Chapter 14
Dancing and Loving
When I woke I found that although still warm, the other half of the bed was empty, then heard the sound of cheerful humming drifting through from the small kitchen. A few minutes later Hanna appeared, she was wearing a light cotton house-coat, which unfortunately left nothing of her beautiful body in view, but she was carrying a tray. 'Ah, my lord and master awakes.' she said, smiling down at me as she put the tray on the bottom of the bed. 'Tea and toast? Apart from some biscuits and cocktail snacks that's about all I could find, and I didn't want to wait for room service.'
'Tea and toast will be fine darling. Did you sleep a bit?'
'Oh yes, like a top. And so far it seems that you don't snore.'
'I've never been told that I do.'
'If you performed the way you did earlier with me I'm not surprised. Either you left them so exhausted that they didn't notice, or so completely overawed that they were too polite to tell you.' she said, passing me a cup and plate.
'Let me assure you that what happened earlier was down to the way you excite me, rather than to any inherent prowess of mine.'
'Flatterer!' she said with a grin. 'But I'll still keep my fingers crossed about the snoring.'
We munched the toast in silence for a while then she said. 'As there's only the one bath-room I suggest you let me go first, then I can do my make-up out here while you have your shower. O.K.?'
'That's fine. Take as long as you want, there's no rush and dinner is a moveable feast.'
'But we want a good table, I don't want to be stuck in a corner where I can't see anything.'
'Our table is already arranged, I fixed that with Franko, I promise that you won't miss a thing.'
'Clever man, I should have guessed. Now tomorrow, you mentioned a market.'
'Yes, down in the village, and we could have lunch there too, try some of the local delicacies. That's if you would like to do that, there are other things we can do.'
'No, I'd like to go, it could be fun, I love poking around in markets, you never know what you are going to find.'
'Then, if you would like to we could go for a bit of a swim. From the forecast I think it's going to get pretty hot and the water around here is quite clean, it could be nice.'
'I remembered to get myself a costume so if the day is as you say it will be, I'd like that too.' she said with a smile. 'Now while you finish your tea I'll hit the bath-room.'
Having finished I carried the tray through to the kitchen then roughly straightened the bed, knowing the maids would re-make it properly while we were at dinner. Then, having slipped on a robe I collected the things I would be wearing that evening and laid them out in the lounge, before going out on to the balcony.
Although by then low in the sky the sun's rays were still quite warm enough to provide a comfortable temperature so I stood there, looking out across the small harbour, to the sea beyond, watching the last few straggling boats returning from a day's fishing or sightseeing. And thinking that from where I stood the blend of old and new seemed to have been kept in harmony. Admittedly a small percentage of the original inhabitants had profited mightily by selling their land to allow for the resort's development, and many of those had taken their money elsewhere. But another group had found work in the resort, providing a new source of funds to their family and the community. And those had allowed the other people to continue going about their lives as they had for perhaps hundreds of years.
Perhaps in time the impact of the foreign wealth would create tensions and divisions, but then that was human nature. Right then, at least from where I was standing, what I'd had a small part in bringing into existence seemed on the whole to have been a good thing.
I was still standing there when I heard Hanna knocking on the glass behind me. 'All yours.' she mouthed through it before heading for the bed-room.
While in the shower I let my mind wander, remembering the thrills I had experienced that afternoon, thanking whatever lucky stars had allowed me to meet such a wonderful woman as Hanna, and then thinking about what joys we would surely be sharing later. And those final thoughts, plus the memory of Hanna's all to perfectly silky skin, prompted me to have another shave, beard-rash was the last thing I wanted to be guilty of causing.
I also thought of what was going on in the next room, where Hanna was getting ready, again wishing I could actually watch her doing that, and found myself starting to get excited by just the idea of that. But not wanting to get myself stirred up so early in the evening I pushed those thoughts away, replacing them with others that were far less disturbing. Then, having dressed, I poured myself a small drink and again went out on to the balcony, watching the changing colours in the sky as the sun sank slowly towards the horizon.
I finished my drink and returned inside, and was about to turn on the TV to see what disasters had happened in the rest of the world during the day, when Hanna reappeared.
Yet again she quite literally took my breath away. Although not overly heavy her make-up was quite different, more sophisticated, somehow making her already exotic features even more so. Her eyes seemed larger, sparkling more brightly, the upward tilt at the corners even more pronounced. The colour and gloss of her lip-stick made her lips and mouth even more enticing than usual, promising kisses of unfamiliar succulence.
But it was the dress, or at least what it did for the body within it, that really held my attention.
It was in fact a very simple, black cocktail length dress. But the fabric, design and cut, plus Hanna's perfect figure, turned it into something verging on a work of art. But art that was very definitely designed to stir and arouse rather than soothe and calm.
The fabric had a clinging softness that moulded itself to her, displaying the size and shape of her breasts, the slimness of her waist and the gently swelling curve of her hips. And, apart from the two thin straps going over them, the dress not only left most of her shoulders bare but also showed off much of her breasts.
Just looking at her made me want to take her in my arms, kiss and caress those sensuous curves, and then spend the rest of the night making love to her.