On the Parking lot outside the resort...
As Alex turned around, she saw Monique and Charles smiling together and laughing together not far from her.
She saw such a heart wrenching sight. Her memories drawn so much strings inside tugging her part by part. She remembered how Charles treated her with care when she was alone. She also remembered he would always hand her a handkerchief to wipe her tears when she felt sad. They talk for hours in their porch and tell jokes afterwards like best friends do but she felt her heart breaking. She did not let a tear fell from her and smiled. She sighed and took a deep breath. She perked up her mood and calmed herself. Her emotions are playing tricks with her now. Settling her emotions would always do good. She also wanted to feel that when a future love comes in her life.
"Soon, I will be with the one who really loves me and treat me better." Alex muttered under her breath.
"What did you say?" Alexander asked from behind. A smirk forming in his face.
Alex stared at him coldly. Her eyes pierced through him like a hawk. He felt her stare intimidating.
"I heard you said something like treat you better. Did I hear it right?" He asked teasingly.
"What do you mean?" Alex replied coldly.
"Well...I was thinking." Alexander casually said, placing his hand over his head.
Alex looked at him indifferently.
"Do you...uhm..." Alexander stuttered.
There was a long silence. She stared at him with impatience and he felt nervous. His heart pounding and he felt his palms sweat. He looked at her warmly. He placed his hand down and fixed himself. He straightened like a gentleman. He looked like a charming guy pleasing a woman. It felt like the sun's rays did shine from him and the heat did not matter.
Alex saw a different light in his eyes. Her mind suddenly changed from cold to nervousness. The sudden shift caught her off guard.
The wind blew and her hair flew in different directions.
Alexander was carried away with such a beautiful sight.
"You are so beautiful." He suddenly said to her.
"Ok, what the actual thing is happening? Is something going down?" Alex though. Her mind raced as if a million things could happen.
"What is he going to tell me? Don't tell it's about..." Alex thought process was in complete chaos. She couldn't think straight until she heard him say more words.
"Can you be my..." He gulped.
"Don't tell me... it's going to be..." She screamed in her mind. Alex can't breathe. She stood staring at him like a statue.
The wind blew stronger and she could see his charm despite the wind. His hair blew like a male lead in the movie she watched not long ago. His eyes felt clear like the ocean and bright as the morning sunrise. She felt the same romantic excitement and she really can't understand her heart and mind.
She stared right through him and felt his approach genuine.
"This guy will give me a heart attack!!" She angrily thought until her heart pounded against her mind.
He looked at her genuinely and brushed his hair back.
"This guy is flirting with me!!! Arggghhh!! The nerve!!!" She screamed in her mind.
"I will never falter...Never fall for a guy...Please, I can't at the moment." She pleaded inside her mind and heart.
Her eyes changed from nervousness to worry and uncertainty.
Until he took a deep breathe and said...
"Can you be my lady? Will you give me permission to officially court you?" He looked at her dearly like his life depended on it.
Her face changed from worry to surprised until a very familiar voice was heard.
"You guys look good together. You guys will make a good couple." Monique told them gleefully.
Alexander suddenly felt warmth only staring at Alex.
Alex looked at Monique in disbelief.
Charles was caught off guard and choked lightly.
Monique casually smiled at them like any normal day.
There was a moment of silence and the awkwardness is beginning to take place.
"Ah, sorry, did I interrupt something?" Monique asked out of the blue.
"Uhm, no." Alex indifferently answered her.
"Uhm, yes." Alexander unpleasantly said.
Both of Alex and Alexander stared at each other.
"Such a lovely sight. I'm jealous. Bro, I am genuinely happy for you." Monique told Alexander.
"Lover's quarrel?" Charles asked with a sour face.
Alex looked at Charles until their eyes met. She felt her heart was stabbed but she needed to move on. She looked away and turned to face Alexander whose face turned from loving to menacing.
