A Moment in Destiny

What about him?

Was he going to disobey the wishes of his mother, who was suffering from heart disease?

She was at a loss; this marriage was difficult, with or without a divorce.

“Leila, leave it to me!” Vincent could see the depression on her face; his face suddenly looked irritated, his voice was low but filled with a serious tone, “You have to remember to believe in me, got it?”

“OK!” She nodded, then pointed at the stars in the sky and said, “Vincent, you see those stars? Aren’t they beautiful?”

“They are!” He nodded.

“Those stars appear clustered together, but they’re actually light years apart. They won’t ever be together since they’re so far apart!” Tears formed in her eyes as she spoke. In her heart, she secretly thought how she and Vincent resembled those stars!

“We’re not stars!” He said after a long pause. These words gave her some confidence.

But, why did she felt so sad?

In the shower, Leila wiped away her tears, but there was some pressure she couldn’t quite put her finger on which kept constantly surfacing within her.

His reply was that they were not stars. Leila felt a sourness inside her; it’s true, they were not stars, but how would they even measure the distance between them? Was it in light years? Was it immeasurable?

In pain, she bit the back of her hand hard, and the tears began to flow again. She withstood the pain and did not cry out. The tears moistened her pale white face, and it wasn’t until she could taste blood did she finally stopped biting her hand. She looked at the teeth marks on the back of her hand.

Breathing heavily, she rinsed her face. Once she calmed back down, she changed into sweats and exited the shower.

Vincent wasn’t in the room; he probably went out, she thought. She headed to the window to enjoy the lonely night and silence. The wine started to make her feel drowsy, even after she had already showered.

“If you’re tired, go sleep!” A deep voice accompanied the sound of the door opening, and Leila turned to see Vincent.

“I’m off to shower!” Vincent shut the door and headed into the shower.

Then came the sound of running water. Leila felt insecure, then shook her head in an attempt to shake off her insecurities and uneasiness. It was no use worrying about it. They had to try hard to get any results. If they didn’t even try, how could they know what the results were going to be?

She felt a bit calmer as she thought about this. She laid on her side in bed, and looked at the star-filled night sky through the window. She wanted to fall asleep to the sight of this night view. How breathtaking it would be!

After a short while, Vincent came barging out the shower, undressed.

She heard his footsteps, then turned to look in his direction, and was surprised, “Ah, why are you not wearing anything?”

“Why should I? I need to take the clothes off sooner or later, anyway!” Vincent stated in a matter-of-fact manner, then dried himself off with a towel.

Leila covered her eyes and persisted, “Put some clothes on!”

it’s too much trouble!” He said as he threw the towel to the side and headed into bed.

side as she shouted, “It’s so cold up in the mountains; hurry and put some clothes on, or you might catch

don’t want to!” Vincent smirked as he slipped under

Leila had her eyes shut, but she could feel his hands grab her waist; she was

her over by her waist.

didn’t have the courage to directly look at a naked man’s

to make you?” Vincent let out

if you put some

you haven’t seen it before; what’re you embarrassed over?” His evil grin

have I ever seen it?” She never looked at his package before! Well, actually, she

you haven’t seen it before, time to

“Not looking!”

eyes narrowed, then he flipped her over completely, only to see Leila’s eyes still shut tightly. He began to get irritated, “Leila,

low voice, afraid to draw the attention of Reggie and Oscar. “We’re guests in another person’s house, can’t you behave yourself; don’t act

that?” Vincent looked at her for a while. Since Leila still kept her eyes shut, he suddenly got up and kissed her lips!

let out a yelp in response, and he quickly

Vincent continued to intimately push into her mouth, kissing and licking her nonstop, as if to take in all of her

a tiny resistance, which he quickly

turned gentler, and he began suckling on her soft tongue, then softly biting her lips, then licking along

feeling so embarrassed; the lights were still brightly lit, but his body

the lights off, will you open your eyes?” He flicked off the light switches by the bedside, then continued

were off, Leila opened her eyes, but Vincent suddenly flicked the

so mean!” Leila immediately shut

laugh aloud. “Leila,

shier when

your eyes…” He kissed her forehead gently and spoke in a low, gentle tone, as though to comfort her embarrassment. He kissed her whole body all over with

hard, then said

was because of the alcohol, but

in a provocative way as he nibbled on her

began to feel her body giving in to his advances,

manly, hot breath brushed by her face. His eyes were like those of a

as Leila was about to say no, the

call spoilt the whole moment; he wrinkled his

hurry and answer it!”

looked at the

rest against the bedframe. In the pitch dark, the light from the cellphone made his

“What is it, Pip?”

Pip?