Passion Abroad: A BWWM Billionaire Holiday Romance (6 page)

She
looked at her phone and shrugged. She was starving and she couldn’t
bear to go downstairs in case she bumped into Daniel. She didn’t
know why, but she couldn’t face him. Maybe it was the
embarrassment she felt or the way she just felt downright dumb for
allowing herself to be so defenseless with him. She walked over to
the bed and called the front desk.

“
Hi,
I’d like to order in,” she said as she leaned against the
bed rest. “Can I have some fries and a double cheese burger?”
she asked. She could almost hear Daniel’s voice telling her how
predictably American she was being with her food.

“
Sure,
Miss Hayes. Would you like a drink with that?” the guy at the
reception asked. She took a minute and shrugged.

“
No,
I’ll just have something from the minibar,” she said.
“Actually cancel the burger. Get me some wings instead,”
she added.

“
Of
course Miss Hayes,” the receptionist said before she thanked
him and hung up. She looked around and walked over to the dressing
table. She slowly oiled up as she replayed the events of that
afternoon. She could still feel the warm tingle of his lips on hers.
She looked at her reflection as she let the towel drop to the seat.
As she oiled her torso, she couldn’t help but feel sad for
herself. This was the only kind of contact she’d had in the
last seven months that came anything close to intimacy. She found
herself wondering why she had not heeded Cassandra’s advice and
got a sex toy. Maybe she wouldn’t be feeling this silly and/or
horny if only she had taken matters into her own hands. She walked to
the closet and pulled out a pair of blue tights and a white t-shirt.
She pulled on the t-shirt and then put on some black panties before
she put on the tights. She was about to walk back to the bed and see
what was on TV when she heard a knock on the door.

“
They
definitely work fast in this hotel,”
she
thought as she walked to the door. She had a smile on her face as she
opened the door. “You most definitely deserve a generous tip
for…” her voice trailed off when she saw Daniel outside
her door. “Daniel…what are you doing here?” she
asked in a low voice.

“
Can
I come in?” he asked smiling at her. She took a moment before
taking a step to the side, allowing him in. “So, what exactly
do I deserve a tip for?” he asked as she closed the door. She
pushed a strand of hair out of the way and shrugged.

“
I
ordered room service a few minutes ago,” she said as she led
him to her bed. She looked at him and shrugged.

“
Why
are you here?” she asked as she looked at him. As soon as the
words left her lips, she knew that she was being a little rude. She
closed her eyes and shook her head. “I’m sorry…I…”
she started before he sat down.

“
I’m
here to apologize,” he said as he looked up at her.

She
crossed her arms on her chest and shook her head.

“
You
don’t have to,” she said as she looked at him. “It
is as much…” her voice trailed off. She wanted to say
that it was as much her fault as it was his but somehow she couldn’t
bring herself to saying that. She would be admitting to him that she
wanted him to kiss her. “You don’t have to,” she
said again.

“
I
guess I just don’t know why I suddenly feel so drawn to you,
so…free with you,” he said. Erica looked at him and
tried not to smile. “There is something you need to know,”
he said without looking at her. “The girl I told you about, my
girlfriend…ex-girlfriend. It happened almost three years ago
and since then I have been taking these trips around the world trying
to figure myself out but every time I get close to someone, I always
feel like there should be something more. Like I’m never really
completed.”

Erica
wasn’t very sure where he was going with this. She looked at
him and shook her head.

“
Daniel…”
she started as she looked at him. He shook his head and stood up.

“
No…don’t.
I’m trying to explain myself,” he said as he took a step
towards her. She looked up at him and wondered what he was going to
say next. She was trying as hard as she could not to get too close to
him but even then, she couldn’t deny what was happening between
them. She opened her mouth to talk but a knock on the door
interrupted her. She turned around and walked to the door and opened
it. It was her food…finally. She smiled as the hotel employee
wheeled her food into the room. She walked to where she had tossed
her purse and looked through for any kind of local currency. She
shook her head when she noticed that she didn’t have anything
local and then pulled out a twenty dollar bill from her wallet and
handed it to the waiter before she closed the door. She didn’t
know what happened next. All she knew was that one minute she was
closing the door and the next minute she was pinned against the door
by his body. She gasped into his mouth as he kissed her deeply, his
lips crushing hers. He pulled away and looked at her as they both
breathed heavily. He ran a hand down one side of her body gently
brushing against her breast.

