Love for sale - Chapter 3: Chapter 3

The thunder and lightning continues to rumble in the dark sky. The rain kept on pouring very hard on the outside. The only light inside the room was the small gas lantern that won't stay lit much longer since it already consumed half of the kerosene. It's already morning but still dark outside.
Lisa rests her body against the door frame and stare at the woman sitting on the edge of the bed. Moments later she approached her and leaned forward.
"Was I that ruthless?" Lisa whispered as Jennie's raised chin so she could meet her eyes.
Jennie subtly removed her face from Lisa's grasp. "You were drunk."
"I'm sorry," the Thai says while staring at her intently. "It won't happen again. I promise."
"Of course," she mocked. "You never sleep with prostitutes."
"I meant the ruthless part," she corrected while closing the distance between them. She kissed her lightly on the lips after hesitating for a moment.
Jennie suddenly felt a shiver down her spine. Lisa's kisses were so slow that it leaves her breathless and yearning. The Thai bit her lips lightly, nibbling as if she was just an eating an apple.
Lisa hands explored Jennie's whole body by softly tracing skin. It's like only the hairs on her skin were being touched by her caresses, but they seemed to aroused every tiny bits of her entire being.
In slow gentle strokes, Lisa's hands glided underneath Jennie's shirt. It gave her a sensation so arousing that she had to writhe in all directions. She caressed her body starting from her waist... to her hips... to her chests. Even her thighs and feet were not left untouched. She was barely even touching her skin but she was almost recoiling in ecstacy.
Lisa sat behind her and slowly took off her shirt and kissed whatever skin the garment left behind. She was kissing her back in slow, gentle and teasing strokes. She could hardly breathe with the way she was making her feel in bliss.
Jennie savored every moment while caressing Lisa's bare skin as she had no chance to do it on their first night. The Thai guided her inexperienced hands towards intimate zones where she wanted to be touched.
Lisa kissed and caressed parts of Jennie's body where bone meets the skin... her shoulder blades... her collarbone... her ribcage. She buried her hand in her thick hair and inevitably moaned at the sensations.
The thunder continued to rumble and the rain still pouring outside but the two didn't care as they are in they're own paradise.
Lisa saw a gleam of hesitation in her eyes before the union of their bodies took place. She looked at Jennie with soft eyes and whispered, "Trust me..."
She closed her eyes and nodded.
"Did I make up for last night?" Lisa asked as she showered Jennie's face with butterfly kisses. She was laying her head comfortably on other's arm while her fingers were playing on her chest.
She smiled then nodded. "It was much more than I expected."
Lisa leaned her head down to meet her eyes. "I'm really sorry about last night," she stated in a serious manner.
"This is the second time that I heard it from you."
"I mean it," she says while caressing Jennie's cheek. "Being too drunk is not an excuse to treat you the way I did."
"It did hurt a lot last night." She bit her bottom lip. "Especially the part when you first entered-" she suddenly stops when she notice a playful smirk on Lisa's face.
"Oh, that part..." Lisa nodded.
"Lisa-ssi!" Jennie chastised her while blushing.
"What?"
"Stop teasing me!" Jennie hit her with a pillow.
"You were the one who started talking about it, I'm just listening here." Lisa reason out, while dodging her attacks.
"It's not funny." She crossed both hands on her chest and pouted.
Lisa went serious and caressed Jennie's arm using her finger. "Honey, losing your virginity is as natural as the waning of the moon," she stated. "You shouldn't be ashamed of it."
Moments later Jennie turns to face her. "How did you lose yours?"
"Hmm..." Lisa stares up the ceiling like she was trying to remember something. "I was probably fifteen then." She grinned. "I did it with an older woman."
"What did you feel?"
"It's painful," Lisa responded with a laugh. "There was blood everywhere."
Both fell silent along with Jennie's face turns red again.
"Why are even talking about this things?" Lisa says while her hand started to move under the sheets. "We can do something else."
"Later, Lisa-ssi." Jennie stops her wandering hand.
"I'm hungry."
"Are you sure?" Lisa said as she sucked a portion of Jennie's shoulder blades.
"Yes," Jennie stated. "The last time I ate was last night."
