“Oh, Jesus... you feel so good,” she heard his voice, harsh and yet tender, and its vibration reached down to where she could feel him between their bodies.
A sound escaped her lips, a sound she hadn't created before in her entire life, because it was an expression of need she had not felt before until this moment. She turned her face and her lips touched his temple. He immediately turned towards her to catch her lips in his. And he could kiss her forever if it was going to be like this kiss. She couldn't even say which of all he was doing pleasured her the most. She couldn't even say that pleasure was the right word. She had no control of her body's responses, and yet she didn't want control. It was shameful, to want to do something this intimate with a virtual stranger.Not a stranger, you know him, protested a voice inside her head.And yet, she was here as a gift. She was paid for. She was here as a whore.Another noise escaped her lips. It was a cry, and he heard it. His head raised and his eyes bored into her face. She had opened her eyes to look at him. He was so handsome… and more. She knew he was more than just a client she was paid to serve tonight. If only she had been here on her own accord. If only he had been making love to her, not sex. If only there were feelings here, even though she knew this wasn't possible. That she had no right to even think it. He didn't even know her, and yet if he knew, it really wouldn't change a thing because she was a woman he would never even think to want in his life. She was just a poor girl who had been living here all her life yet had not caught his attention ever. “What's wrong, baby? Am I hurting you?”She was surprised at the question. He stopped moving. He was looking at her and his eyes were a pair of expressive pools. She could only look back at him, afraid to speak. She did not really want him to hear her voice.She didn't want to talk to him. She didn't want to give him any more reason to know her beyond knowing her body. But he continued to talk to her.“I can't believe how beautiful you really are. I was watching you from the windows upstairs as you arrived, and I thought I was only dreaming. I thought I was only drunk. But here you are, and I can see what I needed to see. You're one of the most beautiful faces I have ever encountered, and I can't believe I am making love to you.”For the life of her, however much she felt at the moment, Arianna couldn't stop the smile that stretched her lips.His answering smile was tender. “Will I see you again after this?” he asked, almost lovingly.He is indeed drunk, she thought. He's acting like he really likes me. Again, she thought it was funny. And she also knew she wasn't mistaken when she saw sadness in his eyes. He was suffering from something, and she was indeed told that she was sent as a gift to distract a heartbroken man.He needs me to distract him.And she came here to make him happy.So she shall, using all means that were possible to her. She had to find a way. She had to do what she came here to do, not just because she was paid to do so, but also because she wanted to help him. She wanted to be the one to erase that deep sadness in those beautiful eyes of his.Her hands moved towards him, and when she wasn't sure at first what she was about to do, they found their own way. Her palms gently cupped his face, and she lowered him to her for the kiss that seemed to satisfy them both. He moaned between their clasped mouths as if what she did was exactly what he wanted and needed. This kiss was deep and raw, and when he moved again, she heard a rip, and with a gasp, she realized he had ripped her panties off and thrown them away.She was completely naked under him, her thighs wide open, and her pussy completely exposed. She lost it when he rubbed against her again, and when she thought it would hurt, she was surprised to feel no friction because she was very wet down there, easing the rub of skin-to-skin.His lips left her mouth and he raised himself, his eyes on her again when she opened her eyes to him, and he was smiling.“I'll make love to you.”He said it like a wonderful promise.And then he lowered his head, dropped her a quick kiss, and started to nibble his way down her breasts.She was breathless as she watched his head travel down her body and had to bite her lower lip when his mouth finally caught a nipple. Wet and warm, his lips and his tongue kissed and caught, nipped gently, and twirled the pink nub. Her back arched towards him. His hand held one soft breast, covered its rosy top, and suckled.Her eyeballs rolled up and her fingers tangled between his soft hair strands as she rolled with the ticklish but wonderful sensation his deep suckling produced. The pleasure was like liquid heat that again trickled down towards the pleasure point building where she knew her womb was located. Her movement rubbed her more firmly against his cock, which hadn't really stopped moving as he pleasured her upper body. She didn't know what to do, she could only react. She could only hold her breath, and then moan as he stretched her nipple with his lips before releasing it, only to repeat the same thing to the other mound.She'd gotten senseless by the time his mouth left that one, only to travel further downwards… She was shocked, watching him in eyes she almost couldn't open due to heavy eyelids, when his head went straight to that place between her thighs with a laser focus, wherein she started to doubt if he was still as drunk as when she arrived.She couldn't stop him. She didn't want to. She wanted to ask what he was about to do, but she couldn't open her mouth or he would find out she didn't know