by the bushes. I don’t suppose they would have gone far from the ship,” Melody replied. They kept walking in circles until Crystal began to get bored.
“Maybe he went back on board,” she finally said when they could see no sign of him.
“Maybe,” Melody agreed. “I guess I can always confront him when I get back home.”
“Okay. Come on,” Crystal said and the two set off in the direction they had come. Melody was growing mad with jealousy and rage, and she wasn’t content on ruining her vacation by being mad at Phillip. She turned around again to scan the environs one last time, and it was then that she saw him a good distance away.
“There he is,” she said to Crystal.
“Where?”
“Over there, in the white pants,” she pointed.
“Oh I see,” Crystal said. “Are you going back?”
Now that he was closer, Melody lost her nerve and would have changed her mind, had she not seen the woman throwing herself all over him and laughing harder than anyone else. “I am,” she said as she stormed off. This time Crystal remained where she was, and Melody was grateful for it.
She stomped in the direction Phillip was coming from, and when she was close enough she stopped, as she anticipated he would be walking by her. He didn’t see her at first, with her arms crossed before her as she observed him and his accessory. When he was close enough, he looked up and then he stopped walking. The woman next to him stopped too, looking up at him and wondering why he had stopped. Then she followed his gaze and saw who he was staring at.
“Do you know her?” Melody heard her ask, but nothing came from his lips. Busted, Melody thought. She stood there the entire time, chomping mad, and then saw how he disentangled the other woman from his arm and approached her. She saw the woman look about her embarrassingly, but she stood there nonetheless, waiting for him to return.
“Melody, what are you doing here?” he asked.
“You know, I was beginning to think I was wrong and that you weren’t using me after all, that you genuinely cared about me and my wellbeing, that you didn’t just offer me a job to get into my bed. I was beginning to think that I was the one who had overreacted, but then I come here and look at what I find. Who is that? Your latest conquest?”
Phillip didn’t answer, but instead he grabbed her by the shoulders and planted a kiss on her lips that rocked her world to the core. It was so sudden that she didn’t have time to react, and by the time he let her go, she was dizzy with emotion. The kiss had left her confused, and she forgot everything she was about to say. And then he kissed her again.
PHILLIP’S STORY
CHAPTER 5 - PHILLIP
She tasted like heaven to him, and as he clung to her, his lips feeling rejuvenated as if they had been a desert field all along, he wasn’t sure how he had let her go in the first place. She pulled back and looked at him, and he could see the old flame burning in her eyes, and he felt compelled to claim her mouth once more. He had completely forgotten about Courtney standing behind him, and all he could think about was this woman who he had shared a single day with, and who had become his everything. This had to be some sort of divine intervention, for he didn’t know how it was that they wound up at the same place, but whatever the cause, he was most grateful.
She didn’t resist him at first, but then she pulled back and he saw her look behind him at Courtney. How was he to explain that she meant nothing to him? She backed away, and once more he had to stand there and watch her walk away from him.
“You can go back to your cruise...and to...her,” she said. “You didn’t come here for me.”
“Melody, wait,” he called, but she was gone, and there was no way he could chase her. What was comforting was that she was walking in the direction of the Cotton Bay Village, and that was exactly where he was going
“Maybe he went back on board,” she finally said when they could see no sign of him.
“Maybe,” Melody agreed. “I guess I can always confront him when I get back home.”
“Okay. Come on,” Crystal said and the two set off in the direction they had come. Melody was growing mad with jealousy and rage, and she wasn’t content on ruining her vacation by being mad at Phillip. She turned around again to scan the environs one last time, and it was then that she saw him a good distance away.
“There he is,” she said to Crystal.
“Where?”
“Over there, in the white pants,” she pointed.
“Oh I see,” Crystal said. “Are you going back?”
Now that he was closer, Melody lost her nerve and would have changed her mind, had she not seen the woman throwing herself all over him and laughing harder than anyone else. “I am,” she said as she stormed off. This time Crystal remained where she was, and Melody was grateful for it.
She stomped in the direction Phillip was coming from, and when she was close enough she stopped, as she anticipated he would be walking by her. He didn’t see her at first, with her arms crossed before her as she observed him and his accessory. When he was close enough, he looked up and then he stopped walking. The woman next to him stopped too, looking up at him and wondering why he had stopped. Then she followed his gaze and saw who he was staring at.
“Do you know her?” Melody heard her ask, but nothing came from his lips. Busted, Melody thought. She stood there the entire time, chomping mad, and then saw how he disentangled the other woman from his arm and approached her. She saw the woman look about her embarrassingly, but she stood there nonetheless, waiting for him to return.
“Melody, what are you doing here?” he asked.
“You know, I was beginning to think I was wrong and that you weren’t using me after all, that you genuinely cared about me and my wellbeing, that you didn’t just offer me a job to get into my bed. I was beginning to think that I was the one who had overreacted, but then I come here and look at what I find. Who is that? Your latest conquest?”
Phillip didn’t answer, but instead he grabbed her by the shoulders and planted a kiss on her lips that rocked her world to the core. It was so sudden that she didn’t have time to react, and by the time he let her go, she was dizzy with emotion. The kiss had left her confused, and she forgot everything she was about to say. And then he kissed her again.
PHILLIP’S STORY
CHAPTER 5 - PHILLIP
She tasted like heaven to him, and as he clung to her, his lips feeling rejuvenated as if they had been a desert field all along, he wasn’t sure how he had let her go in the first place. She pulled back and looked at him, and he could see the old flame burning in her eyes, and he felt compelled to claim her mouth once more. He had completely forgotten about Courtney standing behind him, and all he could think about was this woman who he had shared a single day with, and who had become his everything. This had to be some sort of divine intervention, for he didn’t know how it was that they wound up at the same place, but whatever the cause, he was most grateful.
She didn’t resist him at first, but then she pulled back and he saw her look behind him at Courtney. How was he to explain that she meant nothing to him? She backed away, and once more he had to stand there and watch her walk away from him.
“You can go back to your cruise...and to...her,” she said. “You didn’t come here for me.”
“Melody, wait,” he called, but she was gone, and there was no way he could chase her. What was comforting was that she was walking in the direction of the Cotton Bay Village, and that was exactly where he was going
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