//See Parts 1 and 2 for the full backstory. A short summary: Mark and Leigh are staying in St. Martin at a clothing-only resort, they've met fellow guests Harry and Sarah, Tony and Sofia, Laura and Jeremy, and Alana and Benicio.
Mark woke up on Saturday morning around 9, a good amount of rest after the previous day's and night's adventures. He spent the first few minutes cuddling Leigh a bit more before he decided to start getting ready for the day. He knew Leigh would sleep for a while longer if he didn't intervene, but their plans for the day were fairly short so he decided to start with a short morning swim. Mark withdrew from the bed, made a quick restroom trip, and walked out of the room toward the pool. It wasn't a long trip, and he jumped straight into the pool. He was the only one out at the moment, which made swimming a few laps back and forth very calm. His thoughts, aside from not drowning, replayed as much of the previous night's activities as he could. Mark started wondering when the right time was to ask Leigh if she wanted to start planning a return trip.
After what Mark estimated was about 20 minutes or so, he got out and lay in the sun to dry off some. He had brought a towel, but the morning sun felt good on his skin and he figured that would dry him off reasonably quickly. He heard someone walking by and looked up to see Jeremy walking, clothed, from the entry area with some food. Mark stood up and wrapped his towel around himself to start heading back to his room. Jeremy saw him and walked over towards him.
Jeremy: "Mornin'. How was the water?"
Mark: "Delightful. Honestly about as nice as the ocean was yesterday."
Jeremy: "Really? That's good. Laura and I are headed to the beach this afternoon. May I ask which one y'all went to?"
Mark: "We started at just the regular one at Orient Bay, it's all European over on this side so it was bottoms on. It's not that far of a walk up the beach to be at a clothing-optional spot like this is."
Jeremy: "Okay, yeah that's what I remember from looking stuff up right before we came. This is very different from home."
Mark: "Yeah that's for sure. We've got some stuff within driving distance that I looked up as an alternative, but I sort of figured that if I was going to surprise Leigh with something like this, why not make it like a fantasy island kind of thing?"
Jeremy: "You surprised her with this? Really?"
Mark: "Yeah, told her on the plane. Did you not hear that while we were all chatting last night?"
Jeremy: "Not really, got distracted by the babes with boobs to be honest. I don't think I would've booked this without telling Laura."
Mark: "Well, Leigh had told me enough small things about what she liked to read and such that I thought this was probably like... 40% chance she'd like it? I had a couple backup ideas if we got here and she freaked out about it. It would've just been some lost money. But she really has embraced the fun."
Jeremy: "I'm glad it worked out for you. This was Laura's idea, I wouldn't of even considered suggesting something like this to her."
Mark: "Well I hope you both enjoy yourselves. Did you and Laura talk through any of the 'checking out the other guests' part of this trip before you came? That part I'm still a little bit nervous about with Leigh."
Jeremy: "Yeah, she basically gave me a green light to use my eyes and drool if the other guests made that the case if I agreed to also give her that same green light. Not to be crass, but that agreement made last night fuckin' great."
Mark laughed a little. "I bet this resort's rooms see quite a bit of great nights."
Jeremy laughed as well. "Yeah, probably so. It was good to chat, but I've got to get this breakfast home so we can get out to the beach. We'll see y'all at dinner?"
Mark: "Yeah man, see you then."
Jeremy: "Hopefully it's a full table again, not sure what the odds are, but we got a pretty great looking group."
Mark just nodded in agreement and went into the room. He needed to go out and get some breakfast like the day before. He felt that it was very properly European to get just enough food for the day. They'd be out and about for lunch, but it was good to eat when he knew they'd have items they liked. He dressed quietly and walked to the grocery store and returned with a few bread items like the previous day.