what she was actually doing there with him.That she didn't know what making love was like.That she had just started learning it right now, with him.It was as if he knew she was watching. She hadn't even realized that she had raised her head from the pillows to watch him more intently, almost curiously.He looked up as his face hovered over her, in that spot where she could feel a gentle throbbing, a result of all that she had experienced under his touch and kisses since she entered the house.Senyorito Enrique smiled at her and didn’t know how to react. The smile was wicked, but she didn't feel scared. She was anticipating something that wasn't at all scary. She just couldn't ask him what—A short scream escaped from her when he buried his head down there. Her head dropped on the soft pillows as she felt the pad of his tongue taste her.Again, she was shocked.Was this something couples actually do in bed? Was this really part of sex? When Madame Venus told her to just lie on the bed and it would be over soon, they said nothing about this!And then she couldn't think anymore.Her hands pulled on the sheets on both sides of her as
Arianna opened her eyes.She didn't know how long she pretended to sleep, but it wasn't that long. She could hear Senyorito Enrique's deep and regular breathing beside her.The blanket was covering them. She remembered he had moved, pull it over them and securing her in his embrace before he went back to sleep. Now, under the covers, one of his arms was wrapped around her and one of his thighs was knotted around her thighs.She wondered how she could get away. She had to extricate herself from him without waking him up.She had to go home. Her mission here was done. It was all over, and as far as she knew, she was able to accomplish what she came here for. Tommy was safe.She slowly lifted his hand to place it beside him. That was easy. After that was his thigh.My goodness, he’s heavy!Again, she felt overwhelmed at the realization of who this man was. He was the most handsome man she knew. He was tall and muscular, and that body… had sex with her tonight and she survived him. Señorit
Holding to her chest the lapels of the robe, Arianna walked along the side of the road, resolutely ignoring any sound that could scare her.Earlier, she came from the other direction, more scared of what she was going to find when she got there than of anything else that could scare anyone on a deserted, dark road at night. But that's over, it was all over. And she was alright.They could start again.Suddenly, she saw movement ahead of her.Arianna froze, her hair rising in a panic attack. But the squeal she was about to let loose was abruptly caught back when she recognized who was standing in her path.“Tommy?!”“Ate ...?” (older sister)It was really him. Tommy, her brother. “Tommy ...”She walked faster towards him. He looked frozen as he stood there, tall for his age, but he somehow appeared small at that moment, somehow looking like a young kid again than a fourteen-year-old. He was the same little kid she held to her side on the day of their father's funeral, while their mothe
Slowly and with much care, Enrique opened his eyes.He felt strange. It felt like he was seeing the room for the first time.It was his own room, in a house he owned. It shouldn’t feel this strange. He stared at the slowly rotating ceiling fan above him, wondering what was different this morning. Something happened last night. Something beautiful that he couldn't remember.Was it a dream? Dreams always escaped him as soon as he woke up.He was lying naked on his bed. But that wasn't new.He turned and, without thinking, reached for something... someone—an involuntary action remembered by his body before his mind could catch up with him.Then he frowned.Well. No one was there.Of course, there wasn't anyone. His split with Helene was several weeks ago, and he might not have accepted it yet, but he stopped doing that... reaching for her in his bed when he woke up in the morning.He'd stopped looking for her warmth in his bed a long time ago. In fact, he now felt revulsion at the memory
Yes, that was what was different since he woke up.That's what he had been puzzling over and over, that it was driving him crazy. The memory of her body's willing response to his lovemaking was rapidly rousing his body as no one had ever done before, even though he wondered why she had to do what she did.How long had she been selling her body?He realized, as he didn't know the answer to that or why it was even important, that it was driving him crazy thinking that other men had been with her.He'd touched the girl.Not just touched, he'd been taken by her the moment he saw her beautiful face in what light could enter through the glass panes of the windows. That was what got through him, as drunk as he was. And when he got her inside the house, he saw a face with eyes that were about ready to cry, and he instantly changed.His heart melted against his better judgment. Suddenly, he just wanted to comfort her, bring her to his bed instead of just taking her on the couch, where he could
It was very early in the morning when Arianna and Tommy woke up to pick vegetables and fruits from their garden at the back of the house to sell.The day seemed no different from past days except Tommy now worked beside her… somber, quiet, and very focused.Tommy was the one who actually started selling fresh produce from their garden, but he hadn't done this for a while now. The money they earned was enough for food but could not completely provide for his needs in school and their mother's regular medicine prescriptions, and it frustrated him.He said it was too slow a job to earn money, and he started trying to find odd jobs from other farmers or commercial establishments in town who would let him work before or after school, even though he was just fourteen.Unfortunately, their mother had to be confined for a mild stroke and this really scared both of them. That was when he told her he would quit school. They were paying in installments for the hospital bill already, and though sh
