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A not-so-unpleasant surprise
Victoria Daniels cut the call with shaking hands and looked up at her captors, hoping to high heavens that she had done well enough for them to be pleased with her act. She was terrified, more terrified than she had ever been in her life, but she was doing her best to look brave, although she was not sure it was working.
“Where did she say she is?” Charlotte asked as calmly as though she were asking if Victoria would like a cup of tea and as calmly as though she was not holding a gun to her head. Victoria quickly stammered out her sister’s location, her voice shaking as she did so.“Why won’t that fucking bitch stay in one place? Just when I’m planning to make my move, she moves across the country and ruins my fucking plan! Where on earth does she think that I have the goddamn money to waste in flying some stupid bitch halfway across the fucking world?” Charlotte yelled angrily, pointing the gun firmly and directly at Victoria as though it was her fault that Carol had traveledRelated chapters
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“I'm sure that Sebastian is very tired and I know that you love birds would want some time to yourselves. Go on now, you both go and rest. We will just do some of our stuff and then we can meet up later, ok?” Mrs. James said. “Yeah sure. I could do with a good bath and a very long nap. Do you want to come with me or you'll rather stay here?” Sebastian asked Carol, taking her hand when she nodded, indicating that she would rather come with him. They walked in companionable silence to the elevator and took it up to their suite where Carol sat stiffly in an armchair, all the bravado of earlier fleeing from her immediately. Shyness took its place instead, and she was embarrassed that she had kissed Sebastian on an impulse. However, she did not regret it one bit and knew that if the opportunity presented itself again, she would take it in the blink of an eye. “Um, should I run you a bath?” She asked when she could not bear the silence any longer. “If it's no troub
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Carol watched Sebastian as he got his gear for diving together. He seemed really excited to go on this expedition and she was sure that she was being a spoilsport, but she just could not help herself and she was scared of the ocean. Supposing it was something that she had thought of or considered doing before now, it would have been a different situation.“You seem to like diving a lot.” She commented as he zipped up his bag and moved to another part of the suite to pick something else.“I sure do. I’ve been doing it since I was eleven. Anytime I go on vacation to places like this, I always make sure to take the opportunity to go diving. You can say that I’m a pro at it, but it’s okay if you’re not into it. In my experience, I’ve learned that it is better not to force someone to want to like it, so you can just come and watch, or you can sun on the beach if you want. I just don’t want you to be bored while I’m up and about enjoying myself.”“Awww. That’s so thoughtful and s
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Melissa left a few minutes later, after collecting Carol’s phone number so that they could meet up later that evening. Once she left, Carol began gathering her stuff to leave too as she was tired of waiting around for Sebastian to come back. If he wanted to act childishly about the whole thing, well, that was his cup of tea. She had finished gathering her stuff and was about to leave when she saw him striding toward her, looking like a million bucks. His face, however, was another story. He looked very pissed and grabbed her hand the moment he came close enough to her.“Hey! Let go of me this instant. What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”“What the fuck is wrong with you?”“Why on earth are you asking me that?” Carol asked him.“Because you’ve been avoiding me. I’ve searched practically everywhere for you. I really don’t know what is pissing you off, and I’m sorry about that. But, you can’t just go off wandering about without informing anyone. The world is not a safe
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