After Zamora surprised me with that passionate kiss, the last thing I expected was for her to turn and run away from my room, leaving me down-hearted and confused.

For a long time, I thrashed around in bed, angrily scrolling through some of Zamora's social media posts before tossing my phone away in disgust, and then finding myself doing it all over again a few minutes later.

Just then, I heard a knock at the door, and it snapped me out of my misery loop.

"Hey, can I come in?" said a masculine voice.

It took me a long moment before I realized it was David.

"Please, Lucy.  It'll just take a minute," said David through the door.

The soft tone of his voice made me relent, and so I called out for him to come in.

"Oh my god, Lucy, are you okay?" said David, rushing over to me once he caught sight of my tear-streaked face.

"Yes, I'm fine," I sniffed.

"I was just coming over to ask you... never mind.  What happened?  Did someone do something to you, Lucy?" said David, his warm eyes melting my resistance.

"It was nothing," I replied.  "Zamora kind of freaked out on my earlier, and it caught me off guard."

"Zamora?" said David.  "Well, she is the feisty type.  That's for sure."

At that point, I didn't know whether to smile or to be angry.

"Just girl drama, I guess," I said, leaning into David's warm embrace.

And for a beautiful, dreamy moment, everything felt all right with the world.

"Ahem," said David, brusquely rising to his feet.  

"David?  What's wrong?" I said, sitting up in bed.

"It's just that... ah... swimsuit you're wearing is ah... somewhat revealing," said David, a mad blush of color on his cheeks, something that I found irresistibly appealing.

"Yes, this is what I was wearing during my video shoot," I said, enjoying the sight of David desperately trying to avoid looking at me.

"I think I better go," said David, turning to flee before I could answer.

Yet when the door slammed shut, I found that I had a huge grin on my face.

I was still confused about what Zamora had done, but I was beginning to realize that I was becoming a powerful woman.