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I’ve always loved being out on the water and the setting tonight was so romantic, I couldn’t help but get a little caught up in the moment. It was the most romantic thing I had ever done. The water, the moonlight, the champagne, and of course Nathan looking unbelievably handsome and smiling at me with that charming smile. I was beginning to fall so hard for Nathan, I didn’t know if I could keep up this carefree woman act.
It surprised me more and more that I even wanted to be in a relationship with a man like Nathan. He was rude, arrogant, and a total womanizer, yet he showed me glimpses, like tonight, of what a wonderful man he could be if he dropped the tough guy act and I fell hard for him every time he did.
“What are you thinking about, Rose? You have a look in your eyes,” Nathan asked softly.
“Nothing important,” I replied, forcing a smile.
If Nathan knew I was lying, he didn’t press it any further. Instead we finished off the seafood platter and walked over to the side of the boat to watch the turtles swimming around in the water below us.
“Oh wow. Nathan, there’s one, look!” I exclaimed excitedly, pointing to a giant turtle. I grabbed Nathan on the arm in excitement.
Nathan didn’t even look towards the water, his eyes were on me. I was really enjoying myself and I guess he could tell. I think I was amusing him.
“Have I told you before how beautiful you are?” Nathan asked, turning me to face him.
“Maybe just once or twice,” I smiled up at him.
“You really are, Rose. I enjoy being in your company, even when we argue you make me feel alive. I haven’t really been living my life the last few years,” Nathan said and I noted the sadness in his voice.
“Why? What happened to you?”
Nathan went to say something, but I could see him change his mind. “It doesn’t matter. How about we go back to shore and I take you up to our suite and show you how alive you make me feel?” Nathan’s voice was mischievous as he slid his hand from my back to rest on my bottom.
I smiled. “I was thinking the exact same thing.”
***
THREE DAYS LATER, NATHAN and I were lying by the pool, relaxing in the last of the afternoon sun like we had every afternoon for the past three days. It had been a fantastic few days. We’d shopped, swam, and had sex whenever the mood took us.
Our conversation’s had been light and our only arguments had been over who would get the last prawn in the seafood platter we had for dinner.
I had become his perfect mistress. Even though Nathan claimed I wasn’t his mistress anymore, I felt that without a relationship, that’s exactly what I was. I was learning how to please Nathan in every way and I had become more confident with my own body and Nathan’s. I was enjoying being able to have some power over Nathan too, because I knew he wanted me and enjoyed my body. I realised I could use it to get just about whatever I wanted from him. Including the last prawn.
I knew it was harmless fun and as long as I didn’t think about love and commitment. Nathan and I had an exciting and pleasurable time together.
Nathan turned to me and sighed. “Only one day to go.”
I could hear the disappointment in his voice. “I know, then back to reality.”
He sat up and kissed me lightly on the lips. “Let’s not think about it now. Come on, let’s go out to dinner.”
Nathan and I went up to our suite and took a shower together. Nathan got dressed and went and sat out in the sitting room to send a few e-mails. I took my time getting ready. We’d decided to go out to a restaurant tonight, instead of the one in the hotel, which we’d ended up doing most nights so we could get back to our room as quickly as possible.
I did my hair in a high, loose bun, letting a few soft strands hang around my face. I carefully did my make-up the way my mother had taught me many years ago as she got ready for their monthly dinner parties. I slipped my tight black dress over my head, the one Nathan had brought a few days earlier, and smoothed it down over my curvy frame. I put on some gold bangles and gold hoop earrings and completed the look with high black stilettos.
I looked at myself in the mirror. I didn’t recognise the person staring back at me. The old Rose would never have even looked at a dress like this in the stores let alone wear it. I certainly looked like I could be a man’s mistress.
I was trying so hard to be everything Nathan expected and wanted me to be, even without the deal. But there was still that nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach of wanting more every time I was near him.
I put of another coat of lipstick and pushed those thoughts aside. I made my way out into the sitting room and walked slowly towards Nathan. He looked up and his mouth opened in a surprised ‘O’. He stared at me for a moment then he seemed to come to his senses.
“Rose, you look all grown-up and very, very sexy.” Nathan’s voice came out husky. I could tell he was surprised by how I looked. I sure didn’t look like the sweet, innocent Rose he knew. I felt like a seductress.
“You wanted a mistress, Nathan, you got one,” I teased, stepping closer. I reached up and nibbled lightly on his ear. I heard him groan softly. Nathan went to wrap his arms around me, but I stepped out of his reach.
“No way Mister, you’re taking me out to dinner first,” I smiled. “Then you can have dessert.”
Nathan groaned again and reached out to grab me, but I playfully slapped his hand away.