Arianna was pulled back to the present by Tommy's voice calling her name. Her eyes focused on her brother as she felt her cheeks getting warm, silently thanking him for recalling her back to the present.“Ate, can we give this watermelon at his price?”“Ah, oh, oh. How much do you want?” she asked the patron with a smile, in a haggling mode, and was able to sell the watermelon at a higher price than what was being asked. That was the end of it, and they were able to return home with enough time to cook lunch.During lunch, both of them acted like before, especially after their mother expressed relief that Tommy was again helping his sister sell garden produce in the morning.“I will start helping tend the garden again. I was listening to the radio this morning and found this program with a doctor and his nurse-wife on it. The sun's rays and exercise should be able to help make me stronger,” she enthusiastically added.“Ay, Ma!” Tommy protested promptly. “You don't have to. You can sit
Late that afternoon, Tommy came home with enough fish to feed them for two days, and good news.“Ate! Mama! The chairman told me I can work in the fishery or in the paddy field starting tomorrow! He also told me I can start learning to drive the jeepney just inside the hacienda in case they needed a hand in transporting anything from anywhere inside here. I have a job!”They roasted enough fish for their supper and cooked the rest in herbs and spices. They had a very enjoyable dinner and after the dishes were done, their mother asked them to stay with her for a bit in the living room as she read from her Bible aloud for them and prayed to thank the Lord for their blessings before she went to bed. Tommy remained in the small living room to read one of his school books. She, on the other hand, checked to make sure every window was closed and the doors in the front and back were locked before maybe reading a book of her own. Her friends often would bring her their books once they were d
Arianna fought, pushing him back until it was him lying on the bed and she was pulling his socks and pants off him.“There will be no other woman,” he told her urgently as she climbed on top of him breathlessly. His hands cupped her face, his movements sure, his movements silky.“Huh,” she huffed. “That’s what husbands say to their wives on the first night, yet not all of them remained faithful to the end.”He was scowling now. “What’s with you, baby?”“See? I showed a few little teeth and you’re confused about me now?” She rolled her eyes at him.He grinned, and again, she found herself on her back, under him. As they were only on their underwear now, their exposed skin rubbed against each other, and she had more difficulty breathing.And of course, he could see this. His eyes smoldered with heat and his body started to move against hers. Yet, he remained where he was, staring down at her, his eyes remaining worried.“What is it, my love? It’s our first night together as a married cou
The van was ready and people climbed in. The Señor and the Chairman were in front, with the latter driving.There was a separate car for some of the usual men who casually accompanied Eric’s father—her father-in-law now. These were, of course, his bodyguards. Father and son had bodyguards whenever they were outside the hacienda. In the past ten days, she went out with Eric several times to shop or simply dine out on a date. And though there wasn’t an obvious escort, she could spot the very same men with Eric when he had to go to work loitering not too far away from them as they shopped, but surrounding them.Aside from the bodyguards, Eric bought her jewelry, new clothes, and her own laptop and gadgets.It was like the moment she accepted the marriage proposal, although she had imposed conditions, there was no doubt she had become the woman of a Quiroz.A part of her knew that insisting on being her old self would not help her transition into her new role as a Quiroz wife, so she let
The next few days were the most surreal of all the days of Arianna’s life that it even surpassed that night she first went to Eric’s private house in the back of the hacienda.Eric used his influence to get an expedited marriage license for both of them within a week and the wedding itself was performed by a judge in the garden of the house they were staying in the next day.It was private, attended only by their immediate family (minus his mother, of course) and her awe-struck childhood friends driven from the province to witness.There weren’t adults, but she was informed the Señor had the staff in the hacienda invite tenants for a catered celebration of the day in the hacienda’s function hall, unofficially confirming the news about his only son marrying his girlfriend and shutting down any dirty gossip regarding how they met. At most, it was just a malicious charge thrown at her by Eric’s mother, accusing her of seducing her son with her feminine wiles.The fact was, most believed i
