All Chapters of Night Summer Trouble: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

I knew that Zachary had not liked me since I was fourteen. He only took care of me because of my parents’ will. Apart from that, he harbored no affection for me. If I did anything wrong, he would punish me by making me copy texts. If I started dating while I was still studying, he would hit my palm. However, as I grew up, I started harboring different feelings for him. When he learned that I liked him, he blew up. “If you harbor those thoughts toward me ever again, leave!”He tore up my love letter and yelled at me. So, the only thing I could do was hide my love for him. From then on, I would quickly look away when I found myself gazing at him. Eventually, I turned twenty-two and graduated from university. That night, we had a dinner gathering, and after summoning my courage, I drank a lot of alcohol. I believed that Zachary would still be working at his company at this time. Otherwise, he would surely give me another lecture if he saw me coming home so late and

Chapter 2

Yeah, I supposed a dream would just stay a dream.After all, I could not imagine something I had no experience with. Hence, the dream came to an end. When I woke up, the sun was already up. I was in my room, and Zachary was not beside me. I must have lost my mind. I really thought that Zachary had come into my room last night!As I remembered all that transpired in my dream, my cheeks burned.How embarrassing. I ran into my bathroom and washed my face with cold water. Only then was I able to calm my jumbled-up thoughts and emotions. However, the moment I looked up, I noticed an obvious love bite on my collarbone. My heart skipped a beat. The embarrassing things that had happened in my dream rose to the forefront of my mind again. Oh, no. Had I been too thirsty and left a love bite on myself?…My thoughts were a mess. When I walked into the living room, I met Zachary’s eyes. “Come have breakfast,” he said coolly, as usual.Since he was part of the embarr

Chapter 3

Zachary pursed his lips and gave me a stern look. I immediately said, “Avalon, I’ll call you later.”Once I hung up, the atmosphere in the room became tense for a moment. With a cold expression, Zachary asked, “Are you moving out so that you can live with him?”“No… I’m staying with another friend from the studio.”Zachary’s glare turned chilly. “I told you to stop talking to Avalon.”It seemed that he was truly not fond of Avalon. “He’s my friend…”“Are you not listening to me anymore?” he said in a severe voice.Zachary had always been very strict about the friends I made, especially when it came to male friends. However, I was already an adult. Why did I not have even this bit of freedom?I took a deep breath. “Uncle, I believe I have the right to choose my friends. “Avalon is my friend, and it’s my business whether I want to move out or not.”This was my first time going against Zachary’s wishes. He stared at me, and his gaze turned a little dull. “Do you want t

Chapter 4

“Why are you here?”It was Zachary’s voice. “Sorry, Uncle. I didn’t know you were in the bathroom.”He turned on the light, and it was so dazzling that I could not get used to it. I rubbed my eyes and looked at him. Zachary only had a towel wrapped around his waist, and water was sliding down his abs. His eyes were bloodshot, and he held something I found really familiar in his left hand. Stunned, I asked, “Isn’t that my…?”He immediately covered my eyes. “It isn’t.”Zachary’s voice was a little hoarse, and even his palm was burning. He soon pulled his hand away. “It’s late. Why are you here in the bathroom?”“To take a shower…”He had his left hand behind him, and I dared not look at him.“Okay.”He left the bathroom and, in a show of consideration, shut the door for me. I could not quite believe it. He was holding one of my undergarments in his left hand. When I woke up the next day, I found that it was already dry. Zachary had always done these things for

Chapter 5

Just as Zachary was about to blow up, I shut the door. “Why did you lie to him?” Avalon asked.“I’m an adult now. I don’t want him dictating how I should live my life anymore.”With that, Avalon did not ask further questions. Zachary stood outside for a long time. When he finally left, Avalon returned to his room. I was quite distracted over the next two days of shooting, and Zachary kept following us. No, instead of saying that he was following me, he was following Melody. Whenever Melody acted all cutesy with him, I would pretend not to see. I pretended to be unaffected by him. After the photoshoot ended on the third day, Melody offered to treat us to some food, but I said no. Avalon seemed to figure something out, but he was really tactful about it. Even when we were on our way back, he did not ask any questions. “Avalon, is the place you found still available?”“Yeah. Ninian has already moved in. If you two live together, you can take care of each other. I’

