Crazy Stupid Love

"No Strings Attached"

I slowly open my eyes as the memories of the night before starts creeping back from my mind. I can feel Chris body warm against mine. He was still spooning with me.

I looked at the bed clock and it was just after ten. We came in late so it was expected to sleep in late. My stomach as always was grumbling. I knew that I had to get up and make food. I was hungry.

I pulled a bathrobe from the chair and slipped it on. I did not know what he'd like to eat for breakfast so I just thought I should just make something simple.

Bacon eggs and flap Jacks, I was glad to find orange juice in the fridge. I slowly slipped away. I was used to minimum hours of sleep. I left my phone on the bedside table and went to the shower.

He was still sleeping when I was done. I went downstairs and took a walk around the house in the bikini suit I found in my bag and a sarong on my waist.

It was certainly a beautiful morning outside. I decided to take a walk around the beach. It would give me time to re evaluate what I was doing in this place with this man.

I walked out on my flip flops swinging a beach bag in my hand and holding a towel in my other. I found a nice little spot and lay the towel down.

It was not too hot but I still put on sunscreen on my body or rather mostly on the parts I could reach. I laid my head down and then it hit me, I was all alone in the beach then this must be a private beach.

I felt a bit naughty and silly but I’ve always wanted to know what it would be like walking naked on a beach. The thought was just too fascinating to let it just be a thought. Besides, I was alone so why not? I pulled out the bra and slid out of the thong.

"I'm going to have a beautiful tan" I chuckled as I laid on my back. The feeling of the sun kissing my skin was amazing.

I had already started to look pale by being the Hermit at the office. This was certainly needed. A few minutes later, I turned and lay on my back. Lost in paradise I closed my eyes.

I was away from the city, Away from my nagging mom, missing my best friend and away from my work.

I had been napping under the warm sun when I suddenly felt a bit of cold shiver over me.

I slowly open my eyes and I see Chris standing right in front of me blocking me from the sun. He smelled of soap meaning that he has just taken a shower and he was as naked as a new born baby.

"You should try putting some clothes on you; you might catch a cold..." I said to him eyeing his thick tool.

"And miss out on having a nice tan, I would never..." He said as he lay on the towel next to me.” So what do you want to do today except lazing on the beach naked?" he asked.

" I was hoping we could talk..." I said to him as I turned to face him.

"I'm all ears.." he said with a gorgeous smile.

"Well about last night..."

"What about last night? I know we did not use any protection but I am clean and I doubt if you are not either. " he said confidently.

The thought was not even in my head. Nevertheless, reality hit home when he spoke of it. I had a sudden panic in me but I was not about to let him see my fears.

“I’m not talking about that, although I think it was very juvenile and immature of us to do it. "

"Bella, I can't read your mind, you would have to tell me what's on your mind." Looking at me with a very serious face.

“Chris what happened between us was a mistake, you're a great guy and all but I can't be with you, I don't do office romance," I said

looking everywhere but at his eyes. It was true.

I couldn’t date him if I wanted to. I had just gotten my job and it was number one priority to me. Chris would have to understand that I couldn’t have a relationship with him. It was impossible.

"Well Bella if you should know, I don't do romance at all, what happened last night was good, great actually but I’m not looking to be in any sort of relationship right now, I’m glad we're on the same page coz I’d hate it if we mistook this for something that its not."

I know I said I was not ready for a relationship but hearing him say those things to me. It was as if he was slapping me on my face.

Why did he bring here? Why did he go through so much trouble to get me here if he wanted nothing to do with me? I have met a complex guys and I have had a one night stand before and they didn’t mean anything but him saying that to me really hurt me.

"And exactly what is it that we have Chris? Why am I here?" I asked him trying to hide the hurt in my heart.

"Look Isabella, you're a great girl and you have a nice little cunt but we can't have a relationship,v you’re a Junior in my office for heaven sake Bella" He said as he took out his phone.

Oh my GOD! Was this person for real? Was he trying to hurt me deliberately? Why was he saying all those mean things to me after he dragged me away the way he did.

"That's not what I asked you" I tried to be firm, holding in my anger.

"Bella what where you excepting? That we would f**k and then we go back home as the happy couple? It doesn’t work like that dear, what we're doing now is simply having fun, no string attached..."

He had no problem saying those things to me. His eyes where so cold.

