The Return (De Laurel Trilogy #1)

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"Love!" I squealed, trying to pry his hands off my face. "I swear if I trip, no kisses or hugs for a week!" I threatened, whining. "Just please remove your hand already." I tried to slap it off but, it did not budge.

It was a few days before New Years and Alexander and I decided to go on a three-day vacation in the Philippines. We went to a place called Boracay, where it was one of the best tourist spots in the country.

"Don't worry, amor. Just a few more steps left," He was encouraged. "And here we are! He removed his hands on my face." When I looked around and got used to my surroundings, I let out a quiet, but large gasp.

There I saw boats of all kinds, and people even riding it. All in all, it was beautiful. "Love!" I squealed, excitedly this time. "You did not! Are we going to ride a boat?!" I looked at him with home.

"I did." He chuckled. "And yes, we are going to ride a boat." He nodded. I quickly pulled him to the stand where you're going to pay so that we would leave immediately.

"Hi, kuya!" I greeted as a way of respect. I heard for Filipinos, the people who live here that ate and kuya are words to respect elderly or someone you just don't know. "Can we get a ride to," I looked at the list of places you can go to. "Ariel's point?"

"Ma'am, the one to Ariel's point is actually a package," He explained. "If you are to pay the package you will have a boat cruise, a barbecue buffet lunch, afternoon snacks, unlimited drinks including beer and mixed drinks, cliff diving, kayaking, snorkeling, and a souvenir bracelet - all for one person." He explained. "For the fee, it will be 2,800 pesos or, 55 dollars."

"What do you say, love?" I looked at Alexander. "It sounds like a pretty good idea."

"Okay," He nodded. "We'll do it," He looked at the man.

I smiled. Alexander took the money from his pockets and gave it to the man. We then went to a boat called "Psalm", and began cruising.

"Babe, look!" I called Alexander excitedly.

"What is it?" He encircled his arms around my waist.

"Dolphins!" I pointed out at the dolphins swimming around at the edge of the boat. "They look so cute!"

"But not as cute as you," He smiled, giving me a soft kiss. "By the way, are you into cliff diving?" He asked after we broke off the kiss. "I'm actually thinking of going you know, after a few hours the barbecue buffet." He explained.

"Yes, actually." I nodded, looking up to him since he was taller than me. Yes, I was tall but he was still taller than. "Around two years ago, Oliver thought it would be a good idea to sign us up for skydiving. Honestly, I thought I would hate it but, I ended up liking it. It turns out I'm not afraid of heights,"

"That's cute," He pinched my cheeks. "That's a yes, then?" He asked.

"Mhm," I nodded, wrapping my hands around his neck and leaning on his shoulders. "I would like that very much."

"Good to know that." He massaged my hair softly.

We stayed like that for a few minutes until we decided to go for a snack. We had Philippine food like isaw, kwek-kwek, fishball, and fried liver. It was quite yummy, actually. After that, we stopped in the middle of the sea to go snorkeling. Good thing that I wore my swimsuit under my sun dress or else I would've been wearing those rentable rush guards. I guess you could say that I'm not really a fan of used things.