His Punishment (14 page)

“That night at Christian’s house, I
wanted to ask you to be my girlfriend.”

“Is . . . that . . . You fixed the
room for the effect?” she came to senses and held her temples. She realized she
judged him so wrong. She hugged him tight. “I’m sorry.”

“Well you can ask me again.” She
teased him as she departed from the embrace.

She heard him heave a deep sigh.

“I’m sorry Tara,” he separated
their bodies and looked at her eyes.

“I don’t get you.”

“You must know, that up to now, I
still want to ask you to be my girl friend, but I can’t.” He was starting to
confess.

“What?!” she exclaimed upset.

“The day after you left, I was
supposed to come after you. I was on my way to the airport, but Rhea stopped
me.

“Rhea!” she is so lost at his
recounting.

“She told me she is pregnant.” He
was finally able to say.

“But, it has been two months . . .”
she was shaking her head as she thought of the time the two broke up.

“She said she is three months
pregnant.”

Tara was not able to respond. She
felt like falling to pieces. She had long waited for him to love her back and
now, THIS! She can’t believe it. He tried to take her hand but she didn’t allow
him. She was hurt. She didn’t know what to do. She didn’t notice her tears are
falling down her cheeks.

“Tara!” James immediately wrapped
her in his arms and hugged her tight. She isn’t talking still and she remained
as hard as a rock even while he was already cuddling her.

“I plan to have paternity tests
after she gives birth. But until then, I can’t lead you on. I don’t know if
it’s mine or not. I don’t want you to get more hurt if . . .” he stopped, he
felt pain at the last unspoken words he was about to say.

She hugged him tighter but spoke
softly, “Her father is in the military James. He might hurt you if you don’t .
. .” she can’t continue her words.

“No. Rhea and I had an agreement. I
won’t ma . . . ma . . . marry her unless it’s proven.”

“Marry . . .” she let go of James
and cried in her hands when she heard his words. She can’t believe this is
happening. She felt her world colliding. She looked up to check on Lyn and
Christian and they were busy eating and enjoying. She felt alone in her cruel
world.

“They don’t know a thing yet,” he
told her.

She looked back at him. “Is that
why you came here?”

“No. I came here to be with you . .
.”

Hot tears rolled down her cheeks
uncontrollably. She felt awful and dead inside. She felt him hug her so tight
not letting her go and wiping her tears with his other hand.

“Please, let’s be together . . .
even if it may be for the last time.”

She looked up at him.

“Please?” he pleaded with his still
teary eyed. She envied him trying to be composed in a situation like this.

She just nodded as her wild
disobedient tears continue flowing.

It’s already Saturday. Two days
after James confessed to Tara his ridiculous situation. They have agreed that
they will enjoy the rest of the days that they are together. They tried pushing
the state they are facing at the back of their heads. It was working until now.
It was James’ last night at Boracay with Tara.

Tomorrow morning, he is leaving.
Tara knows the possibility that it might be for good. Not unless some miracle
happens and it is not James’ baby that Rhea is carrying. But how hopeful can
she be?

She could pray to all the churches,
but still, the truth will come out. And they are both afraid it might wreck
their hearts even more. So their set-up now, it’s the best bargain they could
get.

“Tara! Are you done?” she heard
James’ call to her.

Everyone would find it funny to
know that they are in the same room since the day he made his confession to
her, but nothing happened between them. They found it wrong to spend intimate
moments together when they know a huge dilemma is in store for them.

But yes they kissed, they touched,
they devoured each other but nothing went beyond that.

Flashback

Last night they were both drunk.
They drowned themselves in alcohol and had fun at The Legend, the most popular
bar in the island with a lot of celebrities flocking at night.

“You are more gorgeous than
them!” James whispered in Tara’s ears loud enough for Lyn and Christian to
hear.

“You are more devastatingly
handsome!” she replied back.

“Quit it!” Lyn said. The couple
knows of their condition already. At first, they were so heartbroken by the
news, but seeing the smiles on the lovebirds’ faces made them green with envy.

 Ironically, they find two
people madly in love with each other as if there is no tomorrow and no past.
They seized the day like it was their last because they know it is somehow
bound to end.

Tara laughed when she heard
Lyn’s malicious remark. She kissed James on the lips passionately and he
responded.

“Eeeew . . . Get a room you
two!” Lyn said nastily.

Christian can’t help but laugh.
He has never seen James this expressive and passionate. He knows for a fact
that he met his match. He kept praying Rhea is lying. Actually, they were all
hoping the same.

After the fervent and obsessive
kiss, their lips parted. They felt like they were invisible and didn’t care at
all of the other people around them.

