No Letting Go

Chapter 36: Admissions and Concessions

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Chapter 36: Admissions and Concessions

~~East Downtown, London~~

Ray knew that he wasn't drunk, otherwise he wouldn't have offered to drive Alexa home after their impromptu dinner. That's why he could not understand why he couldn't get a grip on himself as he bent closer to her to catch her pouting lips in his.

Alexa, seeing what was about to happen, opened her door suddenly and presented Ray with her back as she hastily stepped out of the car. When she was safely out of his reach, Alexa bent down to say thank you and good night.

Ray, grateful that the interior of the car was dark enough to hide his red face, could only murmur his acknowledgement, feeling very embarrassed. Alexa stepped onto the curb to watch his car tail lights turn the corner.

'That was close. Why can't you control yourself when you're around her? You're like a randy teenager out on your first date!' Ray chastised himself as he drove back to the highway. He slapped his hand on the passenger seat when his palm hit something instead, he glanced down and saw it was Alexa's bag on the seat. Within minutes, he was already making his way back to Alexa's apartment.

"Let me go you bastard!" Alexa said as she struggled with her lecherous landlord who caught her off guard as she was opening her apartment door.

"Not until I have my way with you. You still owe me two month's rent and I would like to collect now," he said licking the left side of her face, missing her lips by mere inches.

Alexa shifted her weight so she could raise her leg to hit him hard in the groin, but when she swung her leg in full force, she hit nothing but air.

Diabolic laughter filled her ears.
"I knew you'd resort to that trick, so I came prepared," the landlord said as he pulled out a chloroform-laced cloth and cover Alexa's nose with.
She tried to scream for help but no words came out of her mouth as she sunk to oblivion. Now unconscious, the landlord swung her over his shoulder easily and picked up her key to open her door.

A loud thud caught his attention as he was about to step into Alexa's apartment. The landlord saw a man staring at him. He told the man to go on and mind his own business and proceeded with his own. In the next instant, the evil landlord came face to face with the other man's fist. The man grabbed Alexa as her landlord slid to the floor.

When he had Alexa secured in his arms, he gave the man on the floor a hard kick in the gut to empty out his spleen.

"She is my business." Ray said as he gave the pervert landlord another swift kick as he stepped over him to bring Alexa to safety.

~~St. Luke's Hospital, BGC~~

The soft glow of the room lights made the man on the bed tempting even if he was sound asleep. The woman sitting on the bed with him slowly unbuttoned his shirt. When the last button was undone, she cautiously took off his shirt, careful not to wake him up. She took a deep steadying breath as he lay before her half-naked. She then squeezed out the excess warm water from the soft sponge in the basin on the bedside table. She began to give the man a sponge bath, starting from his neck and shoulders, all the way down to where his pants restricted further access to the rest of his body. Despite the air conditioning being on hi-cool, beads of sweat still formed on her brow. She then continued with his arms. She was tender in her ministrations over his body, especially more so when she gently cleaning his left hand. After wiping and drying him with a soft towel, she raised his palm to fit her face in it, covering his large hand in her small ones.

"Yes, I admit. Sebastian was made in love and is going to be raised in love," Maine whispered as she gave RJ a small kiss on his lips while she buttoned his pajama top that was just brought in from the mansion by his faithful old nanny.

Maine smiled to herself as she drifted off to catch some sleep for she heard RJ whisper her name after she gave him the kiss.

~~King Enterprises, Manila~~

"What about Maine?" Alex gulped.

"Well, I just got off the phone talking with her mother when you came in. She told me that Meng is here in Manila and that they have no way of communicating with her since she didn't leave the number of her hotel and she left her mobile phone in London." Issa explained.

"So?" Alex replied, hoping that his tone was nonchalant enough.

"So! It's not like her to leave her parents worrying. Leave without her mobile? And come to Manila without letting me know? That's not Meng. That's why I think something is amiss and they are not telling me about it. What do you think?" she asked.

"Maybe you're just reading too much into it. Can we go now? I can hear my stomach grumbling already" Alex said, trying to end their discussion of Maine.

"You're always hungry." Issa teased.

"Well, I'm terribly hungry now." Alex rejoined, thinking that that was the last of it Maine.

But Alex thought wrong. On their way back to the office after their gastronomic feast at Comida Y Vino, their favorite Spanish restaurant, Issa again opened the topic. At the end of their discussion, Issa was able to enlist his help in finding Maine much to his chagrin.

"Oh, why can't I say no to you?" Alex whispered under his breath as he allowed his wife to step in first into the elevator at the parking level of their building.

"What?" she asked, apparently hearing what he said.

"I said I love you," Alex said to cover his blunder.

"Oh, I love you too," Issa replied, raising herself on tiptoes to give her husband a quick peck on the lips, not caring if the security camera will capture what she was doing.

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A/N:
Loko yung landlord ni Alexa ah! Buti nga sayo! 😡😡

At naku Alex, if Issa finds out.. sana mabilis kang tumakbo. 😆😂

Yung pinakamalapit kay ficMaine, pakikurot sa singit from me. Palibhasa tulog eh, hintayin mo kaya magising ano? 😆😂

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