Close To Midnight

Epilogue -2

Three months later

Harper Hae opened her eyes. The sun was shining brightly, a soft breeze coming from the ocean blew through the open window.

She took a moment to appreciate the sight before her. Wearing only a white shirt which came up to her slender thighs, dark black hair blowing about in the wind as she sipped coffee from a mug, eyes as enticing and enigmatic as the ocean gazing at the waves crashing close to the shore, her girlfriend was a vision.

She tiptoed softly, afraid to break the serenity of the moment. Her hands skimmed along the side of her arms and then wrapped around the soft skin on her stomach.

"Good morning." A hand threaded through her hair, caressing the back of Harper's neck, a face that had her captivated softening as their eyes met, and the taller girl couldn't help but sigh into the bliss and warmth.

"You're up early." She placed a tender kiss on the nape of the younger girl's neck.

Brown eyes with specks of embers of fire in them twinkled with warm affection.

"You're up late." A playful voice corrected.

"I slept late." She placed another kiss to the underside of her chin earning a soft hum in return.

Full lips quirked up in a bashful smile. "Whose fault is that?"

Ignoring the accusation, she let her fingers travel up, squeezing tender flesh, rolling a hardened nipple. The familiar tingle whenever she touched her girlfriend pooled in the pit of her stomach. "Yours. You can't look this beautiful and expect me to behave."

"Don't behave." The younger girl's voice was low, almost raspy and her pulse quickened at the unmasked desire she heard.

Closing the remaining distance between them, she swooped down to claim the inviting lips which immediately opened under hers. The familiar ache between her legs grew as she heard low throaty moans.

A knock sounded at the door just as she dipped her fingers inside the wetness and heat that sent her in a heady trance.

She pulled back reluctantly.

Her girlfriend chuckled, soothing the frown on her forehead with the pad of her thumb. "There's always lunch break."

She nodded, leaning in and steal a quick kiss from her girlfriend.

Managing to tear herself away with as much as willpower she could muster, she opened the door.

"Someone's here for you Harper Hae." Jay's face looked ashen.

Like she'd seen a ghost.

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Chaeyoung stirred the straw absentmindedly in the tender coconut as she gazed at her surroundings.

When Chief said the international drug ring was operating from Maldives and their team had to fly there, she had imagined a ten day trip full of tiring stake outs and enquiries.

"We're going to see a friend first." Chief Dahyun had said with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.

What kind of friend did the Chief have in a seaside restaurant like this, Chaeyoung wondered.

Bamboo chairs around wooden tables laid out neatly on the white sand, cocktail bar serving exotic drinks, the sea a breath-taking blue, the smell of food wafting through the air, Chaeyoung decided that it didn't matter who Chief Dahyun's friend was, she owed them a thanks for bringing them here.

"Here's your order." She heard someone from behind them.

"Chi-H" Chayeoung was cut-off with a quick foot to her toes.