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Cassie
There was banging on the wall in Cassie’s room that she booked in a resort hotel. She was currently staying in El Nido where she sunbathes during the day and party by the beach during the night.
“Ahhh ... Ohhh ... Deeper, much deeper and harder please!” a girl in the adjacent room shouted.
She was staying in an exclusive hotel yet the thick wall that the hotel put up could not suppress the other woman’s moan.
Cassie’s body began to feel the heat in between her thighs. She was aching for a touch of a man, though she never had one before the sensation was there. It was eating her sanity at that moment.
“Ohhhhh, baby yes! I am almost there. Just a little more please.” The girl moaned again.
No longer able to contain herself, Cassie had to voice out her frustration. “Please, take it down a notch. I am trying to sleep here.” Yelling it in the wall. Silence befell afterward. Not a single soul responded to her just the sound of the creaking bed against the floor could be heard.
“Come for me, baby! Yes... Hold on tight, I am almost... Ahhhh!” another loud bang was heard.
She could no longer stand the noise, that she stood up and got her robe draped over her body. The next thing she knew, she was holding the keycard to her door and stomping off towards the other room. She knocked on the door a couple of times but no one answered.
“Bullfrog! Such perfect timing, by the time I wanted to sleep already, then they started to make such moans. Now, I am fully awake and they might be sound asleep. Fudge!” she walked back to her room after saying those words.
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Luis had set his alarm early the previous day. As soon as it rang he was already fully waked. As he looked at the other side of the bed, the woman he was with last night was no longer there.
He did not linger so much about her. Instead, he focused himself on the task at hand. He thought immediately about his meeting for that morning. He was the one picked to present his idea to the hotel’s owner where he was currently staying.
The owner requested them to set a rendering of the renovation that he wanted to do for the resort.
The meeting was set at 10 AM, as he looked at his watch. He breathed out as he had plenty of time. It was only 7 AM. He watched the waves and the view outside his room’s terrace. He got the beach view and the waves were swelling. Perfect for surfing. He sighed as he did not bring his surfboard. He could have dipped for an hour or so. He just scratched his head in irritation.
Another alarm sound blasted from his phone. He picked it up and saw a reminder that he needed to take breakfast. Since he had a lot of things on his plate, he used his phone to set drinking water, taking breakfast, lunch, and dinner in his daily calendar. He always forgot the time when he was swamped with work.
He picked up the clothes that were loitered on the floor. Then he went to the bathroom for a shower. He made sure to always take a bath before going out. Otherwise, it would take away some of his handsomeness.
He quickly dressed and went out of his room. He walked out of the door at the same time the adjacent occupant went out.
“Hey, mister! Please try to tell your partner to lower her voice. I could not sleep...” she wasn’t able to finish her sentence when Luis kissed her. When she gained consciousness, she slapped him in his face.
It left a red hand mark on his face. It did not suit him well.
“How dare you!?” Cassie was hysterical. Never had she been humiliated like that before.
“You are too loud. It’s just 7 am. People are still fast asleep.” Luis gruntled in a philosophical way. He did not wait for the woman to answer back instead he turned around and went to his destination. He was after all going to the Pavillion where a breakfast buffet was being served.
Cassie was still frozen in place unable to grasped her stolen first kiss. Yes, first kiss. At the age of 24, she was never kissed like that. Pecking was all the rave. She never let anyone intrude her mouth. She felt the heat coming off her body as the sensation traveled to her lower body.
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Luis
*flashback*
The night was very hot for a tropical island. He was staying on the curbside of the road near his house. He usually came there after work and mingle with his friends. He considers every one of those people who drink in the streets and those who sell in the curbside as his friends.
“Oh Luis, can I ask a favor? Can you keep watch of my products while I am out? I feel like peeing already and can’t hold it anymore.” A guy named Jopet greeted him. He was selling street food such as kikiam, fish ball, and squid ball. “Sure, just let it stay there. I will take charge.” He then stood up to get behind the rolling cart. There wasn’t any food in the pot so he did not need to do anything but wait for customers.