James stood up and asked Tara to
do the same. He felt like dancing to Jennifer Lopez’ “On the Floor”. Tara
obliged and stood up with him and started dancing.

They were both moving wildly at
each other and laughing. It was so obvious they are having fun. Tara grinds and
sways her hips so sexily and James was holding on her so tight. She was burning
hot with him. James can’t help but groan as he feels her body gets into contact
with his sensitive parts.

“Tara you’re killing me.” He
whispers at her as she moves alluringly around him.

“Don’t worry, I’ll have you
buried,” she laughs as she knows her seductive movements are getting to him.

“I want to be buried inside
you.” He said devilishly after heaving a very deep sigh.

“I want that too.” She winked at
him and continued gyrating her hips and descending in front of James and his
legs.

She heard him moan again as she
continued her strokes and placed her arms around his shoulders then down to his
chest.

“You drank too much!” he held
her tight and closer to her and moves with her to the beat.

“I want you,” she said with
desire manifested in her eyes.

“But . . .” he was trying to
take control.

“Please?” her voice sounded with
much longing.

He tugged her behind him and
approached Lyn and Christian.

“We’re heading back. She’s
drunk.” He informed them.

He carried her bridal style
while he is walking in the sand. She was looking at his face lovingly and
touched his chest teasingly.

“Tara! Stop that.” He tried
forbidding her.

She stopped and closed her eyes
and laid her head in his chest. He was grateful she listened.  He was already
aroused and he didn’t want to take Tara. No. He wanted to. But he wanted to be
a gentleman and not take advantage of her under the influence of alcohol.

He loved her and he respected
her and making love to her again will just complicate things further because he
might not be able to do the right thing which is let her go until all these are
settled.

He was still hopeful that the
child that Rhea is carrying is not his. Though they never used any protection
when they were together, he knew damn well that he always withdrew in time. He
was really hopeful. But until they knew medically, he can’t take Tara yet.

“I’ll take her to her room,
she’s drunk.” he told the reception when they arrived at the lobby. The room he
rented is still there. They did not want anybody to know that they are in the
same room. Except of course Lyn and Christian.

“What happened?” Miguel asked
him when they crossed paths in the hallway.

James sighed. Miguel. He
completely forgot about him. He was nervous to leave Tara behind with him.

“She’s drunk.”

“You need help?” He asked James.

“No. I can take care of her.” He
walked faster to leave Miguel behind.

He was starting to get terrified
that Miguel would enter the picture once he finds out that he and Tara could
not be together yet. He feels selfish. He doesn’t want Tara to be held by
another man. He felt that her lips belonged to him alone, that her body is his
ownership, that her love is his possession. Just his.

He opened the door to Tara’s
room by slightly lifting his legs to support her weight. He laid her down the
bed and undressed her see through dress. She was wearing her skimpy red bikini.

He groaned at the sight. He
touched her face. He felt she was hot, not feverish, just because of alcohol
intoxication. He laid down beside her and sniffed her neck. The smell of the
beach and alcohol mixed in her light feminine perfume. He loved it. He kissed
her neck lightly before he stood up.

“James,” he felt Tara’s hand on
his arm. He looked back at her.

“Make love to me.” She continued
and he groaned again. Her voice and her words sent shivers to his spine and
made his knees wobble. He bit his lip to try to control his own urges.

“No Tara . . .” he softly said
as if asking her to understand why he can’t.

“Please . . .” she pleaded. Now
how can he say no to a purring sweet kitten covered in that little piece of
inviting clothing?

She sat up the edge of the bed
and pulled him to stand in front of her. He felt her hands at the waist band of
his board shorts and slid it down to his feet. Then he felt her hand at the
waistline of his trunks this time. He didn’t try to stop her. He was also
aching for her as she is.

Tara looked at him. His eyes were
closed and his breathing is quick. She touched his manhood and he quivered as
she did. She licked its tip and her tongue played with it in circles and slowly
licking his shaft up and down while her hands are massaging his balls.

He keeps groaning at the
sensation. She was doing it very gently and he is loving her every touch.

She started to put his shaft in
her mouth and James gripped on Tara’s nape as he felt the hotness of her mouth
and the playful tongue swirling around him.

“Tara. Fuck every part of you is
hot,” he keeps groaning.

She didn’t answer. She felt
James’ hands stroking her breast and sliding his hands inside her bikini top.
She tried to control but she was just too weak. Seeing James in just his shorts
and no top on was just too tempting.

