DIANA POV
'What is he doing?', Scott stared at me with his enthralling gray eyes as he lean towards me. It didn't gave me the impression to pull away, as it was more like I'm being drawn to him. Shutting my eyes closed, I placed my hand on his chest when suddenly the door swung open.
"Are we interrupting something?", a tall, tan, brown haired guy came in followed by a dark haired petite woman wearing a very short beach dress with plunging neckline.
"Yes..", "No!", - Scott and I exclaimed at the same time. Looking like he tasted something bitter in his mouth, Scott fixed his shirt wetting his lips with his eyes on the woman who just came in.
Seems to me, he's pissed looking like he got caught by his girlfriend. We both stood up as he introduce them to me. "Diana, these are my friends. Lucas Trevor, he owns this villa. And this is Christina Rivers.", Scott placed his arm around my waist guiding me carefully towards his friends. I could already feel the tension, despite Christina never looked at me.
"I'm Lucas, nice to finally meet you," Lucas said as he stretch his arm offering a handshake.
"Pleasure is mine, Lucas", I shook his hand and smiled. He paused and grimaced looking at me carefully. Without letting go of my hand, he pulled me closer and asked, "Have we met before? You look familiar".
I have met so many patients in my years of practice as a doctor. My patients come and go, and only the one I truly remember are either the ones who died and the ones who barely made it alive. There's a possibility I've met him in an instance or two, but, I can hardly remember. "I get that a lot", I said and smiled.
"I'm sure the kind of rare beauty like yours is not very common", as he smirked and winked at me. Now, he's a ladies man, I thought. Birds of same feather flock together, I guess.
"Uh hem…" Scott cleared his throat making Lucas let go of my hand.
"Oh and this is Christina", Lucas said as he put his hand behind her shoulder. Christina just gave me a half smile without even looking at me, "I left my purse in the kitchen. Lucas asked me to get it later because you're busy. I didn't know you're with a girl.". She then approached Scott and hugged him like a cat marking her territory. "I've missed you..", she hugged him even harder burying her face in his chest.
So this is his girlfriend? I never thought he'd prefer these types of girls. I expected more. Without any intentions of getting more misunderstood by a jealous girlfriend, I thought it's better to leave. "I better get going. I'm just here to check his injury. He accidentally fell off and hurt his back earlier today", I explained. First debt paid.
"You're hurt?? Where?? Are you bleeding??", Christina overly reacted as she inspect Scott's body. I noticed Scott was not minding Christina and kept his eyes on me.
"I'm sure it hurts so bad!", Lucas squinted his eyes as he nod to Scott. I guess he does know that probably Scott have very low pain tolerance.
"It does", Scott gritted is teeth and glared to Lucas. "But I'm fine now", he added.
"Like, what happened? I'll check it myself", Christina said, while rolling her eyes at me. I smiled a little and glanced at Scott. He looked at me and mouthed 'I'm sorry'..
"I was riding Apollo and..", before I could even finish Christina couldn't wait to turn the spotlight on her..
"Apollo?? How on earth can you ride that horse?! So you're the reason why Scott got hurt??", it was the only time she directle looked at me. Raising her voice a little with full on outrageous judgments, she began to jump into conclusions without hearing any of our explanation. Scott tried to calm her down but Christina is so hyped to fight me like an extremely jealous girlfriend.
"It's not what you think, Christina", Scott said as he graze his eyebrow with his finger, tilting his head to the side.
"Ms. Rivers, Whatever happened between me and Scott, it has been settled. You can ask him for the specific details privately. I'm sure he'll tell you everything. I don't want to be falsely accused, so as I have I said… It was just an accident.", I said calmly. "I'll walk myself out, Scott. Thank you for the hearty lunch and the strawberry shortcake", as I was about to walk out, Scott held my arm. Christina widened her eyes as her face turn red. I was thinking, what are you even doing Scott!! This player is enjoying fanning the flames that I've been trying to extinguish.
"I'll take you back to your bungalow", he said leaning in, blinking naturally. How could he be so casual at a time like this?
As expected, Christina pulled him back and said, "Scott, you're injured remember? Let her go on her own".
"Alright this has been fun! Diana, Let's go! I'll walk you back to your bungalow", Lucas broke the ice with a clap and took my hand from Scott securing it in his arm as he pulled me out. We scurried towards the door without looking. "See ya, guys…. I'll take her", he nodded at Scott before gently closing the door. I deeply sighed getting out from there. Though, I couldn't understand why I suddenly felt something tightening in my chest.
AUTHOR'S POV
Diana and Lucas walked side by side as they trail the stone pathways going to her bungalow. With Diana's hand still secured in Lucas' arm, he tapped her hand with his palm to comfort her and said, "I'm sorry, she's not usually like that around other people. There's just so many… provocations, you know?".
Christina have liked Scott and have always hoped that he is the one for her. She prayed for the moon goddess to let Scott be her destined mate. Seeing him with others girls gets her infuriated. "I provoked her?", Diana flinched. She never had such intentions at all.
"Well, Scott doesn't cook for just anybody, that's one.. He never invited a girl before, that's two. You rode Apollo, that's three… he let you eat his strawberry shortcake, that's four…" before he could even continue, Diana already asked..
"Wait..what's with the strawberry shortcake? There so many stores where you can get it from", as she looked at him and tucked her hair behind her ear.
"There could be so many strawberry shortcakes out there, but the one you had was extremely special . Scott made it", he said with a gentle smile.
Well, that's what players do, Diana supposed. She may haven't had a relationship before, but, she knew how men are from Kate's tears, and her mother's angst. They impress women in all possible ways. Thus, whatever Lucas say, there's nothing going on between him and Scott. It's clearly all a misunderstanding. Besides, Scott never showed special attention and romantic intentions toward her. They were all vague gestures of a womanizer. "We just had no choice what to have for lunch", she said. "Well, I think it's best that they won't see so much of me in the future, so I can avoid things like this", she added with a sigh.
Lucas was surprised with her response. Seems to him, Scott's Luna didn't imprinted on him. 'How on earth is this possible?', he thought.
When they reach the bungalow, Diana opened the door and turned to Lucas. "Thanks for walking me back", she said. Given that Lucas has a gallant vibe, Diana still thought he is good-hearted. "We'll have a bonfire party tonight at 8pm in the west side of the island. All guests are invited. You should come", Lucas said with his hands in his pockets, with his eyes smiling.
"I bet Christina would love to see me there", Diana said sarcastically.
"Give her a chance. She might be a brat most of the time, but she's okay when you get to know her. I apologize on her behalf", Lucas said lifting his brows up and down.
I'm never the type of person who please others for the sake of knowing them or making friends. I don't want the company of people who complicate things, who give off bad vibes and who do not think before they act. I held the door knob tightly before I replied.
"Thanks for inviting me, but we'll see..", I closed the door gently looking straight directly at him.