Sophie smiled and said, "Make yourselves at home.". Ruby nodded.
'This is such a wonderful place.', Ruby beamed. C was noticing her antics from afar. He came close to Ruby and breathed a few words in Ruby's ear. She blushed. Sophie raised an eyebrow. 'What did C say to make Ruby blush?', she hit him in the arms.
"Mind your own business.", he whispered.
Everyone went to their respective rooms and freshened up. They came back to the pub in the southwest wing. They enjoyed themselves till midnight. Everyone went to their respective chambers and went to bed.
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Readers are warned:
A little bit of Adult content ahead.
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But there were some who did not want to fall asleep so soon. The night was going to be long for them.
In the eastern wing of the villa:
Sophie stood in the balcony of her room, her hair blowing in the gentle breeze. She gazed at the cloudless clear sky stretching to the horizon above her. The stars were twinkling above her head. She craned her neck to look at all of them. The more she looked, the more peace she felt. For a long time, she did not have this sort of peace in her mind.
In the north-eastern wing:
C was teasing Ruby as she was sitting on the swing in the garden. There were vines dangling from above. C looked like an immortal bathed in the moonlight. The sombre soothing light of the full moon also fell on Ruby and made her look like a fairy. Her hair was tied in a bun. C felt great regret to see that, so, he went forward and grabbed the stick holding her hair in the bun and pulled it. Her hair came undone. Seeing her flowing hair on her back, he felt an urge he never felt before. This girl surely has changed him in some ways. She had her head lowered, and he was standing at her back. The locks of her hair was falling on her beautiful face, and he couldn't help himself from tucking them at the back of her ears. Then he asked slowly but dangerously, "May I?"
His breath was slow but ragged, as if he was trying to control himself. Ruby knew what he meant. She unhurriedly stood up from the swing and faced the man who was trying hard to control his desire. She gently smiled and stretched her fingers and removed the bangs covering his forehead and left a soft kiss on it. She blushed and sat back down, her heart racing wildly against her chest. She, herself, did not know where did this courage come from?
C was stunned. Never in his widest dreams did he think that Ruby would take the initiative of kissing him. It was obviously the reply of his question. 'This girl!'
On seeing her sitting back down on the swing, he perked up the corner of his lips into an indiscernible smile. He woke up from his stupor and came to his senses. He went to kneel in front of Ruby took her hands into his own and looked at her with a penetrating gaze.
"Um....", Ruby was going to say something, when C interrupted her by sealing her lips with his own. He held her waist with one and and the other hand held the nape of her neck. He gently licked her lips with the tip of his tongue and then, he slowly savored her lips and shoved his tongue forward, as if asking for permission. She readily opened her mouth to grant him access. Ruby had to admit that the man in front of her was a smooth kisser. She loved the way he nibbled on her lips. She put her hands in the man's smooth and sleek hair and gently pulled in order to encourage him.