She continued stroking him and
licking his balls. She felt him trying to pull her bikini top off her. He
continued caressing her breast with the palms of his hand as the top was
removed.

She felt him pinch her nipples
and got her squirming in the bed.

She placed his long shaft inside
her mouth again and started sucking on it up and down. She had her three
fingers stroking the base of his manhood as it can’t completely fit her mouth.

He is loving everything that
Tara is doing to him. He wanted to explode.

Tara felt he is at the verge of
explosion and looked at him. “Go ahead baby. I want to make you happy one last
time,” she purred again.

He hungrily gripped her nipple
with one hand and the other hand playing with her hair and pushing her head
lightly towards him to receive his light thrusting.

She keeps groaning and twisting
in the bed incessantly as she gives him his pleasure. She felt him withdrew but
she pushed his ass towards her to bury his shaft in her mouth longer. She knew
he was going to explode any minute and she wanted to taste him.

He heard him groan so loud and
she at last had a taste of James. She swallowed hard and looked at him smiling.

“You are so sexy!” James could
not believe what Tara did. He pushed her gently to bed and took her bikini bottom
off. Tara did not protest and just spread her legs widely for him. James was
kissing her wildly in the lips.

“We can’t make love, but I
promise, you’d love this just the same,” he told her as he licks her down from
her neck to her moist center.

Tara wriggled as she felt
tickled and shy. “Don’t be. I’ll take care of you,” he said before he buried
his tongue inside her. He played her clit with his thumb while his other hand
was stretched and squeezing her breast and then pressing her nipples.

She moaned in delight as she
never experienced this before. She was anticipating every action he gives her.
She was so amazed at how much pleasure his tongue and his hands are giving her.

She felt him lick and suck her
clit and slid one finger inside her. “You’re so wet,” he said in between his
nibbling.

He pushed in another finger and
he felt her raise her hips to meet them. He continued sliding it in and out of
her as he snaked his tongue up her body and found her nipples which he sucked
and gripped with his other hand.

Tara kept twisting beneath him
and lifted both her feet to the bed as she continues to raise her hips to meet
him every time. He put his third finger inside her and she screamed.

“Painful?” he asked.

“No. Don’t stop,” she begged
him.

He continued the in and out
motion inside her and then moving in circles touching all the insides of her
tight walls as he kissed her hungrily on the mouth.

He felt Tara’s walls tighten
more around his fingers and recognized her upcoming orgasm. “Come for me,” he
whispered seductively before he went down to eat her again.

In a few seconds he heard Tara
scream and saw her body arch in pleasure.

He lied down beside her and held
her close to him.

“I love you.” Tara whispered
before she dozed off.

“I love you too.” James kissed
her one more time before sleep came to him too.

End of flashback

 “Tara? I asked if you’re done.”
James asked her again.

“Almost!” she yelled. She was
inside the bathroom fixing herself.

“OK. I’ll go downstairs now and
order food for dinner okay?”

“Dinner? It’s just 5:30 baby.” She
looked at the clock and reminded him.

“Let’s have an early dinner. It’s
my last night here.”

Tara cringed at the fact.

“What do you want to eat?” he asked
again not minding what he just said.

“Grilled fish.”

“Okay, see you in a bit.”

“Okay baby,” she hollered back.

She has been wondering why James
never called her baby or anything. Well not as if they are going steady or
anything. They both know it’s ending the moment he leaves the island. But
still, she wanted him to call her something sweet. She made a mental note to
talk to James about it.

Once she’s done applying light make
up, she applied her favorite light scent on her neck and wrist.

She started heading down to the
lobby and straight to the beach when she saw from afar that there is something
set up in their beach front.

Two pieces of torch were lit as the
sun is starting to set down. There is a table for two. She moved closer and
found a beautiful trail of yellow petals and lit candles on her path. She saw a
bouquet of yellow daisies held in James’ arms

“These flowers are incomparable to
your beauty.” He handed it to her and gave her a peck in the lips.

“Thank you.” She blushed.

“I want to remember how wonderful
tonight will be for the rest of my life.” He pulled the chair for her.

He sat across her and held her
hand.

“I love you Tara.” He’s intently
looking at her eyes.

“I love you too baby,” she said and
remembered. He still called her Tara. She really wanted to ask.

“How come you never called me
anything sweeter than my name?”

James laughed softly and got
something from his pocket.

“It’s because of this.” He showed
her a ring made of yarn. She knew instantly that he bought it in one of the
souvenir shops. It was yellow and orange.

“I don’t want to call you anything
but my wifey.” He gripped her hand, “I am still wishful that after all these
trouble is settled, it will still be me and you in the end.”