Lisa stops kissing Jennie's shoulder like she was forced to do so and stares at her. "Alright. What do you want to eat for lunch?" She asked. "I'll cook for you."
"You know how to cook?" Jennie teased.
"Why?" the Thai asked with a frown. "Do I look like someone who don't?"
She giggled like a little girl.
"That's so much better," Lisa commented when she saw the sudden brightness on Jennie's face. Finally the wall between them came crashing down.
Holding each other's hands they made their way to the kitchen, they started opening all the cupboards to see what they can cook to eat. Jennie found some packs of ramyeon and seaweed laver.
"Hmm... too many liquor but no food," she commented while pouting.
"Blame Somi," Lisa says while shaking her head. "I have a bad feeling that she told the caretakers here to take a day off."
Jennie showed her a pack of buldak bokkeumyeon. "Do you eat this kind of food?"
Lisa smiled sheepishly. "Sometimes."
"Now why am I not surprised?"
"That's not what we're going to eat today," Lisa disagree while staring what was inside on one of the cupboard. "Let me think of something else."
Lisa grabs the pasta noodles. She boiled some water in a pot and poured the pasta noodles in it. Jennie sat on the edge of the long table while watching the tall woman cook. She chopped a few garlic, half of white onion and the two remaining sausages she found on the freezer while giving Jennie some curious glances.
"You've been frowning for a while now because you want to ask a question," Jennie noticed while opening a can of pineapple juice. "Spill it out."
"Nope." Lisa shook her head. "I won't ruin this peaceful morning by asking questions."
"Okay," she shrugged. Jennie knew that the woman won't be able to stop herself from asking.
Lisa puts the knife down. "You know, for someone...." she didn't continue whatever she wants to say.
"For someone who gets paid by the hour to sleep with strangers... yes?" Jennie queried.
"You seem to be very well educated," Lisa commented like she can finally breathe properly. "There, I said it."
"I finished college," Jennie revealed like it's nothing. "I have a degree in Literature and Foreign Languages." she picked up a pineapple chunk from the can using a fork.
Lisa snaps her head towards Jennie's direction and stares at her with a frown. "Then who are you?"
"I am a courtesan, Lisa-ssi," Jennie answered with a smile. "It's pretty normal for a woman like me to be educated and have a degree. It ups our market value."
"Courtesan?" Of course, Lisa has heard of the word before. It's a secret not so many people spoke of in the elitist people she belongs to. High class prostitutes, is what some of her friends called them.
"Now you're curious." A naughty smirk flashed on Jennie's lips. "Have you ever heard of the saying 'curiosity kills the cat'?"
"It's just a question."
"Fine." Jennie inhaled the cold air to fill her lungs. "I come from a long line of courtesans. Professional lovers and intimate companion in bed." Suddenly her happy expression turned into an ice cold one. "In short just a plaything of the rich people who are bored and got nothing to do with their money."
"But you're beautiful and well-educated," Lisa pointed out. "You can find a more decent job."
"How much will I even earn in a regular job?" Jennie said. "Most of us have quite an expensive lifestyle to sustain."
"That shouldn't matter!" Lisa couldn't stop herself from being harsh.
"It's not something I can explain, Lisa-ssi." Jennie handed the Thai a glass of pineapple juice. "I wasn't even born yet the women in our family were already like this."
Lisa nodded; her lips were barely twitching. "Somi, must have paid a king's ransom just to get you to sleep with me."
"She paid enough."
"Enough to get you out of that courtesan thing for the rest of your life?" Lisa probe before taking a gulp of pineapple juice from the glass.
"No." Jennie smiled. “Just enough to sustain me until the next client comes along."
Lisa was left speechless at what she said. There seemed to be something stuck in her throat that can't be removed even if she take something to drink. Jennie glanced at her as she transferred the pasta to the strainer. "Were all the girls in there are as beautiful as you?"
Jennie smiled. "If I didn't know you any better, I'd say you're already in the bag." A hint of mischief sparked in her eyes.
Lisa shook her head. "You don't know me. Period."
"Oh, I know you." Jennie corrects before approaching her. "You're just like any other woman who pretends that they can control everything in this world." She planted wet kisses on Lisa's nape while her arms encircled her waist.
