Fine tremors crept up all throughout Andrews body as he kept the urge to grab her and satisfy his desire. The sight of her was such a torture on his part, most especially that one of the side effects of his medications was an increase in sexual libido.
"I'm done, Andrew. " She said as she wrapped herself with the towel.
Andrew then bent down and lifted her up into the bed. As soon as he placed her down at the edge, Ajie came with his basin of hot water mixed with vinegar. Seeing her with just a towel, he handed the basin to Andrew and quickly left. He walked aimlessly towards the back of the building and found out that there was a garden which sprawled throughout the length of the rows of three buildings next to their designated area. There were lots of trees around and under the canopy of the green foliage were multi - colored outdoor hammocks with built-in mosquito nets.
Ajie got overjoyed to see it since he was already tired and sleepy. He chose the one which was adjacent to their room. To his surprise, all the walls in the back portion of the building were built of glass and each rooms had exit sliding doors leading to this back garden. Thick curtains hang throughout these walls which blocked the views outside. At the same time, it could also give each room a beautiful and cool ambiance during daytime if one would push back the curtains to get a garden view.
The whole surroundings were dimly - lit by yellow lights from the few lamp posts at the corners. Ajie noticed that all the lights inside the rooms were turned off except for the one assigned to him and Andrew. In just few minutes, with the gentle sways of the hammock as he pulled its cord, he dosed off to sleep...
Meanwhile inside the room, Miss Perez dipped her foot inside the basin when the temperature of the water became tolerable. When the water finally cooled down, Andrew pulled out a chair across her and lifted up her affected foot into his lap to remove the sea urchin's spikes with a tweezer.
Perhaps because she was already drunk or perhaps because of pain, she spread her other leg sideward, giving Andrew a full view of that private territory between her thighs. Everytime Andrew aimed the tip of the tweezer at a spike to pull it out, she would arch her back and gave out a faint cry, intensifying her already seductive poses. After few minutes of tossing her body up, just as all the spikes were successfully removed, her towel loosened and dropped off to the bed.
Andrew's temperance reached its limits and he couldn't hold himself anymore. He ran his fingers throughout her leg and moved it upward to her thighs... Seeing that she did not resist, he put her leg down, stood up and held her shoulders. To his surprise, she closed her eyes as he gently rubbed her arm while his own eyes were feeding on the nude beauty of her raw flesh. Completely enslaved by carnal desire, he held her arms firmly and slowly pushed her down to the bed.
"Turn off the light... " She said with a hoarse voice, a declaration for Andrew to continue.
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Ajie was awakened by a loud thunder. He sat up and looked around. The whole surroundings was already dark and he noticed that the light inside his assigned room was already turned off. Threatened by a rain, he got off from the hammock and walked towards the exit door. He presumed that, perhaps , Miss Perez had already returned to her room. As he grasp the edge of the door to try to slide it sideward, he realized that it was partially opened, just enough for him to get in. Perhaps, the cleaners had forgotten to close and lock it. The occupants of the room would not notice it due to the thick curtains. Just as he was about to step inside, he heard a noise coming from inside. To his horror, he heard low voices, louder than whispers that soon became moans and groans of two people in heated activity...
He inclined his ear further to confirm who the woman was. His heartbeats began to spike up and he began to wish that may the woman inside was just Cherry...Because when he left the room an hour earlier, Andrew was there with Miss Perez...
"Don't stop.... Andrew... please..."
"Cherry might wake up by now..."
"She's drunk, she won't...I made sure of that "
Soon, their moans and groans became unrestrained and Ajie was not able to take it anymore. His knees trembled at that shocking sound... This should not be...never! This was something unacceptable and unforgivable. He got hurt in Cherry's behalf. How could her own mother betray her? How could her own boyfriend afford to make love to her own mother? How wicked really this world is! He thought such things would happen only in movies and teleseries, but he saw it happening before his very own eyes!
Ajie was confused at what he should do. Andrew was never thinking that he may find it out, granting that they were supposed to share that room for the night. How would he face Miss Perez in the morning? How would he interact with Andrew? How would his facial expression be like the moment he would face Cherry?
With this, he decided to go home. He would still decide later if he should come back or not. He just lost his interest now.
Later at his boarding house, he was so troubled that he found it difficult to sleep. His mind only shut off when the sun had already positioned on top of his window sill.
At about eleven in the morning, Ajie was awakened by the ringing of his phone. He grabbed it from his bedside table and checked who the caller was. It was Cherry...
He buried his face on the pillow and held both of its edge tightly against his ears. He did not want to face her. He just didn't know how well he could act. And how long must he endure to cover up this horrible secret?