IN THE ARMS OF MR. MICHAELS (UNDER MAJOR REVISION)

7: Sneak t

Look twice before you leap."--Charlotte Bronte

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Robert stared at the sleeping form of Anya beside him. He was sure she would have a sore body tomorrow by the way she'd been sleeping in a slouched position. He can see her clearly with the light came from his phone. He hadn't sleep a winked, afraid that they would be found out anytime.

He frowned when the overweight Julio leaned on her shoulder.

'The heck with this pig!' he thought to himself, seeing how uncomfortable for Anya to sleep with her current position and add to that fact that she was almost carrying this pig beside her.

He quickly pushed Julio off of her shoulder in a rather ungentle way, making him turned to the ground. He smirked seeing Julio on the ground, satisfied with his position now.

He leaned back against the wall while watching her beside him. He knows she was scared like hell a while ago, but stubborn that she was, she tried to hide it.

He noticed she was slightly shivering, of course, who wouldn't freeze from what she was wearing now, only with her slightly wet halter top and jeans.

He scoffed then shook his head.

'Women and their fashion!' He thought.

He continued to stare at her, quite mesmerized with her. He noticed she has a thick brows and long lashes. He narrowed his eyes then leaned closer to reach her lashes.

'Are they fake??' He asked in his mind, quite intrigued. When he confirmed it wasn't, he continued with scrutinizing her features.

Her eyes, that from what he remembered was brown, complimented by her tiny upturned shape nose, plump lips and slightly tanned complexion, he could say she's quite a beauty.

If she would just smile and not frown everytime he'd seen her, he was sure she's---- . He suddenly stopped his thoughts.

'Shut up, Robert! It's not like you haven't seen any beauties all your life! She's just an ordinary woman....... Okay, maybe not,..but still... No, no, no, she's not a woman Robert, just think about her as .....um... an ugly woman?
Yes! That's it!...But no, she's not!...'

He continued debating and at the same time scolding himself in his mind, more frustrated now in every thought about the woman comes to his mind.

He shook his head while fingers tapping on his chin, in deep thoughts.

'Yes! That's right! Just think about her as a witch--a beautiful witch-no, no, just witch, with pointy long nose, with broom.... and an overweight man as her slave.'

He chuckled at that thought but then shook his head, realizing he's having these thoughts again. Then he heard her starting to snore slightly.

He smiled at the sound.

'Yeah! Absolutely not a woman!' He finally concluded then got up to his feet and headed to the entrance way to check the activities outside.

He look at his wristwatch, it says it's already 11:35 in the evening. It's about time for him to take a move without interruptions coming from these two creatures.

He take a look again at the two sleeping form across from him then looked away to continue his task.

He take a peek through the foliage. He could slightly see through the night the busy people outside, busy with pulling large nets while the others are carrying large sized fishes into the large containers. Their vessel was being anchored out in the deeper part of the water, so they're 20 meters or so away from the cave.