"Do you mind if I take you to my place for the night? Then in the morning we'll figure out what to do next." He tries to offer her help.
She goes silent for a while then shakes her head in the negative.
"You don't have to worry about me sir…you've done more than enough for me…please I don't want to be more indebted to you than I already am." She politely rejects his offer.
"I insist. Please…" He presses her again, leaving her with no choice but to smile back at him which means a "yes" and with that, he smiles back at her and starts his car engine then drives away.
"Well…I hope you won't mind but I'm lodged in a guest house. I don't stay in this town so hope you won't mind sleeping over?" He informs her not really asking for her opinion. He doesn't want to take her by surprise so that she will not think he wants to take advantage of her being helpless by lodging in with her.
"I don't mind at all…I just need a warm place to rest my head." She chuckles with a bright smile while he can't help it but snickers. He finds her amazing. They remain quiet as he plays soft and slow music which takes effect on her as she dozes off. He looks at her and smiles as he drives slowly to avoid the bumps on the road.
He arrives at a bungalow building and parks outside. Everywhere is dark except for the lights coming out from inside of the house. He turns off his car engine and gets out of the car, opens the back seat and takes out his coat and laptop. He then turns to the other side of the car, opens the door and taps the girl who is deep in sleep.
"Hi sleepy head, we're here. Sorry for keeping you for so long, let's go now." He says to her as she yawns repeatedly, feeling embarrassed. He shifts from the door as she steps out of the car, staggering with one hand on her head and the other holding the car door to support herself.
He takes her coat and holds her right hand as he leads her in.
"Ouch." She squealed in pain as she tried to take her hand from him.
"I'm sorry." He apologizes, not knowing why she made that sound. They get in as he puts on the lights in the room. She slumps on the bed like someone who is drunk.
He tries to remove her shoes from her leg and lay her down well when he notices bruises on her body. He now knows why she made that squealing sound.
He gets up and heads for the kitchen then comes back again with a bowl of warm water and a towel. He cleans her wounds as she quakes in her sleep. He tries to be gentle so as not to add to the pain nor wake her up. He then cleans her jeans from the mud stains and her top then covers her in the white soft blanket.
He wonders where to sleep as he puts his hand on his waist, surveying the room. It has only one small bed in it with his box of clothes by the side. He thinks of sleeping on the floor but it is cold and there is no carpet flooring on it except for the terrazzo tiles. He looks at the space beside her on the bed and lays next to her as he curls himself and covers his body with his jacket.
He is having a terrible night as the girl turns from side to side, hitting and kicking him. He groans in pain as he tries to avoid her kicks but to no avail unless he falls to the ground. He sits up on the bed as he watches her sleep. She is sleeping so comfortably as though she has not had such a good sleep in a long while. He is having lots of thoughts running through his mind and eventually, he falls asleep.
The next morning, they are both ready to leave for the city. It is a long drive as Adan informs her while they are having breakfast.
"So what's your name and where are you from?" He asks her as she eats hungrily. He observes how she is eating as though she hasn't seen food for some days. Well, even if she didn't eat last night, she shouldn't be eating this way unless she has been starving for some days.
"I'm Yami Weston…I come from Metro city." She says to him in between mouthfuls of food.
"Slow down Yamileth. Don't rush your food or you'll choke." He says to her as she slowly reduces how she eats, feeling embarrassed that he is watching her.
"How did you end up here?" He asks her but then notices that she has some food in her mouth.
"Don't worry…finish your food. We'll discuss it in the car." He says to her as he takes a sip from his cup of coffee.
When they are done with breakfast, they pack up and leave after Adan pays for the nights he spent in the guest house.
"What's your name?" Yamileth asks him as they get into the car.
"Adan Cheriton." He answers her question as he starts the car engine.
"Your name sounds familiar…" Yamileth says as she tries to remember where she heard the name from.
"Sure…must have read or heard about me. So where are your parents…husband?" Adan bragged.
"I'm a divorceé. Separated from my husband a few weeks ago…two…yeah." Yamileth says to him with a sad voice or rather, a happy voice as she sighs severally.
"Oh…I'm sorry about that." Adan apologizes with sincerity.
"Don't be…it's for the best." Yamileth replies with a dry smile.
"So where is he?" Adan asks again.
"Dead. To me…he's dead." She replies back.
"A sad marriage I suppose…and your family? Where are they?" Adan asks her as he drives off the parking lot.
"They are in Las Vegas." She replies as she scratches the back of her hand.
"You live here with your husband…I mean before the divorce?" Adan inquires further.
"No, he stays in Las Vegas."
"Then why are you here?" Adan asks her again.
"Let's say business issues…"
"Oh…that's nice. Where do you work?" Adan asks her.
"Not work…I'm here because I got shipped here…I mean…kidnap…you get…" She tries to explain but doesn't want to go into details.