“
This…this
isn’t me,” she said in a low voice. “I barely know
you and I…” she never got to finish her sentence. He
brought his head down and kissed her deeply. His hand was on her
waist and he was pulling her close to him. Her body yearned to be
against his naked skin. She wanted to feel him against her, crushing
her, feeling her up. By the time he finally pulled away, she was
almost breathless. She did not know what came over her but the next
thing she knew, she had her hands under his shirt and she was pulling
it up. She gasped softly when she saw his perfect abs underneath. Her
fingers were trembling as she slowly ran her hands down his chest.
She closed her eyes when she felt his hands slowly coming to her
front. She gasped again when she felt him slowly pull her t-shirt up
over her head. A smile played on Daniel’s lips when he let the
t-shirt drop to the floor exposing her naked torso to him. She was
more beautiful than he had thought. She was curvy and her flawless
dark skin was calling to him. She sighed when she felt her bare
nipples brushing against his tan chest. She held her breath when she
felt his hands slide down to her ass. “Daniel…”
she started before he kissed her again, silencing her. She moaned
softly when she felt him gently kneading her big soft ass.

He
slowly pulled her towards the bed and kissed her neck as he slowly
lowered her onto the bed. She could feel herself getting wet as he
slowly caressed her breasts, letting her hard nipples press hard
against his palm. She closed her eyes and threw her head back as she
felt his lips slowly trailing down her body to her chest. She wanted
him to just take her nipple into his mouth, caress her, spank
her…anything really.

But
Daniel had other plans in mind. He had pulled his hands away from her
body and he was now softly kissing the tops of her breasts. She bit
her lower lip when she felt him getting closer to her nipples but
almost as soon as her fun had begun it ended when he skipped her
breasts altogether and began kissing her navel. He then slipped two
fingers in either side of her waist and pulled off her tights.
Without even thinking, Erica spread her legs welcoming him but again
he worked his way down to one thigh instead of just going straight
for her core. She raised her head and looked at him, her eyes
pleading with him to end her suffering. Daniel pulled away from her
and climbed off the bed before he unbuttoned his pants and pulled
down his zipper. When Erica saw him pulling down his boxer shorts,
she felt herself get even hornier. She wanted to straddle him and
work out her dry spell until he begged for mercy. Daniel climbed back
on the bed and looked down at her as he aligned his body with hers.
She looked into his hazel eyes and raised her head to kiss him. She
brought her hands up and ran her fingers through his luxurious hair.

Erica
gasped when she felt his cock at her opening. “Condom…get
a condom…” she said in a whisper as he kissed her neck.
Daniel took a deep breath and kissed her neck again. He didn’t
have one. In fact he hadn’t even thought things would escalate
to this when he first thought of coming down to her room. “What?”
she asked.

“
I
don’t have one,” he said in a low voice. “”I’ll
go down to the public bathroom downstairs. They have a dispenser
there,” he said as he got off the bed.

“
Don’t
be too long,” she said as he quickly pulled his pants up. She
wanted to laugh when she thought of him walking down the hotel
hallways with a hard on. He put on his shirt and walked out of the
room as he buttoned it, leaving a naked Erica sprawled on the bed.

When
Daniel left, she ran her fingers through her hair and smiled to
herself. This was it. She was about to get rid of her long dry spell
in a few minutes, with a good looking man. She slowly brought her
hand to her core and felt the wetness that was her pussy. She had
never been this horny before. She was almost dripping. As she lay
there, she wondered what life would have been like if she had met
Daniel before meeting Eli. She would probably be a soccer mom or
something…

“
What
the hell is wrong with you, Erica? You are already playing out
domestic fantasies in your head with a man you barely know,”
she thought.
“A
man you barely know.”
The
words were echoing in her head.
“Barely
know.”