“Hi lovelies, come one try my products. These are the best in town. I am sure you won’t regret them.” He offered to the college students who were passing by.
The girls were giggling at his behest. They were gushing about his handsomeness. “Hi, handsome would it be possible to include you in our purchase?” One of them said while the other three giggled. They even pushed each other as to who would be the first to choose which to buy.
“Oh my, I am just watching over this rolling cart. Better yet, you should try this newly cooked kikiam. I am sure you will drool over it.” Luis offered to them as he took the bamboo stick and skewered a kikiam.
“Sure handsome. Four kikiam please and eight fishballs. Can you separate each in a different plate?” the one who wore glasses asked.
“Thanks, beautiful. Which sauce would you like? I have sweet, sweet and spicy, and vinegar.” He was obviously flirting with them. He then opened the cylindrical plastic containers.
“You could be our sauce … I mean sweet and spicy. Just like you.” The girl with the glasses spoke softly. She adjusted her glasses as they dropped a bit from her nose.
Luis found it cute. “Sure beautiful, whatever you request, I will follow.” He gave his best smile that could have any lady do his wishes. He was proud of himself for selling some of Jopet’s products.
“A total of forty pesos beautiful.” He flashed his winning smile once again while he asked for their payment. He then placed their order in a plastic bag. He felt the girl with the glasses was irked out by her friends to buy on their behalf. She was cute and he liked how she was a sport when it came to her friends' banter.
The girl gave him the payment as she brushed gently his hands. It looked like she was painted in red as her cheeks blushed and she scoured shyly to her friends' side.
Luis just smiled at her and brushed off her reaction. “Thank you beautiful. Until next time.” He said.
He was happy at the small sale he did. The time he spent outside on the curbside was his stress reliever from his work in his company. There was a different joy in spending time with the people there. They lived a simple life and they were happy. Unlike his father who only thought of growing his wealth. That was all he cared for and that was what made him happy not his family.
“Hi, can I buy some fishball?” A lady asked him. It looked like she was a tour guide with the lapel of her waist.
“How many would you like?” He asked her without second-guessing. He even looked at her. She was gorgeous and was fit to be part of the real estate brokers in his company.
“If you could, 10 pieces please.” She pointed to the fish ball.
Luis took a paper plate with a foil top to prevent the paper to sag.
“Would you like to add anything else?” he smiled at her like she was the most beautiful lady in the world.
“That’s all. Is this your work? Would you like to join our company RnJ services?” She softly said. As she assessed him to be a perfect match with her new client.
“That’s twenty-five pesos all in all. What is your name beautiful?” He asked as he was interested in what she said.
“Here is my payment. You can call me Miracle.” She then gave him the money along with a calling card with the name of the company at the front and a contact number at the back.
“Thanks, Miracle. You have a nice name.” he complimented her. “I will call you if I needed a job.” He replied not turning her down. There was something in her that made him say those words. Normally he would say no. When he looked at the card again. He was amused as there was no address in it. Although, the card looked glamorous with the gold and black theme. He just scratched his head and kept it in his pockets.
The next moment stunned him. Jopet was the one who gave Miracle her order. He never noticed that his friend had come back already.
“I am so sorry Luis. It looked like you had to take care of a lot of customers. Say what, I shall treat you with your favorite. How is that?” he offered to him.
“Thank you, guys. Luis if you need anything just call me on that number. We can help you, I am sure about that.” Miracle told him and went away back to her tour bus that was full of tourists.
Luis took out the card and they both looked at it. It shined whenever the light touches it. “What is that?” Jopet asked him.
He quickly hid it in his pockets again. It would be helpful to him once his company would need another round of investment.
“It’s nothing. She just offered me a job.” He said in a joking way.
Jopet did not mind him anymore as another customer approached him.
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