Paradise of Pleasure

Shamelessly, Coral bobbed her head. “But I want to do something elssseee…,” she declared openly with a slurp.

Chloe didn't bother asking and sipped her drink slowly. “I will sleep with a sugar daddy!”

Hearing that, Chloe choked on her drink. Cursing at herself because the drink ruined her beige pants, she scowled at Coral. “What the hell are you babbling?”

“I'm soooo done with this relationship thing…I will now sleep with anyone I like!”

Chloe sighed, smacking lightly on her forehead. It appeared that the breakup did affect her more than she thought. “Alright, do whatever you want, but not today. It's already late, let's go home now.”

“No!” Coral refused to leave, shaking her head continuously. “I wanna find my sugar daddy first!” Chloe widened her brown orbs at her in warning, embarrassed that someone would hear her but with the music booming in the background, the chances were low.

At that moment, Veronica came with a bright smile on her heart-shaped face. “Did she just say sugar daddy?”

Chloe sighed in an answer yes. “Find me a sugar daddy, Ver!” Coral whined like a child, grabbing her hand and making her sit beside her.

“Wish I could help you, love but I don't run such a business.” Veronica then asked Chloe how many drinks Coral had. When she heard the number, she almost gasped. Coral alone had drank twenty drinks out of twenty-three. No wonder she was babbling nonsense with the alcohol inside her system.

Coral went on whining and acting like a child for an hour, almost driving both her friends to the edge of slapping her face but they had controlled it well.

“I'm gonna go to the washroom. Watch her or else she might go wandering around” Chloe said to Veronica, giving an irritated look to Coral who had her head down on the table, and went in the direction of the washroom.

“Veronica! Come over here!” The manager of the bar called her name and she was confused as to whether to go or stay here and keep an eye on Coral. Her manager called her again and she panicked.

“What should I do?” she muttered but knew better what to do. “Coral, I need to go take a look over there. Will you be fine?” she asked her softly.

Coral raised her head and waved her hand in front of her. “Don't worry about me. I'm not that drunk now.” Veronica didn't believe but if she didn't go, she might lose her job. “I'll be fine, really.”

Having that assurance, Veronica left.

Coral switched on her phone and scrolled through the content of her social media. After drinking a shot of lemon juice, her drunk level seemed to have lowered.

Chloe came from the washroom and eyed Coral with curiosity about what she was doing on the phone with so much interest. She sat beside her, crossing her legs. “Are you feeling better?” she yelled. The music was too loud for them to talk normally.

Coral nodded her eyes on her phone screen. A minute she showed Chloe what she was doing till now with a smile. Chloe scrutinized the content, not having any sort of idea what it was shown. “What the heck is Paradise of Pleasure?”

“It's a place where people go to enjoy themselves,” Coral explained in an amusing tone but Chloe didn't like it at all. She grabbed Coral's phone from her hold and went through the information about that place. The more she read, the more baffled she was. She scoffed reading the description of the place. She zeroed her gaze at the green sign and the words that said ‘BOOKED’ at the end of the page. She blinked, making sure she wasn't mistaking anything. Nope. It was booked.

“You did not just—” she was too shocked to even speak. “What the fuck were you thinking, Coral?” she barked at her.

Coral shrugged, not liking her friend lecturing her. She was old enough to have a sense of what she was doing and didn't need anyone to tell her. “I want to try. What's wrong with that?”

Chloe grumbled in annoyance, gliding her finger through her silky hair.

“This is a sex place, Coral. Do you know what that is?”

Annoyed by her sarcastic tone, she arrogantly said, “I know very well. Much better than you, my little virgin.”

Chloe's face turned red but she controlled her anger because right now, she needed to stop this silly girl before she did something stupid. She was drunk and now she has booked a room at some freakish place that was meant for sex.

“You are not going there. I'm canceling it—” Before she could finish her sentence, Coral snatched her phone from Chloe's hold, shooting a dirty look at her.

“I can do whatever I want to, okay? If I want to sleep with someone then I will!” she announced like she was going to do the most righteous thing in the world.

“Even if he is a stranger?”

“Yes.”

