Until This Summer
Part II

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We carried two thick blankets, folded chairs, and things for our barbeque.

"I'll go swimming. Are you sure there is no jellyfish in there?" I eyed down at him who already started a fire.

"Nah. You're safe, are you sure you can swim?" He looked up at me with concern in his eyes.

I rolled my eyes. "I wouldn't dare go far if I can't swim. I'm sure I'd be drowned before you can rescue me."

"I'm not joking when I asked you, babe. Just the two of us here and you're practically my responsibility since this is Dela Vir's property."

"I'm sorry for being snarky again."

"I love your snarkiness."

My heart just leaped out of my chest with his comment and it was difficult to ignore when he sounded so sincere. I quickly shrugged off my blue robe to the chair and walked to the water.

Hearing him curses made me smile and inwardly celebrate. I intended to wear a two-piece red swimsuit just for him. I may be short but I swam in college and did yoga regularly.

My feet dipped in the water. I started to swim when the water reached my waist, swinging my arms in long strokes simultaneously and dove deeply in.

A hand gripped my ankle startled me, causing me to jerk my head above the water. A sharp breath escaped my lips and I stood up when strong arms snaked around my waist causing me to go rigid. I elbowed Earwyn making him laugh out loud.

"You thought I was a hot sea creature." He tightened the grip around my waist possessively.

"Not funny! And there so such thing as a hot sea creature." I bit back the moan as his touch was like burning metal on my skin. It was searing, yet pleasant with internal delight.

Before I can close my eyes to feel more of it, his arms were suddenly gone and I could swear I sighed in dismay.

After eating our dinner, Erwyn joined beside me on the chair as I watched the chocolate melted in the bowl on top of the barbeque stand. He stabbed the fork into the fresh strawberry and offered it to me. I dipped it into the melted chocolate and blew it to cool off, then bit it.

It was juicy and sweet as I savored it in my mouth. Erwyn just stared at me like I'm the most anticipated scene in the movie. I licked my lips with a quizzical looked.

"Fuck!" His lips were already crashed into mine in a fierce, hungry with a punishable kiss while his hands cupping my face.

My heart thudded and pumped wildly, my thought scattered but before I can respond, he let me go abruptly. My wide eyes grew wider as I processed what had just happened. "Did you?"

"Kissed you? yeah," he said with no remorse. His gaze locked mine with intensifying lust that sent a jolt through me.

"Then why did you suddenly stop?"

His lips were on me again. This time I kissed him back like there was no tomorrow. Erwyn lowered the kiss into a pure passionate, slow, careful and no rush at all. His lips traveled down my jaw, to my neck, then kissed back my lips hungrily making me moan giddily.

We were both catching our breath as our foreheads were pressed together dumbfoundedly.

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I woke up with the tickling kisses of Erwyn on my back.

"Morning, Dania." His morning voice was even sexier.

"Let's go back to the house." I sat down and started wearing my dress without bothering wearing my underwear.

"No good morning kisses." He grinned mischievously.

"Not until you make me a coffee."

"Fair enough, woman, just a coffee and we can continue what we started?"

"I might change my mind if you'll not get up and wear something, Erwyn."

"God, how I love your bossiness that no one ever did that to me before." He quickly wore his shorts without bothering to wear a shirt and followed me to the house.

The uneasy wariness crept at the back of my neck when the back door was slightly ajar. I pushed the door slowly open and tiptoed inside.

"What's wrong, babe?" Erwyn gripped my waist and past ahead of me towards the kitchen.

Seconds later, Erwyn yelled. "What the fuck are you doing here, Alys?"

A yelp escaped my mouth to see Erwyn's hand rose up in the air. My wide eyes landed on the woman around my age with a bob cut hair aiming a handgun to Erwyn.

"Don't hurt her, Alys. Let her go, let's talk about this." Erwyn's voice was calm but his posture was rigid.

I rooted in my place while looking at them exchanging conversations like they both knew each other. My eyes watered, unable to move and speak as I shook with fear.

"Hurt her? I scared that bitch but the more I did that the more she gets close to you. We can only get back together if she's dead Erwyn," she said acidly. Her glare can slice me into two as she shifted her gaze to me. "And you bitch! Can't keep your legs closed and seduced my man?"

Shuffling back a step with wobbly knees, I shook my head repeatedly. "I-I d-don't know what are you talking about," I stuttered and my heart was nearly exploding in my chest.

"Really? I vandalized your apartment because this manwhore here broke up with me because he was obsessed with you. He collected your photos, your garbage on the magazine, he talked about you all the time. Do you think him being here was an accident? No, bitch!" she yelled, glaring her cold and flinty eyes at me making me flinched and shook uncontrollably.

"Stop it, Alys. We're done before I met Dania. Just let her go and do whatever you want on me, please?" Erwyn begged in frustration, but Alys didn't budge.

My tears were already streaming down my face and I can barely see her pointing the gun back to Erwyn.

"P-please, leave him alone, Alys. We can talk about this as a woman to a woman. He wasn't obsessed with me. Collecting my pictures and clipping was just part of his job."

"Liar! He admitted it to me that he was in love with you since he saw you with another bitch Yna! You can't manipulate me, bitch!"

"But I don't like him!"

"Liar! I saw you two fuck each other at the beach. I took a video of you and now it's all over the internet."

"What?!" Erwyn launched into her gripping her throat after he easily took the gun away from her grip like in a damn action scene in the movie when she was busy yelling at me.

Suddenly, the door swung opened making me jump in surprise.

"Freeze!"

"It's over, Ms. Alys Canto, you are under arrest for vandalizing Ms. Dania Ribbs' apartment, attempted murder, and carrying an unregistered firearm," announced the police officer and he handcuffed Alys.

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"Are you okay?" Erwyn rubbed my arms after pulling his arms away from me.

The police officers left half an hour ago after we gave our statement. Alys lied about the video and I was beyond grateful for that.

"Since when did you collect pictures of me, Mr. De Vir?" I cupped his face.

He grinned sheepishly. "Creepy, isn't it?"

"Since when are you obsessed with me?"

"Since your freshmen in college?"

My brows furrowed. "What took you so long?"

"I'm a patient man, Dania, but I made sure that I always get what supposed to be mine."

"Oh, is that so, Erwyn James?"

"Yeah. I'm devastatingly truly, madly, and obsessively in love with you, Dania Yvette Ribbs."

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The End