Free Web NovelChapter 186: Horror House
Getting down from the roller coaster everyone was energetic and buzzing except Skyla. Her ashen face and wobbly legs led them to make her sit down and offer water.
"Sorry, it will take a minute," she apologised, accepting a water bottle from Zyair and taking a sip.
"Don’t worry about it." Huria thumped her back as she stole a glance at her boss. She had no clue he was so cool. His screaming hadn’t ceased the whole ride and his arms never went down.
"We should go see the horror house," Rais suggested next. Everyone loved the idea, who didn’t like a good scare and they could get a break from gravity-defying rides.
Huria had her plushie in her arms and now she was excitedly talking to Rais, easing into conversations, trying to find out more about her boss.
Zyair and Skyla were behind them, both of them had accomplished smiles going on.
"Things look promising, I hope the haunted house is scary enough to make her grab his arm," Skyla naughtily added and Zyair side eyed her.
"Having similar plans, my Lily?" He raised a brow as he carefully guided her through the crowd so no one would bump into her. His protective arm remained around her.
"Who knows?" She shrugged her shoulders, making him shake his head in amusement.
Purchasing the tickets, they entered the horror house, it was dark. Skyla instantly grabbed hold of Zyair’s muscled arm while he reassuringly patted her hand.
The ground under them suddenly shook as if they were caught in an intense earthquake. The floor cracked and split into two.
They held onto each other while making their way forward as loud thunderous horror music blasted and something crawled out of the split floor.
It caught Skyla’s leg and pulled, she screamed in horror.
"Ahhh!"
Her heart jumped up and was caught in her throat. Looking down she saw it was a bony hand. freēwēbnovel.com
Zyair was trying his utmost best to keep a straight face and not laugh but she looked so cute when she was startled and almost jumped in his arms.
The hand let go and her breathing normalised. Her hand went to her chest and only then did she realise how tightly she was clutching Zyair’s arm.
"Relax!" He mused in her ear and she gave him a sheepish look.
They moved ahead, Huria and Rais had already gone ahead and couldn’t be seen. They now entered a room made up of mirrors. From ceiling to floor all the walls were made up of silvery shiny mirrors which reflected them both.
Skyla made silly faces and it was reflected all around them making Zyair chuckle.
They needed to find the door to exit. But all the mirrors looked the same and none looked like a door.
They tried to look for any small handle or any clue but there was none. Zyair scratched his head.
"We should tap them, there will be a hollow place behind the one which will be a door," Skyla suggested thoughtfully.
"Smart." Zyair playfully flicked her forehead and they began tapping the mirrors, finally finding the one with a hollowed back. Zyair pressed it and it opened revealing it to be the door and they were free of the creepy mirror prison.
"That was entertaining," Skyla rolled her eyes, grabbing Zyair’s arm again.
"Very," he added with a smirk.
They moved along through other horror rooms, scary mazes and dark corridors with dressed-up people popping out randomly to scare them. Nothing fazed Zyair but Skyla jumped in terror a few times, entertaining him. Now he knew she was scared easily and it would be fun to tease her.
Finally, they were about to make it out, laughing and giggling. Skyla was about to reach for the doorknob when a black spider the size of a cat dangled from above and hit her hand.
Skyla hated spiders, the creepiest of the creepy crawlies she called them. They scared the bejesus out of her.
She saw the eight-legged creature on her hand and opened her mouth to scream like a mad banshee. Her eyes widened thrice in size as she jumped backwards and collided with Zyair’s hard chest.
He caught her and had to quickly remove the spider. His hands rubbed her back helping her calm down. She puffed out air and clung to him with her heart going berserk and face reddened.
"It’s all right. It was fake," Zyair reassured her while guiding her towards the exit.
Opening the door they exited the horror house finally and came outside in the sunlight.
Skyla was still reeling from that encounter with the spider while Zyair had thrown his head back and was laughing seeing her face turned into a tomato.
"Ok, fine, I got scared. It was a big spider. Uggh, and it had so many legs. I mean why does the creature need eight of them to move around?"
She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest in annoyance, looking so cute that he wished to kiss her right there.
"It wasn’t real, Sky," Zyair added, halting his laugh when Huria and Rais joined them.
Seeing her face Huria guessed she got scared of the spider.
"Did she scream seeing that black spider?" Huria asked in amusement and Zyair nodded with a haughty laugh.
Huria joined him in making fun of Skyla. She pouted some more, flaring her small nostrils at them and squinting her eyes.
"Cut it out guys, not cool to laugh when a lady is scared," Rais took Skyla’s side.
"Thank you! Mr Rais, at least someone is on my side," she said, making Huria and Zyair chuckle some more. It was so fun to tease her.
"Ok, ok, that’s enough. Let’s get something to eat. You must be hungry after screaming so much," Zyair beckoned her with a wink and she went to him with a slight huff. They began walking.
"It was so exciting. I don’t think I had this much fun in a long time. So thank you for this." They heard Huria telling Rais and both of them eased. This was heading in a planned direction.
They left the amusement park after that and headed back to the hotel. They would freshen up, eat and then hit a nightclub at night.
Girls had found a very private one, with private rooms with tinted separators. One could see the world but no one could see you. That was going to be their next destination.