“Even if he has STDs?”

Coral's voice faltered a bit but she was still adamant on her decision. “Yes.”

Chloe sighed. “Look, Coral, I'm worried about you. You aren't in a good state after gobbling a shit amount of drinks. Moreover, that place doesn't seem safe or legit. What if it's fake? Something bad might happen to you.”

"You are soooo worrisome!” Coral let out a grimacing expression. “I'm going now.”

Coral got up on her feet but felt her knee shake as she stood. Chloe helped her when Coral was about to hit the floor with her ass. Chloe let out a grumble and scowled at her friend. “You can barely walk. How will you go there on your own, huh?”

Coral found it annoying that her best friend was nagging at her constantly. She jerked her hand away from her shoulder and said haughtily. “I'm fine, okay? I'm going so don't follow me.”

Chloe wanted to slap her for being such a brat but she was too tired to do so. Chloe would have followed her but she decided not to. It might be best this way. “Once she learns a lesson, she will never think of doing anything rash” she muttered in annoyance. However, she couldn't help but worry about Coral's safety. “Dammit '' she grinded her teeth, and rounding the table, she started making her way to the exit.

“Chloe!” she paused on her way and turned to her left to find Veronica calling her name. She gestured with her hands for what reason she was calling her.

Veronica looked tense. She was saying something but Chloe couldn't understand anything because of the loud music. She was torn about where she should go. If she were to be any minute late, she wouldn't be able to catch Coral but Veronica also seemed to be in trouble.

She sighed, clicking her tongue, and made her way to Veronica.

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PARADISE OF PLEASURE

Layers of sweat trickled down her back and forehead as she stood in front of the hotel. The alcohol in her system was fading and she was realising that she might have made a rash decision.

She checked the site and gulped at the BOOKED sign. Part of her wanted to break her boundaries and do something she never did, but the other part of her was sacred.

Coral took a deep breath and encouraged herself to move forward. “What's the worst that can happen?”

She could entangle into something she might regret later on.

Coral made her way inside the hotel which was built on top of water. A long trail-like passageway led to its entrance, connecting the hotel with the roads.

She was even surprised that she came here all on her own, ditching her driver and taking an Uber.

She saw a man walking ahead of her. He was wearing a suit but what she found odd was the mask covering half his face.

The place took her by surprise with each step she took. The lighting in the entrance was dim, but enough for one to see. There were two men dressed in black bodysuits and masks, which Coral assumed must be the guards. She was stopped by one of them.

“The sign.”

Coral was confused by his words. “Pardon?”

“Show me the sign.”

“Pardon, but I don't know what sign you are talking about.”

The two men exchanged a glance before asking her about the BOOKED sign on her phone.

“Oh! That! Here's the sign” she said, showing the screen of her phone to the men.

They bobbed their heads and gestured with their arms to go inside. Coral smiled short and went ahead.

The lighting changed from dim to bright and sensual. The marbled floor where she could see her face clearly, walls painted in the shade of red that reminded her of the movie Fifty shades of Grey.

She shook her head, not wanting unwanted thoughts to take space in her mind and finding the reception desk, she walked there.

There was only one woman and she was also wearing a mask that hid the upper part of her face.

Coral wondered if she was wearing it for fun or if it was a rule at this place.

Coral looked to her left and right where she could see long and narrow passageways. A few men went there, taking a glinting gold key in their hand.

“Hello, Miss” the receptionist smiled at her. With her mask on, Coral found it pretty creepy. Coral forced a smile in return. “You must be new here, beautiful.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Good to have you here. I can assure you that your desires will be satisfied here with you having no disappointment at all.”

Coral didn't know what to say to that. She wasn't even sure what this place offered.

“Please, fill up the information here and then I'll provide you with your room keys.”

Coral just nodded and wrote down whatever was required. A few minutes later, after she was done, the receptionist gave her a golden color key with the room number tag stuck on it.

“Enjoy your night, ” the receptionist added. “Your partner has already arrived and is waiting for you.”

That made something in her stomach. Coral took the key in her hold and mentally noting the way the receptionist told her, she made her way.