Her name was Isabelle dela Vega and she was nineteen years old. She was raised by her grandmother when her mother passed away. She was four that time. She didn’t have any idea how her father looked like since he left her mother when he discovered that she was pregnant with her. According to her grandmother, he was from Switzerland and since he didn’t marry her mother, she was using her mother’s maiden name. Her father’s name was Mark Dury. She was born and raised in a small town called Sta. Teresita. It wass in the northern side of the country. They had a a simple life. Her grandma was a seamstress and they get their money for food and other expenses except her tuition fee from the money her her grandma made from sewing. She had been taught how to sew so she could help during her free time. Luckily, she was granted a scholarship and she was taking up a course in tourism. She wanted to be a flight attendant. It was her last year in college. She had been told that she was beautiful though she never used any cosmetics. A lot of men admired her but she didn’t want to have a boyfriend. She wanted to finish college. She had promised herself that she would give her grandmother a much better life once she graduated.
It was a Sunday and her friend Joyce invited her to a resort nearby because according to her, she had been studying so hard and had been helping her grandmother sew during her free time that she had forgotten how to have fun and just chill. Now Joyce was eyeing because s she looked uncomfortable in a swimsuit which she had given her. Her friend insisted she wore the swimwear instead of the pair of shorts and a sleeveless shirt she usually had on when swimming. Though she didn't want to, she finally put the red swimsuit since she knew Joyce would never stop blabbering about it. She was old-fashioned unlike her friend who was liberated. She didn’t like the idea of men looking at her body. She and Joyce were polar opposites but they had been friends since high school. She was surprised that Joyce befriended her. She wasn’t rich like her and their personalities were really different. Joyce was bubbly and sociable while she was timid and a homebody. Her family liked her and was nice to her too especially Joyce’s older brother Brett who was her suitor. He was four years older than her. She told him she wasn’t ready to be in a relationship yet but he said that he was willing to wait. Brett was good-looking aside from the fact that he came from a well-off family. He had his own business too which was buy and sell so she felt he was out of her league. Even if she became a flight attendant, she would never be a good match for him. She was woken up from her deep thoughts when Joyce hit her lightly on the shoulder.
"Oh my! This is so unreal!" Her best friend exclaimed.
She just threw her a glance before getting her eyes back to the magazine in her hand which she was supposed to be reading.
"He is here! I thought he was still in the States but he is really here! " Joyce added giddily.
She blew some air from her mouth to show her annoyance. Her friend was always like this when she saw good-looking men but not her. She didn't even bother to look who Joyce was talking about. Joyce was always excited to talk about guys she liked but she wasn’t. Besides she wasn’t interested in men. She had to focus on her studies because that was her goal. “This is a great surprise! I hadn’t imagine seeing him here! I know that his family owns hotels and resorts in and outside of the country so I guess the rumors are true after all! He is contemplating on buying this resort."
"Who are you talking about?" she asked after a sigh.
She was sure that she won’t stop so she might as well pretend to be curious. She put down the magazine again and looked at where her friend’s eyes were.
"It's the elusive, immensely hot and extremely rich playboy, Luke Contrero! The man one wearing a pair of blue board shorts and has a mouth-watering six-pack!” Joyce replied as she stared at the subject of her interest.
The man was probably twenty yards from them. He was sitting on one of the beach chairs. Beside him was another male who was also bare-chested and in a board shorts as well. Even this far, obviously the man Joyce was talking about was way hotter because he was a lot hunkier. She couldn't see his face because he was looking at the sea.
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"We'll leave tonight. I’ve seen enough. I don't want to buy this place. We'll check the other resort tomorrow." Luke told his cousin Reed who was also his assistant."What's wrong with it? This seems okay. There are a of guests and I’m sure there will be more once you developed it. Sta.Teresita is a good place to invest in."
Luke took a sip of his sparkling water. He didn’t like alcohol. He only had it if he was with clients. He was a health buff. Some men have alcohol to release stress but he'd rather have sex with beautiful women than slowly destroy his body with booze when he had to blow off steam. He shrugged his shoulders.
"I made up my mind! I don't like it! It doesn't have anything that catches my interest. It's such a dull place. I feel that buying any property in this area is not worth my money and time." He told Reed.
His bodyguard Luis was standing a few meters from them. He didn’t need one because he could defend himself but his mother insisted. He agreed because he didn’t want to upset her since he knew that she only wanted him to be safe all the time. Good thing was, once he went back to the US, he didn’t have to bring Luis. He frowned when he felt something. He couldn’t explain it but a certain kind of energy wanted him to turn to his left.Isabelle gasped when she saw the man’s face. Joyce was right. The man was super hot! Luke’s eyes narrowed when he realized what made him look the other way. It was a woman but not just an ordinary female. She was breathtakingly beautiful. She was a bit far from him but he felt a certain electricity between them. His board shorts seemed to have become tighter at the front. His body was strongly reacting to the female. This was foreign to him and he didn’t know if he liked this urge or not. He had to be sure that she was not only beautiful this far. And he wanted to know if the force which was drawing him to her would be even greater once he saw her up close.
"Where are you going?" asked Reed.
"I'll check if buying this resort is really worth it." he said while he walked towards the woman who seemed to have bewitched him.
"Oh wow!! He's heading towards us!" exclaimed Joyce.
Isabelle didn't know whether to stay where she was or to run from the place. The way the man was looking at her was scary but at the same time gave her a feeling of excitement. Her heart was thumping as he came close to them. She almost caught her breath when he was just a few feet away from them. His body was really magnificent. He was totally hot and he looked...hungry? Hungry for something else not for food.
