My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

"It's not the only way," Preslie knew a thing or two about Nashaland. "You can travel up to Nashaland by car, but only certain people are allowed to use those roads. Ordinary people like us have to travel by boat."

"Is there such a law?" Yesseca asked.

Preslie began to explain to Yesseca.

Nashland wasn't that big, but it was quite a well-known destination all over the world.

Nashaland was well known for it's stable political situation and it's honest and efficient government. They were one of the most internationally diverse countries in the world.

The ferry soon arrived at the port.

They had arrived at Nashaland.

After getting off the boat, Yesseca looked around and found herself in a truly beautiful country. The trees in Nashaland were extremely tall, and much of the country was covered in greenery. The landscape was very well planned out and the roads were straight and clean.

"The people here in Nashaland speak the same language as us and share the same customs too."

Preslie then ended by saying, "So, no need to be afraid, just take it as though we are still in Agaphen City,"

Yesseca nodded with a smile.

Yesseca and the rest of the employees were arranged to stay in a hotel in Nashaland. The company had arranged for two people to share a room. Yesseca and Preslie stayed in the same room. They went shopping that evening.

Although this was their first time in Nashaland, in the age of unlimited internet access, they could easily make their way around Nashaland to all the famous food hot spots.

That night, they found themselves at a popular night market that had many food stalls.

It was just as Preslie said, there was no difference between Nashaland and Agaphen City. They spoke the same language and many of the food stalls sold food that was similar to that in Agaphen City. As Yesseca and Preslie walked along the street, munching happily on some tacos, Yesseca got a phone call from Kylin.

Kyi in asked how Yesseca was in Nashaland.

"I'm having a lot of fun here." Yesseca's voice wasn't very clear as she was half way munching on her taco. "Nashaland isn't very different from home. I feel like I'm still in Agaphen City."

Kyi in smiled modestly and said, "The native language of the northern countries is quite similar to that of our own, that's why it feels like you're still at home,"

"I see." Yesseca swallowed the rest of her taco that she had in her mouth.

After exchanging a few words, Yesseca hung up the phone.

Preslie asked, with great interest, "Yesseca, was that your rich boyfriend calling?"

Yesseca was very embarrassed. "It's fine to call him my boyfriend, but please don't add the word 'rich' to it."

Preslie said with admiration, "Wow, so it's not 'rich' to drive a Ferrari. I really envy you. I don't know when I'll ever find myself a boyfriend,"

She glanced at the taco in her hand and said, "Alas, I can't eat another bite. If I did, I'd only get fatter and I'll never find a boyfriend then,"

She then balled up the taco and tossed it away.

She had tossed it towards a trash can right in front of her.

Unfortunately, Preslie didn't manage to toss it into the trash can. Instead, it hit a man who was walking in front of her.

The man's clothes were soiled.

He was dressed formally, but now he looked like he had been tossing about in a trash can.

Preslie was dumbfounded.

When she realized what had happened, she quickly apologized. "Sir, I'm sorry, I am so sorry."

The man looked at her with a deep frown and stiffly said, "It's fine,"

"Let me clean you up." Preslie took out a tissue and tried to clean his trousers.

As he looked at the woman's small hands rubbing against his legs, Sheldon's frown deepened.

"There's no need to do that," Sheldon added.

This woman who was rubbing on his trouser leg annoyed him tremendously. More importantly, it would be really bad if any people from the media were to take photos of someone like him being rubbed on the street by some random woman.

However, Preslie continued to clean his trousers.

Sheldon raised his voice. "I said, stop it. Didn't you hear me?"

He had been working for the government for many years now and always carried himself in a dignified way. He was shocked at how loud he was talking.

Her hands trembled and the tissue fell to the ground.

She then stared at Sheldon with her eyes wide open, looking rather foolish.

She was frightened.

Yesseca felt that this man had acted too harshly towards Preslie.

She quickly went to Preslie's defense. "She didn't do that on purpose, you don't need to be so harsh towards her! Can you even call yourself a man for berating a woman like this?" Sheldon was speechless.

He had stepped out to check out the food stalls, but ended up getting a taco thrown at him, and now his dignity as a man was being questioned!

Sheldon simply grumbled coldly.

He didn't care much for women.

"Unimaginable." Sheldon simply said that and promptly left.

After Sheldon left, Yesseca quickly helped her up. "Preslie are you alright? That man is gone now."

Preslie stood up, looking very anxious. "Oh Yesseca, I was so careless." "It's alright. You didn't mean to. He was behaving like a thug. He shouldn't have yelled at you," Yesseca said. Preslie shook her head. "It's not his fault. It's because I'm a fatso. Men have no patience with me. I'm used to it."

Yesseca's heart sank.

She then learned that underneath Preslie's cheerful and bubbly personality, she actually had very low self-esteem and would constantly berate herself.

She looked at Preslie. "Who told you that? Our dear Preslie isn't fat, she's adorable and very cute." "Really?" Preslie's mouth twitched.

"It's the truth."

Preslie still felt very sad. "Yesseca, I'm so sad. I think I'll need another taco to ease my sadness."

Yesseca was speechless.

Tremaine's car was parked just outside the street with all the food stalls.

He wanted to look around Nashaland this evening, but since it wasn't a good idea to get noticed around here, he brought Sheldon with him.

After waiting for some time, Sheldon returned.

As soon as Sheldon returned, he reported to

Tremaine, "Sir, there are still a lot of people out on the street. It's very busy,"

Tremaine nodded. "I've noticed a lot

of people mention this street as a must-see destination in Nashaland online. You should consider expanding the market area and bringing in more variety of stalls."

Sheldon agreed. "That's a good idea. We can look into it after you've taken office."

Tremaine was about to drive off to their next destination when he noticed a large stain on Sheldon's trousers.

He frowned. "What is that?"

As Tremaine asked him this,

Sheldon became very angry. "I bumped into two ridiculous women, They were crazy. One of them threw her food at me, and the other accused me of being

ungentlemanly."

Tremaine didn't think much of it.

He spoke casually, "That's crazy,"

Soon, it was the very next day.

Yesseca and the others headed to the mall.

They were going to receive training at this mall.

This mall was huge and was very well known in the area. It sold all kinds of men's products, ranging from clothes and accessories to shoes.

Yesseca and Preslie were assigned

to receive training at one of the many men's clothing stores. They

were going to receive training on how to upsell their products and on how to communicate with customers.

After spending the morning there, Yesseca knew exactly why the boss had sent them here for training.