"I'm sorry…what happened?" Adan asks, wearing a sad expression on his face."My husband…my dad wanted him dead so I came all the way here to hide him but instead…got trapped…you know…the tables turned. I'm such a stupid girl who would do anything for love…" Yamileth replies bitterly as she tries hard to hold back the tears of regret in her eyes."What do you mean?" Adan asks her."He took all of my money and wanted me dead." She explains to him."Sorry…so you'll be going back to your family?" Adan asks her."Yes. How about you?" "I live alone." Adan replies as they ascend onto the bridge. There is a hold up on the bridge as two big trailers are before them. Adan horns in anger for them to move quickly as he wants to be in town that very day on time but these two cars keep him away."What's going on? These people are really frustrating me!" Adan complained loudly as he pressed his horn and hit it harder."Come on…there might be some heavy traffic or so…almost all cars are slowing down
"How was your sleep?" Adan teasily asks her as she still looks away. "Sleep? What sleep…I believed I passed out." Yamileth says to him, trying to recollect what happened previously. "So you know." "But how…we were on the bridge…how did we get here? What happened? The fire…what's going on?" Yamileth asks Adan as she looks around to see the environment that she's in. "Let's make things easier on your side by deciding to pass away and make things tough on my side by leaving me to save you." He replies. "Don't take it too personally. You saved the both of us, Mr. Cheriton." Yamileth replies. "Call me Adan and I'd have saved myself by running away but I came back for you and now I'm trapped on a forgotten island all thanks to your stubbornness." He replies ignorantly of what his words can cause to her. "I remembered telling you to see yourself and leave me. You are the one who is stubborn and not me!" She replies as she gets up to remove her clothes and dry herself. She is left wit
"How was your sleep?" Adan teasily asks her as she still looks away."Sleep? What sleep…I believed I passed out." Yamileth says to him, trying to recollect what happened previously."So you know.""But how…we were on the bridge…how did we get here? What happened? The fire…what's going on?" Yamileth asks Adan as she looks around to see the environment that she's in."Let's make things easier on your side by deciding to pass away and make things tough on my side by leaving me to save you." He replies."Don't take it too personally. You saved the both of us, Mr. Cheriton." Yamileth replies."Call me Adan and I'd have saved myself by running away but I came back for you and now I'm trapped on a forgotten island all thanks to your stubbornness." He replies ignorantly of what his words can cause to her."I remembered telling you to see yourself and leave me. You are the one who is stubborn and not me!" She replies as she gets up to remove her clothes and dry herself. She is left with pants
Adan and Yamileth lay sideways to each other on the beach. Yamileth rests her head on his chest while he caresses her chest and rubs her hair as they chat and watch the sky."The sky is beautiful." Yamileth remarks with a smile."Mmm…" Adan mumbles a sound with a smile on his face too."What?" Yamileth questions him as he rolls her eyeballs as she turns her face to look at him."It's beautiful…but not as beautiful as you are." Adan confesses as Yamileth smiles. She plants a kiss on his lips and lays on his chest to her former position."Why did you have sex with me? You don't know me, so why did you?" Yamileth asks Adan jokingly but his next reply shocks her."I do that everyday." Adan gives a stunning reply."What?" Yamileth exclaims as she turns to look at him."Any problem with that?" Adan asks her, still smiling."Of course yes! Have sex everyday? Or…are you married? But I didn't see a wedding ring on your finger…" Yamileth points out as she looks at him curiously."I'm not marrie
Yamileth tries to take a step towards the helicopter when she rethinks again why they are here and who sent for them. She is thinking if it is her dad or mum that sent the men but she doesn't recognize them. Well, she thinks they work for her dad. "You came late." She says to them as Adan turns to look at her with an are-you-serious-right-now face. He can't just believe this woman as she is unbelievable. The men are also confused but give her her maximum respect as they believe she is their boss's woman since they saw them naked. They are sure that Adan and Yamileth are both together."Have you lost your voice too? Take me back home and put me on the line with my dad." She says to them as she walks towards the helicopter. The fan had already been off. Adan is so surprised as he doesn't even know who sent for the men right now."Boss, who is she?" One of the men asks Adan as he is confused with the audacity of Yamileth."Same question…who is she? Because I don't know her." Adan replie
As soon as Adan steps on the first stairs of the helicopter, Yamileth starts running with full speed but is late as the helicopter is about to take off. By the time she reaches them, the stairs begin to roll back into the helicopter and the door gets closed. She stands there as she watches how she missed again for the second time."Don't I deserve a second chance? Why is life punishing me? What have I done to deserve this kind of treatment? Just kill me already! Kill me!" Yamileth bursts into tears on the top of her voice as she cries so hard that they can hardly hear her because of the strong noise created by the helicopter.Yamileth cries so hard as her hair is blown away as is her clothes. From inside the helicopter, Adan can see her and sense her bitterness. He feels life has punished her and he is only adding to her pains. He doesn't know what exactly is going on with her but he believes that she must have suffered a lot in lying for her to say those words which he can barely be
Adan turns to Yamileth whose expression and reaction is priceless. He doesn't know whether to continue kissing her or act angry towards her. As he is thinking of what to do while looking deep into her eyes and burning her soul, Yamileth on the other hand has a lot on her mind going on.She can't believe what just happened now. Her mind is booting at the moment as his aura feels her nostrils and blinds her eyes. Her eyes are burning for him, her heart yearns for him and her body craves for him. Adan reads her thoughts through her eyes and knows that she wants more."What if I kiss her? What if she gets mad at me later?" Adan has these thoughts running on his mind as he looks into her eyes deeply. Yamileth is charmed by him already. A spell had been casted on her which is so strong. Adan doesn't want to risk this again and holds back his feelings. He turns away and picks up a book and starts going through it. Yamileth is disappointed that Adan ignores her. She feels embarrassed before
"I'm sorry boss…it wasn't intentional. Please spare my life…" Jack apologized to Adan as he also pleaded for his life."Yami, did he hurt you? What did you do to her Jack?" Adan asks again as his temper begins to rise.Yamileth feels so happy within her that he called her with her short name, Yami. She feels her cheeks turning red as she is blushing within her. For the first time, Adan is not formal with her. He either calls her by her full name or as ma'am or madam."I'm sorry boss…I didn't do anything. I'm sorry…I'm sorry ma'am…" Jack continues to plead for forgiveness as he prostrates on the ground. Yamileth is so confused, embarrassed and speechless. She is wondering why this guard is pleading for his life from his boss. She is wondering what grave sin he has committed. She is so confused that Adan has to help again before she comes back to her senses."No…no…it's fine. He didn't do anything. I just overreacted. Please leave him alone, let him go…" Yamileth finally finds her tong