"I'm glad we know where we stand with each other." I stood up and walked back to the house. I wasn’t even aware that I was crying. I had nothing to pack since I had not bought my clothes with me. I heard the front door closing and locked the room I was in. I saw a phone and I took it.

"Hello" April answered.

"Chika it’s me, where's mom?" I stiffened my voice trying to hide the tears behind my eyes.

"She's at the hospital with dad" she said with her sweet voice

"Good...” I took a deep breath as the tears came running down my cheeks and I wept over the phone.

"Bella what's wrong?" She asked in a worried voice. "Chika talk to me, where are you? Are you hurt? Do you need me to get you? Talk to me" She continued to say as I continued weeping on the phone.

"Oh April, I am such a fool, how could I fall that, I knew he was no good for me, I knew it April..." I sniffed again.

"June, tell me where you are and I’ll come get you" She was now very worried.

"I’m in the cancoon, I don't even have any cash on me, just my cell phone and passport." I heard a loud knocking on the door. It was Chris and I locked him out.

"Isabella open up, we have to talk about this, please open up"

"Isabella who's that? what's going over there? “April asked

"Oh Chika, could you tell mom to get the jet here, I want to go home, I’ll send you the location so that the car could get me here.” I sobbed again.

"Okay, Okay just stay put, we're coming to get you, are you hurt? Do we need to come with the cops?" That was April always thinking the worst in every situation.

"No, no cops, I’m okay I just want to get out of here..." I hated everything about this place.

"Okay, see you soon Mamasita"

I hung up and searched for my phone in the room. I found it in the walk in closet on top my clothes. The ones I came wearing. I took them and slipped them on my naked body.

Chris was still knocking on the door. I still wasn’t opening. I wanted nothing to do with the man. I looked at bed where we had stayed cuddling the whole night.

Who does that? Who cuddles with a woman and then say its no string attached. Why do I always end up with the crazies? Was this his plan all along?

It must have been his plan. All he wanted was just to get into my pants and now that he has, he just dismissed me like a piece of trash.

I looked around the room trying to find anything with an address. I opened a drawer and found an old lease agreement. It had the address and I mailed it to April just in time as my phone died.

The last thing I wanted was to bother my mom but I had no choice. I could not let this man use me even further.

He was just too good to be true, too handsome, too successful and too coy. There, those where all red flags and I ignored them. Not that he gave me a chance to make a decision.

All this was just too much for me. Moreover, the lunch? What about the lilies? Was that to get me hooked? Did I fall for his bait? I do not know what I was expecting from a man like that.

I mean Chris could have any girl he wants without even saying a single word and yet here I was with him. “The Junior” as he blatantly said.

I lay on the bed with my back facing the ceilings and my head buried in my hands. I was wondering how I had let myself get into this situation.

This quandary. This dilemma? How could I fall for the oldest trick in the book? I was the new office girl of course, opportunists like him would take advantage of that.

I should have just stayed away from him. I should not even have called him last night. Regret was all I had for myself at this point. Regret of ever meeting him.

Regretting and resenting him with every second that went by.

I was woken up by loud noises somewhere in the house.

"What did you do to her you pig! Where is she?" that was a voice I knew all too well. It was April.

Oh, my God April came for me. I must have dozed off on the bed earlier. I ran to the door and opened it. I had my phone in my hands. Boy was I glad to see her. I ran into her arms.

"Hey Chika let me look at you, are you okay? Did that bustard hurt you?" She examined me quickly then hugged me.

"Please take me home," I whispered in her ear.

I did not even look at Chris when we walked out of the house.

"Bella." he said trying to get close to me but Linda was already standing in between blocking him.

"You don't say one fucken word to my sister you hear me, stay the hell away from her you hear me, stay away."

April told him as we walked out. I was glad to see that the limo was already waiting for us. Stefan my mom's driver was there. He opened the door and I scooped in. April followed.

"He has my passport..." I told Stefan as he got in the car

"Don't worry Isabella, I'll go and get it" He said

"Thank you Stef" April thanked him.

"You came alone?" I asked her.

"yeah, I didn’t want to worry mom, she's worried about the surgery..." Oh dear I had forgotten all about my dad's surgery.

No wonder this weekend was such a flop. What daughter leaves her father in a hospital to go away on a weekend with a stranger? I sobbed again. Thinking of how selfish I had been. Stefan returned to the car and we drove off.