TLS #3 : The Girl in Red Dress

Chapter 15 - Goodbye

Blane Samuel

I opened my eyes slowly and slid my arm expecting to see Camilla beside me. We slept together last night. I was aware of that. I turned to the side and found an empty spot

I was panicked and I looked around me. I was relieved when I found her sitting at the porch reading her book. I walked to the bathroom completely naked and quickly took a shower.

I wrapped a towel around my hips and walked out from the bathroom. I found Camilla was doing her makeup

"Hey"

"Morning" She smiled at me but there's a hint in her eyes that I can't reach. She's smiling but her eyes were distant

"Go change, we need to go to the airport in 20 minutes" She said and I knew with that topic she didn't want to talk about what happen last night

I put on my clothes and packed my things. It was easy and I bet Camilla was the one who organized everything.

"Ready to leave?" I asked her as she's done packing and doing her makeup. She turned to me and smiled

"Yeah I'm ready" She walked out from the condo first and I followed her. Andrew and Kayla were all ready too. We walked out to the hotel receptionist to check out our rooms.

While I was checking out the rooms with Andrew, I landed my eyes on Camilla. She was looking at the sea blankly staring at it. It was odd, I felt weird. She was acting normal but her eyes tells the opposite.

I walked to her and slipped my hand to her waist

"You okay?" I asked

"Just sad leaving this place" She said

"Camilla, about last night.."

"I rather not to talk about it" She answered it so fast

"But-"

"What happens in Maldives stay here Blane" She said looking at me seriously. It was odd and caught me off guard. She walked first following Andrew and Kayla.

She didn't say it with a mad tone, it was more like.. something else. We went to the airport and Camilla was on her earphone all the time. She looked tired. She just talked a little bit with Kayla and then she put her earphone again.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something in my face?" Camilla asked in a really normal tone

"Nothing" I said and she smiled. She slipped her arms to mine and leaned her head to my shoulder

"I have a lot of work when we go back to New York" She sighed. She was back to normal in split seconds

"Not only you, I have a lot of pile of work to kill" I said and she chuckled

"You're a great businessman, you'll get over it" I kissed the top of her head

We got into our plane and apparently Kayla sat across each other with Camilla. They talked a lot of things while I'm reading a book. Andrew was busy with his phone all the time.

I kept glancing at Camilla once in awhile, she was cheery and back to herself now. I guess she was sad leaving the place earlier. 1 week is not enough, we had a lot of fun and it was a really beautiful memories to look back

After reading the half of the book, I turned to Camilla to see her sleeping. Her head leaned to the wall of the jet and she's hugging a small pillow in her arms. I got up and decided to pick her up to put her into bed.

I put a blanket around her and let her sleep. I got out from the room and sat down across Andrew.

There's a lot of thought going on in my mind right now. After this all this fake relationship will end and I'll declare my friendship with her once we land in New York.