Suddenly,
Erica sat up. It was as if something had been switched on, snapping
her back to reality. This was not her. This was not in her play book.
Maybe Daniel not having the condoms with him was some kind of sign.

“
Shit,”
she thought as she
climbed off the bed. She grabbed her clothes from the floor and
quickly pulled them on just as Daniel walked back in.

“
Okay,
I’m back. Where were we…” he started as he closed
the door behind him. His voice trailed off when he saw a fully
dressed Erica. “What’s going on?” he asked as he
walked towards her. Erica knew the kind of hold he had on her and she
couldn’t let him get so close. She took a step back and crossed
her arms over her chest.

“
Daniel,
I think this was a mistake,” she said in a low voice.

“
Why?
Three minutes ago, you wanted me as much as I wanted you. What
changed?” he asked as he looked at her.

“
Maybe
not having the condoms with you was some kind of sign that…”
Her voice trailed off. She couldn’t really finish that
sentence. She knew how silly it sounded. She looked at him and
shrugged. This was not a very good position she had allowed herself
to be in. She could feel tears threatening to fall down her cheeks.
Tears of shame, tears of embarrassment. She turned around and ran to
the bathroom leaving a stunned Daniel standing there unsure of what
he was supposed to do. She sat on the toilet cursing herself for what
had transpired in her room for the last half hour.

“
Are
you okay? Do you need anything?” she heard Daniel ask. She
shook her head as if he could see her.

“
No…no.
Just…I’m sorry. I just can’t,” she said.
Daniel knew better than anyone what rushing someone into doing
something they were not ready for could do. He sat on the edge of the
bed and ran his fingers through his hair.

“
Okay,
I’ll just stay…” he started before Erica shook her
head again.

“
No!”
she said interrupting him. “Just go.”

She
hated herself for sounding so rude.

“
Please
Daniel, just go,” she said again. Daniel took another deep
breath and stood up. He walked to the door and took a few minutes
before he finally walked out of Erica’s room feeling like a
complete idiot.

When
Erica heard the door close, she slowly walked out of the bathroom and
walked over to the bed. She sighed when she saw the packet of Trojans
Daniel had left on the bed. She slowly sunk to the floor and wondered
if her window was high enough to actually ensure that she would die
if she jumped out.

When
Daniel got back to his suite, he could not help but feel silly. Even
though his employees and friends thought he was the most eligible
bachelor, the truth was that he had not been in the dating scene for
a very long time. And the rules had most definitely changed. The way
he managed to get Aubrey would obviously not work with Erica. While
Aubrey was hyper and outgoing, Erica was cool and relaxed, more of an
indoors person really. She was the kind of person who would obviously
choose to spend a night in watching an old movie rather than go out
to a noisy club. She was smart, and organized, and balanced. Maybe
that was what had drawn him to her in the first place. The balance.
He’d had enough of casual dates with younger women who thought
a fun night out had to include a number of colored shots before going
to get down on the dance floor. He walked to the fridge and grabbed a
beer before he walked back to the couch. He sat down and switched on
the TV and tried to push the events of the last hour to the back of
his mind. He still had a hard on and the more he tried to forget
about Erica the more the images of her flawlessly tan skin played
through his mind like a slide show.

After
a few minutes, it was apparent that his hard on was not going
anywhere any time soon. He stripped off his clothes as he walked to
the bathroom and turned on the water. Usually he would have taken a
warm shower but today, he needed a cold fix. A quick cold fix. He
shivered slightly when he felt the cold water run down his body as he
tried forgetting Erica. He didn’t know how long he had been in
the bathroom but the cold shower definitely worked. He had just
walked out of the bathroom when he heard a knock on his door. He
quickly wrapped a towel around his waist and then grabbed another one
and dried off his hair and face as he walked to the door. He pulled
the door open expecting to see one of the hotel staff with his mail
or something but his jaw almost dropped when he saw Erica standing
out there.