CHAPTER 19
MANUEL’S POV
True to my words, I stayed back on the island with her. So far, we had spent 5 days together and even if we didn’t normally get to see each other during the day, we never missed our walks together at night. It was like an unspoken pact. It wasn’t like we talked so much during these walks, but it just felt nice having a partner to accompany you while reveling in the beauty of nature. But tonight was going to be different. It seemed our nightly walks were going to be put on a hold.
I had actually been at Alexa’s place during the week I was away. Probably realizing I had decided to remain on the island, Alexa came to camp there with us for some days. So far, she had spent days 4 days on the island with us, before declaring her plans to leave tomorrow. According to her, she had pressing work she had to return to. Seeing as it was her last day to stay with us, we decided to do something fun. We planned to light a campfire and play games tonight. It was a really unusual thing for me though. I couldn’t remember the last time I was part of a campfire party, or played games. It was always work, violence, and noise. These past few days have been somewhat different and peaceful, but oddly welcoming. I wouldn’t lie and say that I didn’t enjoy the serenity that came with being stuck on this island. It made me loosen up a bit, and it was actually refreshing. That was actually the reason why I bought it. It was a place I came to unwind, whenever my head was full.
Walking out of my beach house which was just behind Bianca’s, I walked towards the place that was lit up. It seemed like tonight was going to be entertaining. Hastening my steps when I heard Alexa yell my name, I got to them in a matter of seconds.
Looking around, I noticed there were a few new faces around tonight. I had been busy working on some documents that Julia; my personal assistant had emailed to me, so I had been indoors all day. When did the new faces arrive?
“Manuel, I hope you do not mind the extra company? Seeing as your men are too uptight and would rather remain on guard all night, I thought it would be more fun to invite a few of my friends who came visiting a nearby island. Don’t worry, they would leave with me by morning.”
“It’s fine Alexa. We could all do with some new faces.” I smiled. “Hello, I’m Manuel. It’s nice to meet you all.” I greeted the 2 guys and 3 three girls who had come.
“It is nice to meet you too.” They all replied.
“My name is Boris.” The first guy introduced himself to me and Bianca. It was clear they all knew Eleanor, as some of the girls teased her by introducing themselves to her. We all laughed. The introductions continued up until the last guy, whom I had noticed found it quite difficult to take his eyes off my walk partner.
“Hey, my name is Ivan. It is really nice to meet you.” He had a thick Russian accent. “Ty prekrasna.” He muttered. That was the way of saying a lady was beautiful in Russian. I didn’t know why I found myself rolling my eyes at his words. It was no news that Bianca was a really beautiful lady, and her rare hair colour only made her seem like a dream sometimes. Yes, a dream. It always seemed that way when the moonlight reflected on her at night. Sometimes, it seemed like she was glowing. My thoughts again. I laughed inwardly, shaking my head. I was never the sort of man to be crazy about women, but whenever a woman interests me, I am quick to ascertain what the attraction is all about. When it came to Bianca, I couldn’t deny the fact that it was completely lust.
Everything about the girl could get a man hard. Her rosy pink lips, her sea green big doe eyes, her pointed nose, slender neck, and lashes that were so long. I guess being in the same space with her for a few days had started making me see her differently. The few times I had seen her at work, she always appeared coporate. A skirt below the knee, a very conservative shirt, and her hair packed up in a neat bun or ponytail. Here, she was completely different. Wearing short sun dresses, leaving her hair down, she even seemed to have gotten a bit tanned since we got here. It made her give off this sexy appeal. Tonight, she was wearing a very light white chiffon dress shirt, that did a good job at revealing the bra she wore inside. I could already feel my cock going hard at the sight. Actually, I’d finally admit to the fact that ever since the second night Bianca and I had strolled together, I always went to bed with a boner. So it was understandable if Ivan seemed interested in her.
“Manuel!” Alexa called my attention. “Come over here and sit, we are about to start the games.”
“Oh, okay.” I walked away from the wood I had been leaning on and went to sit next to Alexa on the really wide blanket that had been laid on the soft sand.
“So, I had in mind for us to dance around the campfire, but if we do that first, we may be too exhausted to play our games. So I decided we play the games first, then dance after.”
“Interesting.” The girl named Vera muttered. “So what game would it be?”
“I’m sure as hell you already knowwww!” Alexa grinned, making everyone laugh. It seemed everyone except me had an idea about the game we were gonna be playing.
“Truth or Dare!” Alexa announced, making me chuckle. That game? Interesting. Alexa went ahead to state the rules of the game. “If you do not answer a question, you drink a shot.” She raised a bottle of gin for us all to see. “If you don’t do a dare, same goes. You can’t choose truth twice, or dare twice. You must alternate….”
The rest of what she said had been lost as I watched the Ivan guy leaning onto Bianca as he whispered some words into her ear, making her giggle. Hmmm. I couldn’t place how I felt at that moment, but all I just knew was the fact that he wouldn’t get the opportunity to have his way with her tonight. I was personally going to make sure of that. That devilish smile appeared on my face and I grunted in approval of my thoughts.
