believing Lance completely. She turned into a complete idiot after he warmed her up and kissed her once.
She didn’t know what kind of love curse had been put on her before, but now that she got a wake-up slap, she would rather trust herself than trust another man who would ruin her life for the second time.
Madeline glanced at Zane, who seemed lost in his world, and she hoped he was on the same page as her.
She would go for perfunctory intimacy, but nothing more than that.
"And for the rest of the contestants, you will have to beg for Madeline and Zane not to eliminate you," Tia said. "The winning team will eliminate one man and one woman in the next three days!"
"Okay, I think that’s all from me. The production staff will handle the rest. Enjoy your vacation in Bali!" Tia waved her hand and dashed out of the set immediately, leaving the cast members to deal with the aftermath all by themselves.
"So, is there anyone willing to beg right now? I will give them a plus point," Madeline said arrogantly.
"I’d rather leave than beg," Elly said curtly as she got up and left the poolside, returning to her bungalow.
Frankie and Ethan did the same and left.
Bertha was hesitating. She wondered for a few more minutes before hastily leaving without saying a word.
Jasmin and Russel got up at the same time and said, "We will have a little tour around the resort before going back. You two should celebrate your victory here."
"Alright, have fun," Madeline chuckled.
Zane and Madeline were the only ones left in the poolside, and Zane took the initiative to kiss her on the cheek and say, "I can’t wait to have a date with you tomorrow."
With that, Zane also got up and left Madeline, who was left wondering what would happen during their date.
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