Chapter13

Kazuya grabbed a towel while Lara climbed out of the pool. He threw her a towel as well. Outside the water Lara was feeling cold. She wrapped the towel tighter around her body.

"Are you cold?" Kazuya said moving closer to her.

Lara moved closer to him as well. He laid his arms around her. Lara's head moved closer to his. They were about to kiss, when her mobile phone started ringing.

"Damn." she said and grabbed the phone from the table where she had put it. "Hello?"

"Lara?" came Downey's voice.

"Yes, it's me."

"I haven't heard from you in a while. Are you alright?"

"Certainly." she simply said.

"Did you make any progress?"

"Maybe."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Yes and no."

"You are not very informative today." he told her.

"I know."

"Oh, let me guess. You cannot speak freely." he mused.

"Correct." she said, relieved that he got the hint.

"Ok, then please call me when you can." he said and hung up.

She put the phone down.

"An old friend of mine. He was worried, because he hadn't heard from me in a while."

"Worried? About YOU? I have gotten the impression that you can take good care of yourself."

"I am cold." Lara then said.

"I think we should go inside.

"Good idea, and I think I'll get changed." Lara added.

So they went inside and got dressed. Lara wrapped a towel around her wet hair and left her cabin. She found Kazuya sitting on the couch and joined him.

"Can I get you something to drink?" he asked her.

"A water."

"Certainly."

Kazuya got up and went to the fridge. He returned with a bottle of water and two glasses. He sat down next to Lara and put his arm onto the back of the sofa behind her. She turned towards him and looked him in the eyes. At that moment Kazuya's mobile phone rang.

"Oh well." he said getting up.

He picked up the phone and sat down at the bar.

"Hello?"

"Hey Kazuya, its me." came Lee's voice.

"I hope it's something important." Kazuya replied.

"Can you pick me up? I have found the car but the tyres are missing."

"Well that's your problem. I cannot pick you up right now. I have parked the car at the harbour and then took the boat."

"Oh no. Does dad know? He won't be happy."

"Well fine, I don't care."

"No reason to yell at me. I guess I will tell the driver to pick me up with the limo."

"That's the first good idea you are having for ages. Give him something to do." Kazuya replied.

"See you tomorrow then."

"Goodbye, Lee."

He threw the phone onto the table by the couch.

"Chaolan. Who else?" he said to Lara.

He sat down again and moved closer to her.

"You look really beautiful with your wet hair." he said to Lara.

He then brushed aside a strand of hair that had fallen into her face. The towel she had wrapped around her head had slid down and dropped onto the sofa by now. Kazuya put his other arm around Lara and pulled her closer. The telephone rang again. This time it was Lara's once more. She turned away from him to pick it up.

"Hello" she said sounding really annoyed.

"Lara? Hey, it's Bryce. How are you?"

"I'm alright. Why would nobody believe me when I said that I could go on holiday without anything happening?" she said before Bryce could think of anything else.

"Ok, then you are enjoying yourself. I thought it was too dangerous to bring me?"

"I will call you the next couple of days to tell you when I'll return home. Talk to you then. Goodbye." Lara said and hung up.

She returned to the couch.

"If any telephone rings once more, I'll throw it out of the window." Kazuya said.

Lara laughed and sat down again. Kazuya pulled her towards him at once and kissed her. She returned the kiss and their tongues met. They both nearly jumped when the telephone rang again. Kazuya grabbed his phone cursing.

"What does HE want now?" he said after looking at the display. "My father." he told Lara.

He pressed a button to cancel the call and switched off the phone. Shortly after that the phone on the boat started ringing. Kazuya grabbed it and threw it out through the open door. It went over the railing and into the sea. Lara looked out after it.

"It..."

"I know." he replied. "My father will kill me when he finds out. But he will do that anyway since I hung up on him. But actually I don't care at the moment. All I care about now is you."

Lara got up and walked towards him. She took his face in her hands and kissed him again. His hands moved towards her back and he pulled her closer while he returned the kiss. She pressed her body against his and her hands went up to his hair. He started kissing her neck, brushing aside her long dark hair. They slowly moved back towards the couch. Kazuya sat down first and pulled Lara down behind him. She opened the top button of his shirt and pulled it off over his head. She hesitated for a moment.

"You know, there's a saying. 'Never have sex on the evening before a big fight.'" she then said.

"Oh, never mind. There is another saying. 'Marshall Law can not win.'"