Alexander felt he was interrupted that he wanted to know Alex's decision. His eyes fell on Alex until he noticed the stare between Charles and Alex. He felt hurt and jealousy. There was a pain in his heart. A pain that makes your heart break like glass, shattered and crushed in million pieces.
Monique saw Charles face and she noticed Alex stared at Charles. She felt hate towards them and her heart filled with anger. She held Charles hand and kissed Charles on his cheeks. Charles was caught off guard and his eyes wavered between Alex and Monique.
Alex felt her heart was stabbed even deeper and she felt her eyes water. She held her tears and sighed. She looked away from the couple, hiding her pain behind her eyes. Her shoulders were slumped and she felt sorrow.
Alexander noticed how hurt Alex was. He saw those longing and sad eyes of hers. It was like the night reminisce before him. He felt his heart hurt more. The pain, sorrow and loneliness was all so familiar to him. He empathize with her. He had the urged to do something until he made up his mind.
He did something that shocked everybody to the core.
Back at Lea's Apartment...
Lea swiped the phone. She puts it on speaker mode until a voice was heard.
"Hello?" The caller asked.
Lea mutes her phone until the caller asked again.
"Hello? Lea, are you there?" A man's worried voice was heard.
She puts the speaker off and looked at her friend teasingly.
"Why?" Jasmine lamented.
Lea looked at her jokingly. She also felt sorry for her friend.
"Why is he so handsome? Ah, you just broke my heart!!!" Jasmine continued.
"I have to take this." She looked at her apologetically.
Jasmine glanced at her while she showed her phone. She mischievously smiled at her.
"I'll be back later." She smiled back.
Her smile did not left her face until she made a gasp, a surprised and excited look.
"Love you!" She continued.
She threw a kiss at Jasmine that irked the other. Jasmine looked at her friend and waived her hand at Lea.
She left her friend in the living room and went outside her apartment.
"I hope he treats her well, not that guy who made my heart leap and left me dumbfounded about it too...tsk!!" Jasmine casually said.
When Lea left her apartment, she saw a familiar silhouette at the corner of her eye. Her eyes smiled. She knew that silhouette anywhere. A voice was heard on her phone.
"You can put the call down." A man's voice was heard.
"No, I like it this way." Lea teased. She played with her hair as she mischievously smiled at him.
She held her phone tightly. She looked at the approaching image of a man at the corner of her eye.
"Are you prepared to hear me like this?" The man's sexy voice was heard.
Lea's heart skipped a beat. Her heart beat like a drum while her hand is sweating profusely. She felt her throat will come out anytime. Her breathing hitched.
"Oh my, I should take a note about flirting with this guy..." Lea took that to her mind.
The man was now in her line of sight and he was so close. He walked towards her, an alluring smile was plastered on his face. His steps were small and slow. His figure approached her with eagerness and longing, caressing her face. He placed his hand on the wall, cornering Lea with his arm. His face is now an inch in her face. His breathe felt warmth and smelt mint with the hint of his Issey Miyake L' eau D' issy Homme perfume. She felt like a claustrophobic person when she felt a wall behind her and the man towering her. She gripped her phone on her ear. Her breathing is trying to catch up with her beating heart.
Their eyes met.
His eyes felt like fireflies flying on a clear river with the serenity of the night sky.
"So dreamy...enticing..." Her thoughts drifted as she felt his lips touched the tip of her nose. His lips shifted to her forehead. Her pupils dilating when he placed a kiss on her forehead. His nose suddenly smelt her hair. She was drifting as her thoughts are in a day dream.
The fresh wind blew and some of her hair suddenly flew covering her face.
"Your smell makes me crazy, Lea..." His low hoarse voice whispered on her ear. She can hear him breathing her scent as if it is the most exhilarating thing there is.
She felt a blush crept on her face. Her ears turned red and her heart palpitated.
After the wind pass them, they both heard a door opened. A pair of eyes was scanning the area they are in while it is searching for someone until it spotted a familiar person.
It's eyes went wide when it saw the scene in front of it.