Goosebumps immediately ran down Lisa's spine.
Even if she got shock by what Jennie did, she didn't show it. Their bodies created a sizeable amount of friction as she turned around to face her. "But?" she says like she wants her to explain it further.
"You're also a scared and needy child inside,” Jennie gauged then pointed her finger to Lisa's chest to where her heart is.
Lisa's face slowly broke into an all-knowing grin. "Care to put a wager on that?" she says while giving her a challenging look.
Jennie shrugged her shoulders and quietly finished drinking the pineapple juice. Not long after she excuses herself to find some lamp or candles that they can use.
After Lisa was left alone, smile and shook her head. No wonder Jennie looked awfully familiar..
"It's getting dark but the power is still out." Lisa stated while shaking her head when the chandelier is still off even after she switch it on and off.
"Why don't you just light up the fireplace?" Jennie suggested absentmindedly.
"Why not?" Lisa says while a malicious grin was pasted on her lips. "I take it you haven't tried making love in front of a fireplace before."
"I'm not in the mood, Lisa -ssi." she replied as she carelessly tossed her dark brown hair over her shoulders.
"Don't do that again." Lisa grumbles while staring at her.
Jennie lift her eyes up to the Thai with a frown. "What?"
"Quit tossing your hair as if you were seducing me."
"Why?"
"Because I'll make love to you right here and now, if you do that again."
Jennie grimaced."How?"
"Witch." Lisa murmured under her breath which Jennie answered with a laugh.
"Just continue what you were doing."
"Good idea." Lisa agreed and started throwing the thin chopped logs to make the fire bigger infront of them.
Lisa mentally shook her head. This woman has the natural ability to switch from an innocent virgin to a hostile prude to a fiery seductress in a matter of seconds. And it's driving her crazy to the bone. Whew!
"Lisa-ssi." after a moment Jennie broke the silence.
"Hmm?" Lisa gently puts her arm on Jennie's shoulder and started playing a few strands of her hair.
"A-Are you married?"
Lisa tilts her head a little so she could see Jennie's face. "What made you think of that?"
"You were pitch drunk last night," Jennie replied as if unable to stare back at Lisa. "I thought you had an argument with your wife."
"Was that the only reason why a anyone would drown themselves with alcohol?" Lisa says while trying to remember how she got drunk so quickly with just a two bottle of beer.
"Not really." Jennie shook her head. "You just have that quality in you that can make any woman feel safe amid earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Your wife is lucky."
Lisa smiled. "Honey, if I were married, I will be at home
eating dessert with my wife and kids."
"Don't say that," Jennie replied not too long after.
Lisa frowned once again. "Why?"
"I might fall in love with you," Jennie said teasingly.
"You will not be the first," Lisa stated jokingly.
Silence. Jennie initiated and slowly wrapped her arms around Lisa. "Are you just going to flirt with me all night?" she ask.
Lisa smiled secretly. Jennie made the first move but it didn't felt like she was seducing her. But she felt the affection on her gesture rather than seduction.
"What would you have me do instead?" Lisa asked back.
Silence prevailed between for a while.
"I want you to make love to me again," Jennie said amid the faint light coming from the fireplace. "Over and over while we're here."
"Why?" Lisa wraps her arm around the woman and focused her eyes back at the flames in front of them.
Jennie gently rests her head in Lisa's chest. "I just have a feeling that others wouldn't be as tender as you." she replied.
There was something that ripped apart inside Lisa as she heard the words. She caressed Jennie's hair and planted a soft kiss on top of her head. They stayed on the same position for hours. Neither one of them wanted to speak.
When Lisa saw that Jennie had already fallen asleep in her arms she slowly fixed her arm on the woman's back and the other at the back of her knees. She lifted her up and carried her to the bedroom and lay her down the bed. Lisa reached over the antique lamp on the bedside table and light it up before pulling the bedsheets to cover her body.
She sat down the chair near the bed and watch over her while she was sleeping the whole night. She looks like an angel whose wings got cut off her with the way she's laying down. She sighed. If this is Jennie's way of putting her in the bag, it's working.