Soon enough, the game began and so far, the bottle hadn’t been spun in my direction. Nonetheless, the many truths and dares that had been done so far, were very much entertaining. That should be except that time when Ivan had been asked to give Bianca a lap dance. She had laughed through it all, but I noticed how much efforts he had put into his craft, probably hoping to seduce her. He had even gone as far as pulling off his shirt. The bastard.
Presently, the bottle was being spinned by Alexa once more and my eyes followed it. All I could hear Alexa scream was “Finally!”, before I even realized the head of the bottle was pointing towards me, and the bottom towards Alexa. Here goes nothing. “Finally, Manuel gets the bottle in his direction.” Alexa grinned. “You’re going with Bianca this time. Manuel, truth or dare?” Wow, with Bianca?
My eyes not leaving the bottle for once, I answered her. “Dare.”
“Hmmm!” Alexa hummed and everyone grinned. “So far, we have skinny dipped, twerked, lap danced, stripped…. we’ve done a lot, but no one has kissed anybody.” The moment she said that, I didn’t hear, but could feel Bianca give a reaction. She had gasped. She was shocked I guess. It only made me smile inwardly.
“Manuel, I dare you to kiss Bianca for a straight minute.” Nice. Thank you Alexa. I was glad, but did well not to let it show. I slowly stood from where I had been sitting and I walked towards Bianca who just kept moping at me in shock.
“Can I drink?!” She suddenly blurted out, catching me off guard. The entire place was silent for a moment, until Alexa spoke up.
“Oh, so sorry Bianca.” Alexa chuckled. “Your partner is willing, so…” She shrugged. I wanted to yell out and say I wasn’t willing. Manuel Russo never begged for the attention of any lady. But then again, I needed to kiss her so badly.
“It’s just a game.” I shrugged, making Bianca blink a good number of times.
“Exactly, it’s just a game Bianca.” The other girls murmured. Seeing how lucky I was, I bent to her level and before she could do any other thing to prevent the kiss from happening, I captured her lips with mine. It took me a couple of seconds to finally comprehend the way I felt when our lips had touched.
God! These were so soft and succulent. She tasted like….. grapes. She seemed unwilling, because she just stayed there, unresponsive to my kisses. Nonetheless, wanting to make good use of my 60 seconds, I held her waist and pulled her closer. That way, she finally snaked her hands around my neck and gave in to the kiss. Our tongues began fighting a battle. No, it wasn’t a battle of dominance. It wasn’t a battle of time. Deep down, we knew that we were trying to make the most of the little time we had. They way her fingers pulled against my back hairs told me so. If it was possible to plunge my tongue deep down her throat, I would have done so. The next thing I heard was a countdown.
“10, 9, 8, 7….” This was coming to an end then. I settle in her lower lip and suckled so hard on it, before finally letting go at the sound of “…. 1”
The moment we pulled away, I exhaled deeply. I didn’t realize I had been that deprived of air. I spared her once last look and even if I hadn’t noticed any other thing, I noticed that one thing I had hoped to evoke in her. They were there in her eyes. The desire.
“Okayyyyyy….. That was….” Alexa began, making me stand up and make my way back to where I had been previously sitted. But it seemed to be that Alexa was at loss for words. That was quite funny.
“That was really hot!” Vera helped. “What I’d give for Manuel to kiss me that way.” She muttered, looking at me sultrily. I didn’t know why, but it sounded funny to me. Maybe it was because she didn’t appeal to me in anyway. Don’t get me wrong. She was a really pretty woman, but like I said before, women hardly appealed to me. So if anyone did, I always made sure to have a taste of them. When I did, it naturally pleased the hunger inside me, and I wouldn’t be in need of them anymore after our conquest. That was probably the case with Bianca. I just needed to have a taste. Once I did, the strong need and hunger for her would disappear.
The games continued through the night and soon, they were dancing around the campfire. Yes, ‘they’. I could do a lot of weird stuffs, but dancing around a fire wasn’t part of it. I had seen a wooden rocking chair around, and made myself comfortable in it. I found myself chuckling as Alexa’s body moved like an elastic material around the fire. Her friends too. Bianca hadn’t really been dancing. If you asked me, I’d say she didn’t know how to. But watching her try to copy the steps of her colleagues, made her look so naive and cute. Soon enough, the waves from the beach became stronger, and the winds started howling. It didn’t take time before the campfire in the middle started dancing around, signaling that the wind was having the expected effect on it.
“It seems like it’s about to rain.” Alexa announced. The girls and the other guy; Boris, came running towards where the blanket had been laid. “It’s about to rain.” Alexa said to me as soon as she realized I was still sitting on the wooden chair. If only she knew the rain threatening to pour was the least of my problems. My major problem was her friend who had a hard time staying away from Bianca. It seemed Alexa noticed my eyes were pinned on the duo, and began laughing.
“Trust me, he’d do all he can to get in between those hot legs of hers tonight.”
“Is that a joke?” I asked, looking at her.