“What happened this morning here between you and… oh god, I just realized… my son’s ex and my ex—”There was a short burst of a snort from Tommy before he clamped a hand to his mouth and ducked his head towards his mother’s nearest arm, and Yna hid a smile. Or tried to.Eric rolled his eyes and shook his head. “Dad, you’re traumatizing the kid.”There was a bigger snort from her brother that had him totally smacking his whole face on their mother’s back. “Hija, what I was saying,” the Señor, trying to get back on track as he tried not to grin at Tommy’s machinations, given his topic was supposedly serious, “was that what happened this morning was deplorable, and I swear that it will never happen again as long as you’re here with us in the hacienda. The same goes for your family, as they will become my family, too. But when you marry Eric, you are going to be living with him wherever he is. When it comes to your security, you have to compromise with him until, at least, you are more us
They all sat to eat then, with the Señor leading the prayer.And she was surprised when Eric and his father opened a conversation when they started eating, with the son giving sarcastic observations about something in hacienda transactions, or the father telling random memories about his son’s childhood that had them all laughing.If she or anyone else was worried that it was going to be an awkward dinner, they were very much mistaken.On the other hand, she had noticed a long time ago that father and son treated each other casually, but backed each other up quietly.She had caught Eric watching his father with respect and a bit of adoration a few times, which he would instantly hide into a sardonic countenance or an expression of serious consideration when he noticed being watched. As if anything softer would make him less grown-up.And observing and knowing them better now than before, she realized it was something Tommy used to do when he was little, doggedly following after their f
Yna started to feel excited about making love with him the moment he slipped inside the room, but she didn’t know how wet she was until he buried himself inside her, to the hilt… smooth and quick. He followed this with a self-satisfied, awed groan.“I miss that feeling so much,” she told him in an awed whisper. Then she closed her eyes and moaned when he pulled himself out to push back in again. Incredible sensations assailed her, stirring embers that heated her whole body and made her nerves pop.“Baby… you always feel like I’m sinking into heaven… so tight and hot that you make me crazy. This is going to be… my quickest…”She nodded over and over, whimpering at the next full thrusts until he was kissing her again to hold any noise they make inside their mouths. He was pacing himself now, moving his hips in such a way that she felt the most pleasure from his thrusts, and it wasn’t very long before she felt the force gathering.And before she knew it, the ball of hot pleasure imploded
Arianna was staring sightlessly at the wall after she entered her room, and she was aware when Tommy tried to open the door but their mother pulled him back, and there they argued in whispers outside, in the corridor.When Eric’s voice got mixed with their voices, she took a deep breath and turned her head to look accusingly and tiredly at the closed door. Did they have to do all that right behind it, where she would strain to hear what they were saying?Didn’t she say she wanted to be alone?Yet, Yna found herself standing up from the edge of her bed’s cushion to quietly tiptoe to the door to try and hear them more clearly.And she heard everything since then.Her eyes even shed a few tears, even though those were words she had heard before and knew already.Those three loved her to death, she knew all that. She also knew they would not so easily let her be.Especially Eric, who owned the hardest skull of all.Her mother and Tommy went down the stairs and left Eric there, and she coul
“Honestly, I can understand if the poor child panics at this point,” Papa said after how quiet the kitchen had become after Arianna rushed out then her mother and Tommy left to follow her. “Your mother can fucking overwhelm anyone, and she’s just a girl.”Eric was on his feet and he would have run after her, too, if he didn’t remember the panic in her eyes, the fear and confusion marring her whole face, and the pain that was in her voice when she begged to be alone. So he wasn’t sure if he should follow her.Instead, he closed his eyes and lowered his head.“Am I doing the right thing?” he asked the two men quietly. “Or am I pushing her too much? Rushing her relentlessly?”“There is no such thing as rushing to a man when he wants a woman,” his father replied. And Eric turned to him, thinking he was still making light of the mood, but he was seriously looking up at him from where he sat across the table from him. “Ask Castro here. It’s good to see that his own rush twenty-five years ago
As if by design, Señor Sylver—Papa Sylver—and Chairman Castro arrived then to check on her with a nurse from the hacienda center who lived here.Miranda was the daughter of one of the older farmers and a senior to her and her friends by seven years.She checked her carefully for further injuries, concern in her eyes apparent. After making sure her cuts and scratches were laden with antibacterial cream and she had taken in the right medicine for her body pains, she tapped her on her shoulder and smiled down at her.“You’ll be okay. The Señor and Señorito are both your allies, as well as so many other people here, Arianna. Don’t let this derail you, kid, okay?”She felt more confused after the nurse had left because, in the kitchen where the elders had retired for coffee and further apologies and discussions, she felt like she wasn’t gaining control of her own life.This feeling started quite a while now. There was so much in the future she wasn’t sure about, nor did she feel secure, sud