She opened her luggage and took some clothes. She pulled out a simple t-shirt and paired it with shorts. She put them on and slid some flat sandals, then took a bull cap to match the outfit while she went out of her room. She felt her head starting to ache with all the overthinking she has been doing for the past hours regarding her inheritance and the means of convincing Delta to marry her. Taking a breather outside might help her and distract her from all her problems. She decided to go inside a bar within the resort and get some drinks. The moment she entered, she noticed that only a few people were inside and most of them were couples. She looked at the upper part of the bar and saw a VIP sign on it. She can tell that the bar looks expensive and elegant by just looking at its interior. She walked further inside and took a random sit on one of the bar stools in front of the bartender. Leaning her back against the chair, she quietly roamed her eyes inside the bar and observed the people who seemed to be enjoying their time there.
She ordered tequila shots to relax her nerves, hoping she’d forget about her problems even just for a bit and all that happened to her the whole day especially when she was almost raped. Good thing Delta was there to save her from those bad guys. She sighed deeply, realizing how much had happened today. A random thought crossed her mind, remembering Delta’s face. Her future husband looks so gorgeous, too bad that he’s so cold-hearted and rude. This is the first time in her entire life that she was rejected by a man, and it was too harsh. He made her feel like she’s a dirty slot, a desperate woman begging for his attention.
Remembering the words he told her a while ago made her annoyance spike up, making her order more shots from the bartender. After two hours of drinking, she felt dizzy. She checked her wristwatch and noticed that it was already three in the morning. She decided to pay and head out and get some rest in her room upstairs. Maybe she drank too much because she was stumbling on her feet, although she's trying to walk straight, supporting herself through the hallway walls trying to get herself to the room Delta told her to use before she leaves tomorrow. Finally, reaching her destination, she pulled out the room card to swipe it a couple of times, trying so hard to concentrate for the door to open, but she can't.
“Goddamnit! For f**k’s sake! Why won’t you open it? Don’t tell me that you’re also upset with me? Open this room and let me in! Asshole!” she yelled drunkenly, then started kicking and hitting the door with her hands and feet. But she almost fell on her face when the door suddenly opened.
“Y-you! W-why a-are you here? You’re such a heartless and bad person, do you know that? Gwkkk! Gwkkk!” she said to him bravely, the alcohol giving her confidence. The man standing in front of her is the sole reason why she came home to the Philippines. But look at what happened to her? She just got rejected in return so at this point she didn’t care anymore. Why is this guy in her room though? Didn’t he let her use it temporarily? Tsk.
“Oh sh*t! What the f*ck? What did you even drink? Your puke smells so bad!” Complains Delta as he watches his puke-covered chest with disgust. She just vomited on his broad chest!
Cassy grinned widely as she heard Delta’s complaints. She’s not a good drinker. She only drinks to socialize with other people occasionally. Honestly, she did not expect to puke on Delta at all, but in any way, she’s glad that she just did. She finally got some kind of revenge on how he treated her that day. His words stung and made her feel like a lowly person.
“H-hey, why are you so stuck up? Maybe because you don’t have a girlfriend, or is it because you don’t have s-s*x l-life?” she said, annoying him more with her stupid questions and laughing teasingly at his face.
Delta's not sure if he should be offended or if he’ll laugh at the woman in front of him. She looks like she’s been through hell and back. Her hair is so messy, and so are her clothes. With vomit on the side of her lips and some on her chin, sliding down to her t-shirt. While she tries her best to talk straight to him but fails. Her words are mumbling, and she stutters from time to time while trying to get the words out of her mouth.
Even though the woman annoys the hell out of him, he still supported her in towards his room and took off her clothes. He then bathes her with lukewarm water. He took her clothes off and put her inside the bathtub. After that, he took his shirt off too, for he can't take the disgusting smell of her puke on his clothes anymore. He got under the shower after that and washed his body, forgetting about the woman in the bathtub momentarily as he got busy scrubbing his body off. When he’s done showering, he suddenly remembers the woman in his bathtub. In a hurry, he ran towards her. Picking her up quickly when he saw her slowly sliding lower on the water.
He was in so much rush he forgot that he was naked himself. The moment he picked up the woman, her nude body was pressed against his naked chest. And the woman was smiling lazily at him with her eyes half-opened. He instantly felt his body getting a hard-on. He feels like this wicked woman is seducing him right now. The way she looks at him, tempting him. Maybe she’s just pretending to be drunk to get into his pants, he thought. The moment he realized that it may be the case, he suddenly dropped her. Regretting it the next thinking he might’ve dropped her on the floor and hurt her. Thankfully she fell right into the bed where he was already standing near, unconsciously.