"Oh my! He is eating you with his eyes Issa..." Joyce said mesmerized as she saw how Luke Contrero had his beautiful dark eyes on her friend."Hello," Luke drawled and took off his sunglasses.Isabelle swallowed when he saw him in such a close range. He was so tall. The word good-looking was too subtle to describe him. He exuded not only charm and very good looks. She knew how her friend would describe him now that he is in front of them. This man had a face and body that would make your own body tingle. He was sporting a stubble and this near , she could see how beautiful his eyes were. She hadn’t had any boyfriend yet but she felt something in her body reacted just by looking at his toned abs and chest. Luke on the other hand almost cursed when he saw how gorgeous Isabelle was. She had a very lovely face. Her skin was flawless. Her straight black hair which went below her shoulders suited her. She had a svelte figure. Her breasts were not too big nor too small. He could use the adjective perfect
“Go away! You can’t be here!” Isabelle said sounding panicky.Luke forehead creased. Yesterday she walked out on him and now she was shooing him away.WHAT THE HELL?-He angrily asked himself.He forced his hired investigator give him information about Isabelle as soon as possible because he believed that time was money so he didn’t want to waste much. He found out that she was living with her grandmother since she lost her mother at a very young age. Her father was Swiss, who unfortunately, she hadn't seen since birth. She was taking a tourism course in a university and she was on her third year. She was nine years younger than him. So far she was the youngest woman he had been interested to bed. Even in a simple mint green top and a black skirt that went below her knees, she looked lovely. He was six feet and one inch tall and the top of her head reached his c
Isabelle was so shocked and angry. No one had dared to kiss her but Luke. She wanted to scream out of anger because she wasn’t able to stop him. She didn’t want to see his face ever again."Issa here, drink this. You look pale as a sheet,” Mary handed her a glass of water.She said thank you in a small voice. She didn’t even remember how she got here. What she knew was she ran as fast a she could to get away from that pervert. Mary took one of her hands in hers."You are shaking. Please tell me what happened.”Mary was nice to her and she wasn’t a gossip but she didn’t want to tell her what Luke did to her. She felt that it was so embarrassing. Other people would think that she was making a mountain out of a molehill but she wasn’t. She was saving herself, even her first kiss for the right man but sadly, Luke stol
( a few minutes ago)Grandma Salome was sewing a pair of pants when she heard someone calling. She went out to check who it was. A very tall and good-looking man was standing outside. Behind him was a red car. He smiled when he saw her. She knew that he wasn’t just an ordinary man. Everything about him screams money and fame.“Good afternoon,” he greeted her.His voice, just like the rest of him was attractive. She greeted him back and asked him who he was looking for. She had a strong feeling of course that it was Isabelle. Before replying, he got a basket of fruits and a bouquet of roses from his flashy car. She sensed that he came here to woo her granddaughter. Her heart thumped. There was such a thing called a woman’s intuition. She felt that this man would cause an immense change in Isabelle’s life. She sighed and just let him inside the house. Althoug
“Stop saying such nonsense! You are embarrassing me!”Luke just grinned, "Let's go.Besides I was just saying the truth, my Isabelle," he said then took her elbow.She didn’t stop him when he led her to his car. She had no desire to see how the witnesses were talking about them for sure."Where are you taking me? I have to go home now. I have to run some errands and do house chores!” she told him once they were in the car.He glanced at her before starting to drive, "You'll see later. It’s just 3:30, I will take you home by 5.”She sighed because she couldn’t stop staring at him. He had a sexy grin and he was wearing casual clothes. As usual he looked good even in just a plain black shirt and a baseball cap which is black too. He was also wearing a pair of dark glasses. She felt that he had them on when he was in public so people wouldn’t recognize him. A
“Are you out of your mind?”Isabelle moved away from him. Luke had his eyes on her. He couldn’t stop her when she arose again, “If you are joking then I don’t think that was funny!” She added and he constricted his eyes."What made you think that I am joking?" he grated.He had the sudden urge to curse. He was willing to do anything just to have her but it seemed that whatever he said or did, she had something to say to express her disapproval. In her eyes, he couldn’t do anything right."Back at the university you said regarded me as your future girlfriend and now your wife? You don’t even know what you are saying. Just take me home!”She started to walk away from him and that was when Luke had it. He kicked the cooler and cursed angrily. The poor thing flew a few meters away. He could no longer contain his anger. He was pissed big time. It was his first time to do c
Luke wanted to bring Isabelle to the city with him and he would send her to college. He didn’t like her to be so far from him. He knew that she could continue studying because of a scholarship which was granted to her by a private organization. He ordered his bodyguard to find out who the head of the organization was. Luck was on his side because its head was a former classmate of his mom in the university. He introduced himself on the phone and coaxed his mom's former classmate to discontinue Isabelle’s scholarship since he would take care of everything. He felt happy that it was easy as pie. Mrs. Fernandez said yes immediately. He was expecting Isabelle to seek his help. What angered him was the fact that another man would be willing to help his Isabelle. He was well aware of the fact that Joyce’s brother was wooing her. Over his dead body will he let that f*ckass brother of Joyce help his Isabelle by giving her a j
She swallowed hard. Her throat felt very dry. She had the desire to remove her eyes from his body but she didn’t. She didn’t want him to think that she was greatly affected by him. She did her best to just casually look up from his bare torso to his face. He opened the door wider."Hello babe. Why are you here? Come inside,” he invited her with a sexy drawl and she sighed.She didn’t want to enter but they couldn’t talk if she won’t get in. She walked to the living room. She almost caught her breath when she smelled him. He smelled so good. He looked as if he had just a shower and was about to get dressed when she rang the bell. A suitcase was near a door which was probably a bedroom."Do you want anything? Coffee? I can order breakfast for us," he said.Luke was taking in her loveliness. She was in a simple dress but it didn’t hide her natural beauty