Even though Clarissa stayed with Catherine the whole night, her mind was somewhere else. She only had a few bites of her food before she got lost in her thoughts once again.
Naturally, her behavior did not go unnoticed by Catherine. But knowing that Clarissa had a lot on her mind, Catherine chose not to say anything.
After dinner, Clarissa accompanied the old folks to the beach for a stroll. To them, it was a lovely time as they laughed and chatted. To Clarissa, however, every second felt like torture.
It was past nine when they finally made it back to the hotel.
Even the short wait for Catherine to shower and get into bed proved to be arduous for Clarissa.
“Why aren’t you sleeping yet, Clare?”
“Oh, I’m not sleepy. Why don’t you go to bed first, Grandma? I’ll be at the balcony.”
As she watched her granddaughter walk away, Catherine sighed, not saying anything else.
Clarissa stood on the balcony, enjoying the view and night breeze. Before long, Matthew had also come out to join her, albeit on his room’s balcony.
Not only had he changed into a more comfortable outfit of T-shirt and pants, but he also seemed to be in visibly better spirits than before.
Clarissa immediately broke into a radiant smile when she saw him.
She realized how goofy she must look with such a big smile plastered on her face, but she didn’t mind it one bit. Seeing Matthew always brought so much joy to her that she couldn’t help but smile.
She wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in her throat. The more she tried to get them out, the more she hesitated.
In the end, she got so upset at herself that she stood rooted to her spot and pouted.
Matthew chuckled and shook his head. “It’s okay. We’ll just look at each other.”
But I want to do more than just look!
Despite craving physical contact with Matthew, she knew she could only contend herself with looking at him.
If the balconies were any closer, she’d have run over to join him without hesitation.
Alas, she didn’t have the superpowers to carry out that feat, so she could only watch him from a distance.
But with every passing second, it got more torturous when all she could do was look and not touch.
mind. She tiptoed back into her room, only to hear a sound asleep Catherine snoring away.
her room door and making sure there weren’t any movements in it,
Matthew pulled her in. The next thing she knew, she was pushed up against the wall
by wrapping her legs around his waist as she kissed him
was like nothing in the world existed except for the two
they soon
tried to pull away,
her again, though his kisses
to titillate him further. It didn’t take long for Matthew’s body to react to that, but he continued to
tight embrace as he continued to kiss her
“Matthew… “
Clarissa almost pushed him over
down and growled
sound asleep. She’s not going to know. I’ll head back earlier, so she won’t find
going, it wouldn’t be long before he lost self-control and gave in to temptation.
as he was about to take it a step further, there
away and sprang
how frightened she was, Matthew felt
just room service delivering my
“Oh? Dinner?”
Clarissa heaved a sigh of relief. “I almost died of fright. I’ll go open the door
Matthew for having his dinner so late when she
of room service, it was Catherine
made his way to the door when he heard Clarissa’s loud gasp. And
“Catherine!” Matthew exclaimed.
and stared daggers at Clarissa. “Are you trying
eyes as she hurriedly shook her
to explain herself, the more tongue-tied she
a bid to calm her down and turned his
but she hasn’t broken that promise. I admit that my family has humiliated you and Clare, and I’d offer my sincerest apology if you’d accept it. One thing’s for sure, though. Clare and
his words, Catherine held her
her
was racing so fast that Matthew had to
two of them walked toward Catherine and sat in front
being together. Of course, I am partly to blame for this. I was too naive and didn’t realize how discriminating
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