“Trust me Manuel, he will.” She laughed, shaking her head in disbelief as she returned to helping her friends pack up the stuffs we had used for our games. Soon enough, we all started walking away, Bianca and Ivan behind the rest of us. Smiling deviously, I excused myself from the crew in front, and walked to the back where Bianca was. For a moment, she seemed suprised seeing me come back to join them, but somewhat relieved.
“We should get going now.” I simply muttered, making the guy look at me in confusion.
“Excuse me?” He said, and I sighed.Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.
“Bianca and I both have somewhere to be.” I replied dryly.
“But….” He was still trying to talk when Bianca interjected.
“I’m sorry, but Manuel and I actually have somewhere to be tonight.”
“Fine.” He muttered underneath his breathe before walking away. The fucker seemed angry. So all he wanted after all was to stick his dick in her honey pot! Why was I talking like it wasn’t the same thing I wanted?
“It’s about to rain.” She managed a small smile, looking everywhere else but at me. I guess she felt awkward about the kiss.
“Yes it is.” I muttered. “I thought we could take a short walk before it starts to rain.”
“Okay.” She simply nodded, and I began walking in the opposite direction. She quickly followed me and we began our walk with the wind aggressively kissing our faces.
“And about the kiss.” I started. “It’s just a game, so you shouldn’t feel awkward about it.”
“Yes.” She nodded, and released a sigh. Wait a minute! What did I just do? Did I indirectly tell her I had no plans of wanting her? Like, being with her? Inside her?!!
“Where are we headed?” She simply asked.
“A small water body you’ve never been to, on this island. It’s exquisite to look upon at night.”
“But, wouldn’t the rain catch up with us?”
“We definitely wouldn’t die if it did.” I chuckled, making her smile. Her smile was beautiful. If only she knew I was making all these efforts, and even willing to walk under the rain just so that man doesn’t have his hands on her tonight.
We kept walking and soon, it began to drizzle.
“It has started.” She laughed and began running.
“Where are you running to?” I yelled behind her.
“I don’t know! Some form of shelter?”
“I know somewhere.” I said. I had really mastered every part of this island like the back of my palms. I had gotten it when I had been here on training. Alexa and I used to come here then. It used to be a public spot where a lot of people came, but that was before something happened and I bought it. “Come.” I called her and took her hand in mine. I led her to a really small hut close to where we were. The moment we got in, the rain progressed to something more violent.
Even though we had made it to a shelter on time, we had still gotten wet. Unlike the beach houses where there was electricity, this hut was dark, making me pulll out my phone and putting on the flashlight. I looked around to see that Bianca’s light dress shirt was quite soaked, and clinged to her body like a second skin. I could easily outline her breasts. Swallowing hard, I spotted a table by the other corner of the hut and made my way there. Fortunately, there was a wooden candle cup on it, and a match box beside it.
“Great.” I muttered, before pulling out a stick from the match box and lighting the candle. Candle light always seemed amusing to me. The way a small candle could lit everywhere up was amazing, even though the light was a dim type.
“Oh!” Bianca whispered, the moment the light came on. I turned back to see her standing at the other corner of the hut. Save for a wooden two seaters bench just behind her, and this table, the hut was completely empty. I sighed as I walked to the bench and sat down, waving at her to join me. Reluctantly, she did. We sat together for a while, listening to the sounds of rain that didn’t seem like it was going to retire anytime soon. All the while, I had restrained myself from looking at her, because I knew I was going to be really tempted. Eventually tired of looking at the empty hut, I turned my head towards her to see her slowly dozing off. I sighed as my eyes slowly trailed down her slender figure. Her breasts were quite full, compared to how slender her body was. Same went for her hips and derriere. My gaze got stuck on her open thighs which had been as a result of her dress hiking up. The dim light of the candle against her tighs only made me want to feel the smoothness her skin there.
I knew I couldn’t hold back anymore, so I let my hand rest on her left thigh, humming in approval of how smooth it actually felt. What I hadn’t realized was the lady who had woken up and just stayed quiet, staring at me in shock.
“Manuel?” Her voice had been a whisper, but I could note the desire and tension it held. Seeing I had been caught in the act, I looked up at her and leaned into her neck, sniffing a very light scent of vanilla on her. Edible. “Manuel.” She whispered again and this time, I decided to shut that mouth of hers, so she could let me simply have my way with her. I turned her head to me, bent and captured her lips in a searing kiss. She sighed into the kiss, holding the hem of my shirt so tightly. I ravished her mouth, tasting all I could taste at once. After some seconds, she pulled away from me. The desire more evident in her eyes. I’m sure my eyes displayed a greater level desire as well.
“I thought it was just a game?” She whispered.
“I feel like playing another game.” I replied, before connecting my lips with hers, and hoisting her up in a way that she straddled me. The way she had simply let me carry her onto my tighs, her hands tightly holding onto my shoulders, were enough to tell me she was consenting to my request. Indeed, we were going to play a very intense game of strip poker tonight. It was going to be a long night, because I was going to ravish her body as much as I could, so I don’t hunger for her again after tonight.