In Search of ParadiseChapter 11 On the Pacific
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I was feeling disoriented as I opened my heavy eyelids. I could feel a touch of silky fabric on my cheeks. My head was resting on something soft. I blinked my eye and lay there for a few seconds. I could hear a faint thumping sound in my ears. I tried to concentrate and make sense of the thumping sound. Was it my own heartbeat I was hearing? I yawned in an attempt to shake off the weariness that seemed to be pinning me down still. A very strong sweet scent filled my nostrils. I sniffed gently in an attempt to recognize the scent. I tilted down my eyes a little in an attempt to orient myself to the surroundings. A somewhat crumpled piece of fabric lay a foot from my face. I moved my head just a little to take a better look. I could sense the bare skin at the edge of that fabric. My brain had started working a little better by now. My ears could hear a gentle hum in the background, and I realized that the thumping sound was not my heartbeat. My nose took a deep sniff once more and I knew instantly that it was the musky scent of feminine juices. ‘Holy shit!’ was my reaction as I hurled myself up hurriedly. I had full realization now that I had dozed off to sleep after finishing dinner and gulping down two glasses of red wine on the long flight from Los Angeles to Singapore on my way to New Zealand.
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