“Ouch! Why did you suddenly drop me? That’s so rude. Do you know that?” she complained when she felt her body carelessly being dropped on the soft bed.
She felt a slight discomfort on how she was dropped by him suddenly even though the bed was soft. For a second, she thought that maybe she’ll have a slight chance of convincing him to marry her when he carefully lifted her up a while ago but all those hopes came crashing down the moment she felt her body fall.
“Shut up, woman! My self-control is hanging by a thread, I might do something bad to you if you don’t stop!” his voice rising again.
“O-oh my god! W-what!” the moment she fell on the bed a while ago, her legs slightly parted without her noticing it. How can she not? When he suddenly let go of her like she weighed nothing.
“Are you really trying to seduce me, woman?!” she heard him sneer at her. but she didn’t care anymore. She feels so sleepy already. And so, she closed her eyes.
Delta was suddenly pulled out of his own thoughts when he noticed that the woman who’s frustrating him right now has gone silent and her breathing is already relaxed. She was already asleep and her lips were slightly parted. Looking at the woman now, he can't help but look over her whole body. But this time, he couldn’t take it anymore and all his rational thoughts had gone out of the window.
He lowered his head and kissed her parted lips. He inserted his tongue inside her mouth, tasting her. exploring it. He heard her moans making him start kissing her aggressively. Her reaction just fueled his libido more. He started to touch her body, roaming his hands all over her as if memorizing each part of it. He is kissing and caressing her lustfully. This woman wakes up the beast in him. As her moans get louder, all his remaining inhibitions are gone. Burying his head between her thigh, the smell of her femininity makes him more excited. Making him want her more.
When he was about to enter her core, he suddenly stopped. Realization hits him suddenly. It felt like a bucket of ice-cold water was poured down on him. He stood up and put some distance between her and him, cursing himself in the process knowing what he was about to do.
"Oh, s**t! f*ck!" He cursed himself.
He wanted to punch himself knowing he was close to being seduced by her fully. He walked over to his closet quickly and took some clothes, wearing them. He took a blanket and covered it on the woman’s body. Taking her card key with him, he left his room and opened the room next to his. He needs to distance himself from her or else he will be in hell the next time that happens again. She might successfully trap him inside the loveless marriage she was begging him a while ago.
“That woman! She really thought that it was her room! Tsk! I was too close!” he mumbled irritably as he walked inside her room.
Her luggage wasn’t closed the moment he saw it so he decided to rummage it and find some sort of paper on why that woman was in their resort asking him to marry her. He’s not someone who just touches other people’s things but this time he needs to know why he is out of all people. What connection does he have to her inheritance? And who is she exactly? She just came out of nowhere.
He saw a brown envelope. He hurriedly opened them and two of his pictures were there. There was another paper envelope inside that looked like letters but the only thing that caught his attention was the sealed small white envelope. He wanted to open it but he was having second thoughts. So he just decided to pick up the other envelopes instead and read them one after the other. But he was dumbfounded at what he found out.
"So this is the reason why she needs to marry me," he whispered to himself.
To Princess Cassandra Villegas George,
Go to the Philippines and look for this man. I want you to marry him before your twenty-second birthday. I know he is a good man, and I also know that all the assets I left under your name will not go to waste because he will be the person who will help you manage them.
Cassy, I want you to be careful in everything that you do. Take care of yourself. You have been through so many hardships already just because your father lacked the courage to introduce you in public. I'm so sorry, my dear, it took too long before I found you. You’ve been living alone for sixteen years already, and so I wanted to fill all those voids in your life that your parents failed to do so. I know in the last five years that you were with me; you weren’t at your happiest.
I'm not gonna be here in this world for long Cassy. so I wish that you will do the last favor I asked of you. Everything that’s gonna happen will be solely dependent on what you’ll do. If you refuse to do it, all of my assets will go to the charity foundations and you’ll go back to living your old lifestyle. Do this for your future and for your future kids. I know that you're a good woman. Your heart is soft and full of kindness, but misfortune seems to follow you around. Don’t trust anyone except this man. Only trust Delta Montemayor.
Sincerely,
Grandma.
After reading that letter, he was in deep thought. That handwriting is very familiar to him. He already knew the person who wrote it. However, his question of who she is still lingers in his mind, and why does she know him?