The bright sunshine streaming through the windows woke me from my slumber. A slow smile spread across my face as I realized that Vin was still asleep.
Dark lashes framed his closed eyes and his lips were slightly parted. A little chill shot through my body as I gazed at his soft lips and recalled how wonderful they had felt on my body last night. A hint of dark stubble appeared over his tanned face and I had to resist the temptation of reaching out to run my hand over it for fear of waking him. My gaze shifted lower, over his muscular chest, which rose and fell softly with each breath he took, over his flat stomach, then further down. My body tingled with the memory of the night we shared. With restraint I didnāt realize I possessed, I slid out of bed and quietly made my way to the bathroom.
Turning on the shower, I stepped under the hot spray, letting it wash all over my body. I quickly washed my hair, and then grabbed the washcloth and soaped it up. I closed my eyes and imagined that the cloth is Vinās hand, moving slowly over my body. I turn to rinse off and he is standing there watching me, which scares the hell out of me because I didn't hear him come in.
"Need any help?" he asks.
"No, Iāve got everything under control. You can have the shower when Iām finished."
"Wrong answer," he replies, stepping into the shower with me.
He turns the water to cool, and I back away from the spray because it's too cold. He starts splashing me with the cool water and I throw the washcloth at him, hitting him in the neck. He takes the washcloth and lathers it up even more, and throws it back. Now it's a soap war in the shower. Whatever he throws on me comes right back to him. He pulls me under the cool water, making me shiver because I had just used the hot water. I try to get out, but he pins me against the wall and give me a kiss that warms me up. His hands are all over me, wanting more.
He picks me up and carries me back to bed, where we make love several times before finally getting up and cleaning up the place before we leave.
Around 3:00, Vin takes our bags out to the jeep while Iām standing on the pier looking out over the lake, remembering the wonderful times that we shared in our hidden paradise. This time I hear Vin come up behind me.
"The jeep is packed and weāre all ready to go."
"Ok." I said with a shaky voice.
"Whatās wrong?" he asks.
"Nothing," I lied, quickly brushing away the tears before he could see them. "Iām just taking it all in before we have to leave. Iāll never see this place again and I want to remember everything just like it is."
"Never say never," he says, pulling me into his arms. We stand there for a few minutes, each lost in our own thoughts.
āWe need to get going. Bradās probably wondering where weāre at." Vin comments.
We get into the jeep and head down to the hangar to find Brad doing his pre-flight inspection. Vin parks the jeep next to the one that Brad was using.
Brad comments, "Almost ready to go. Iāve got a few things to take care of, then weāll be in the air."
"Take your time," Vin replies, grabbing our bags from the jeep.
I head up the stairs into the cabin of the plane with Vin following. He sets our bags down next to the desk and pulls out a laptop computer that was stored in one of the drawers.
"What are you doing?" I ask.
"Checking my emails to see if Mike sent my schedule for the week. We need to finalize some things that came up in the meeting last week, and I was checking to see if he had anything lined up yet."
After reading his emails, he looked up and grinned. "Care to have a visitor for another week?"
"Why? Whatās going on?" I ask as he pulls me down into his lap.
"According to Mikeās email, heās flying back in tonight because he has meetings set up for us all week." I scanned the email as he read it.
Teasingly I reply, "Hmmm. Do I want a visitor for the week? Stay at home alone or have a visitor? Alone or hot sex all week?" I repeat. Looking into those gorgeous dark eyes I reply, "Alone."
Vin busts out laughing. "You liar," he says, giving me a quick kiss.
Brad enters the plane and heads to the cockpit to prepare for takeoff. Walking by he comments, "Man, canāt you guys get a room?"
"Thatās an excellent idea," Vin answers. He gets up out of the chair, walks over and opens a door that I thought went to a storage compartment. As it turns out, itās a bedroom. "Shall we?" Vin asks.
"Absolutely."