Chapter 6

After I moved out of Zachary’s place, I thought that he would never see me again. However, fate was a fickle thing. One day, after I finished a gig with Avalon, he asked me to go back to the hotel first. He had to discuss certain details with the client. The remote mountain road was bumpy, and it seemed to never end. So, I asked the person next to me, “How much longer?”The man did not even look at me as he answered, “Soon.”It was dark, and I did not remember the path to the shooting location. There were three men and another woman in the car. The woman was a staff member. She had been speaking to the client at the shooting location. After they got into the car, no one said a thing. It was as if they all knew where this car was actually headed.I felt a little uneasy. It should have taken only an hour to arrive at the hotel, but the driver had been driving for one and a half hours. Additionally, the signal in the area was bad. Half an hour ago, Avalon had asked

Chapter 7

When I woke up, I looked around me. I could not be sure where my abductors had brought me.I got out of bed and felt sore all over. However, when I saw Zachary, tears suddenly started rolling down my cheeks. “Uncle!” I hugged him and cried. I had survived an attempted abduction! I did not die!So, just as I was about to suffocate in the boot, I did see his face. “I was so scared, Uncle. I thought that I would never see you again…” I cried so hard that I got all choked up. Zachary patted my back and comforted me. “That won’t happen. I told you before that as long as I’m around, I’ll protect you. So, don’t ever leave my side again, alright? Those abductors have all been arrested.”He wiped away my tears and adopted a stern tone. “Why did you do a gig at such a remote place? Don’t you have any idea how dangerous that is?“If I had been a moment later, the consequences would have been dire…”I hung my head and did not dare refute him. He sighed. “If anything had happened t

Chapter 8

Avalon visited me as I was leaving the hospital. “Thank goodness you’re okay, Summer! Sorry, I should’ve been with you that night. I shouldn’t have let you leave alone. I only got to know that the female staff member was a human trafficker when I saw the news. I nearly got you killed. I’m so sorry!”As Avalon apologized, tears welled up in his eyes. “It’s okay. You didn’t expect it. But let’s not go to such a remote place for work again—”Before I could finish speaking, Zachary dragged me away. “You’re still talking about a next time?”He scowled as he stuffed me into the car. Avalon wanted to talk to me, but he shrank back at Zachary’s intense glare. I could only send him a message to offer an explanation. Zachary did not say a single word while he drove. After he sent me back home, he took my phone away. “Take a shower.”“Uncle, my phone…”I could not tell what he was thinking. I only knew that he was going to lecture me for a long time over this. Whenever I ma

Chapter 9

I handed Zachary a warm glass of milk. “Does it taste good, Uncle?”After he finished it, he pinched my cheek. “Of course.”Ten minutes later, he fell asleep. I was amazed. The sleeping pills were seriously far too effective. Avalon contacted me. [Summer, can you make it?]I was changing into my dress, and I replied excitedly, [Of course, I—]Before I could finish typing my message, someone snatched my phone away. Zachary stared at the phone, and his gaze was a little dark. “Is this why you were so suspiciously nice today?”I pursed my lips and dared not look up. [Meet you at the hotel at midnight.]When Zachary read the message, he was practically hissing.“Uncle, I…”He took a look at my dress, and his expression turned even darker. “Summer, I told you before that you’d be punished if you lied.”He was going to hit my palm again!I hid my hands behind my back. “No!”Yet, with just a glare, I obediently extended my hand. “Could you be gentler?”He removed h

Chapter 10

“Uncle… I can’t breathe…” I mumbled, and Zachary had to let me go.He nuzzled his nose against mine and whispered, “Do you know who I really like now?”I was in a daze from the kiss and nodded. “Uncle… do you like me?”“What do you think?”“But you tore up my love letter and yelled at me to not have feelings for you. What’s with this now?”He flicked my nose. “Don’t you remember how old you were when you confessed, and how old I was back then? If I harbored feelings for you when you were seventeen, I’d be a monster.”Oh. I suddenly understood why Zachary yelled at my seventeen-year-old self so fiercely. “I was worried that you couldn’t grasp what you really felt toward me, and I was worried that I’d hurt you. At that time, you were really young. You didn’t understand anything. But I can’t not understand it.”Zachary’s tone made it clear that he had been holding back for years. “Whenever I dreamed of you, I felt like I was committing a crime. I’ve already tried my best to a

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