“See you soon,” he says with one last glance and then he’s walking away. I close the door then rush to my suitcase, quickly unpacking. Natalie would laugh at me right now. I used to make fun of her for unpacking as soon as we were on vacation, but now I can see the reasoning behind it.
After, I unpack everything I pull off my clothes, and grab my navy and white striped bikini and throw it on, making sure I’m not showing extra boob or extra cheek in the back. I look in the mirror, throw my hair back up in a sloppy bun, grab my sunglasses, a white sundress meant for this type of vacation, some flip flops, my bag, and I set off for the beach.
My last thought to myself before stepping foot onto the beach is this is going to be the best vacation ever.
Chapter 8
Vince
Fuck it all to hell, this shit is going to be the death of me. Yeah, I came down here to work, but I did not want to deal with an employee trying to skim from the top at the boutique we keep here at the resort. Not only that, firing this bastard is taking longer than I ever anticipated. He should feel fucking lucky I’m in such a good mood, or I’d be pressing charges. Instead, I’m docking his last paycheck and banning him from resort grounds. I have security escort him out of my office and as soon as the door shuts, I’m exiting the back and heading down towards my beach villa. It’s still on resort property, but my place is closed off from the comings and goings of the guests. I have one thing on my mind, Sophia. I’m in my bungalow, in the middle of changing when my damn phone goes off alerting me of a text message. I glance down and see it’s my resort manager letting me know my now ex-employee is off of resort property. I respond with a quick “thank you” and strip down and throw on my board shorts. I leave my phone on the bed. I don’t want to be interrupted while I’m with Sophia.
I stop dead in my tracks when I see Sophia laying on a double lounger her legs, damn, those will be my fucking downfall, are out in the sun and she has the dome up and over her head to shield her face against the sun. When I get closer to her I see her body and I already know I’ll be sporting a semi all fucking afternoon. She sees me coming up and she moves her bag so I can sit next to her.
“That was fast, I didn’t expect to see you this early,” she says as I move my body next to hers.
“Yeah, the property manager didn’t have too much that needed my attention,” I tell her as I grab her suntan lotion and motion if I can use it.
“Of course, I’m going to order some food and drinks when the waiter comes back around, want anything?” she asks me with a smile.
“That sounds good, did you grab a menu already? If not as soon as I’m done, I’ll go and grab one from the bar,” I’m almost done applying my suntan lotion and if the sun wasn’t blazing down on me, I wouldn’t even bother but I know how the sun is when you’re by the water.
“No, but I can go get it,” Sophia states while looking at my arms. I’m not a cocky person by trait, but the fact that she’s salivating over my arms, it’s enough to make me want to wrap her up in them and never let her go.
“Nah, I’ll go and grab it now. I’m finished,” I hop up and go towards the bar, ordering her a tequila sunrise and myself a bottle of beer. I grab a menu and make my way back to the woman who’s making me stop and appreciate life a little more each time I’m around her.
Chapter 9
Sophia
We spend the rest of the afternoon and into the evening munching on chips and salsa, a few other appetizers, and drinking. I can’t remember the last time I smiled or even laughed this much. I know I came down here to get away from life, but I’m finding I don’t want to leave Vincent’s presence.
“Want to change and see where the locals hang out?” Vincent asks, and I have to say if he would have asked me back to his place, even with the hurt I carried around in the past, I’d drop it all and follow him.
“That would be amazing, plus I bet you know the right places around here,” I say with a wink.
“Well, maybe but mostly I like hanging with them on my down time while I’m here,” he says with a shrug.