Mark woke Leigh up with the breakfast. Mark knew that the promise of jewelry shopping, typically a cruise staple for them, would get Leigh up and ready for the day. She loved necklaces, and they were making great progress on having myriad options for her to wear when she wanted. They didn't frequent fancy locations, but it was good to spoil Leigh when he could. After about a half hour, they had eaten and gotten ready enough to start figuring out clothes for the day.
Mark: "You could always try on the dresses over what you're wearing right now and see if you think they'd work at all."
Leigh: "I think I've got way too much boob for that to work."
Mark: "Is that because of comfort or because of appearance? Because I think we've the let the cat our of the damn bag on appearance for the weekend."
Leigh: "Usually, comfort."
Mark: "Well, I brought you a couple dress options, I also bought you a cami with built in bra just specifically for today if you wanted to wear that with a skirt, or if you want you've got a couple tank-top shirt options."
Leigh: "You bought me something just for today?"
Mark: "Yeah, I wanted to give you options to stay in the vein of the weekend. That vein being a lot of nudity and having your boobs out for my enjoyment and your enjoyment via others' viewing. So I also bought you a push up bra from Torrid, it's in the suitcase too."
Leigh tried the dresses Mark had brought, and settled on wearing the push up bra, feeling that it gave the most support while also showing off far more cleavage than she'd normally have back home. "Also, this will present necklaces so clearly for us all day."
They brought a small bag along with them to carry their needed items and caught an island taxi to head towards the cruise part of the island where the jewelry stores were mostly located. They had frequented these kinds of shops, so they knew what to expect: a lot of haggling and leaving stores to return to see if the prices might get lowered. Mark knew they would mostly be looking for silver chains, and he was wondering what color stone Leigh would fancy that day. She had most of the rainbow already from their previous trips. Leigh was unaware, but Mark was ready to spend up to $2,000 that day on a necklace, which gave them a lot more spending room than was typical. He felt a little uncomfortable with the cash, but without even Leigh knowing it was there, he knew they weren't likely to be targeted for much.
Their first store treated them to a free beverage, which Leigh didn't want but Mark appreciated the fruity concoction. He knew the tactic was to get him somewhat inebriated so he'd spend more, but having only cash, he wasn't even capable to overspend how much he'd had in mind. One piece stood out to Leigh, a teardrop diamond necklace, but they moved on to the next store. A ruby necklace with matching earrings looked fabulous on Leigh's neck in that store, and Mark knew that was a serious contender for what they'd purchase. The full set was under a grand, so that was a nice bonus. Their third stop didn't have much of interest, and neither did the fourth. In the fifth store they found a great sapphire option, going along with some of Leigh's rings that she wore daily, the sapphires encircling a CZ centerpiece, the salesman said that it wasn't diamond so it could sell easier, looked great around Leigh's neck.
As she had it on, looking in the mirror, she asked Mark: "What do you think?"
Mark replied quietly enough so only she could hear: "Babe, your boobs have looked great all frickin' day."
Leigh: "About the necklace you dork."
Mark: "Oh. Yeah, that looks awesome too."
Leigh: "Did you hear the price earlier?" (Mark had a tendency to wander during these visits, he lost focus)
Mark: "No, what're they asking?"
Leigh: "$500, but I wonder if we leave and return a couple times if that can come down at all."
Mark: "What do you think you'd pay for it?" Mark thought it looked spectacular, a little larger than most of the necklaces that Leigh usually got but it rested beautifully at the base of her neck, and at the moment drew incredible attention to her pushed up breasts but also would normally look incredible regardless of her support status.
Leigh: "Probably close to that number, but I'd love to see if the final number could start with a 3."
Mark: "Well, we've got plenty to cover that. So don't worry."
Leigh: "How much did you bring?"
Mark: "If I answer, you'll know. Let's just act like I said a number starting with 3."
Their bargaining with the salesperson began, and their initial push back was no lower than $440. As Leigh wanted a number starting with a 3, they left and walked around a bit. They found a few sweet snacks that were delicious.
Mark: "I think you should wear whatever we buy tonight at the hotel."