Burn

Theo couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he stood beside the stream in a small clearing in the middle of the woods. There was a woman, wearing sunglasses, lying on a towel.

Sunglasses. That was all she had on.

Theo swallowed and looked around again. There was no one else around but the two of them. It wasn’t surprising since that part of the neighborhood was far from any houses. It was forested and located at the foot of a hill.

Theo felt his underwear tighten again as his gaze returned to the woman. Despite the sunglasses concealing her eyes, her beauty was undeniable. She had high cheekbones, a well-shaped nose, and lips tinted with a natural red. And her body... She could outshine many sexy models. Or porn stars.

Shit. Theo’s mind had now drifted into porn. But could he really blame himself? Only a rock wouldn’t be affected by the allure of this woman. And he was no rock. But what he was feeling in his groin was already as hard as a rock. Damn it.

The situation wasn’t right, Theo thought. He tried to stop himself from entertaining dirty thoughts because he felt like he was already violating the peace of the woman, even if he hadn’t touched her and was still eight meters away, hidden among the tall grass.

But he wanted to touch the woman, didn’t he? He wanted to know how her smooth skin would feel in his hands, especially her long legs and thighs, her flat stomach... and her full breasts.

Ah, Theo didn’t just want to touch her. He wanted to kiss her, not only on the lips but on every part of her body. He was keen to explore the sweetness and heat of her allure with his mouth. The woman looked extremely fuckable. Those breasts looked so scrumptious, he wanted to suck the nipples and—

You idiot, Theo. He cursed himself in his mind as the pressure in his lower abdomen surged even more. I have to get out of here.

He forgot to move carefully as he stepped away from the breathtaking sight. As a result, he stepped on some dry twigs on the ground, which made a crackling noise.

“Stop right there!”

Theo froze. The voice came from the woman. “Shit,” he muttered through clenched teeth. He couldn’t decide right away whether to run or not.

“Raise your hands!” He heard her say it again, the voice coming closer.

“I-I’m not a bad person, Miss,” he managed to say after raising both hands. He was screwed. She might report him to the authorities any moment now.

“Turn around slowly,” the woman ordered. She was already behind him.

Theo looked down at his groin first, and once he was sure that Junior had been scared into silence, he complied. His mouth dropped open when he finally got a full look at the woman. He was right. It wasn’t just her body that was stunning; her face was just as extraordinary. She was breathtakingly beautiful.

“Hey, hey!” The woman snapped when Theo unintentionally lowered his hands. She stepped even closer, the barrel of her gun pointed straight at him.

Theo raised his hands again. Damn it. She really had a gun. He hadn’t even processed the fear properly because he was too panicked and too enchanted by her face.

“What are you doing? What are you doing here?” The woman demanded, the gun in her right hand aimed at his face, while her left hand held the towel in place over the front of her body.

“I was gathering firewood, Miss.”

“Gathering firewood?”

He had been right in suspecting that this woman was not from Sta. Felisa.

“Collecting wood for kindling.”

She didn’t seem convinced. “Is that so?”

“Yes,” Theo said, hoping to sound more sincere.

“You weren’t peeping at me?”

He swallowed hard.

The woman’s voice rose. “You saw me naked, and you were planning something terrible, weren’t you?”

It wasn’t the gun that made Theo panic more. It was the fact that one of the woman’s breasts had slipped out from the towel she was holding. Shit. Hopefully, Junior wouldn’t rise again, or she might notice the bulge in his cargo shorts and shoot him right there.

“I-I wasn’t planning anything bad. I was about to leave when you caught me,” he confessed.

“Oh, really?”

“I can’t do anything if you don’t believe me, Miss. It was an accident that I saw you here.”

The woman stared at him for a few seconds before speaking. “Alright. You can leave. But if you disturb me again here, I won’t hesitate to blow your head off.”

Which head, though? Theo still had the nerve to think before turning away.