What Really Happened At Desire Riviera Maya Pearl

Part 2: The Stay

Part Two: The Stay

Characters: Jessica & James (A spin-off from the Call Me Blair series) 

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The morning started the way most good stories end. With tangled sheets, sunlight slanting across her bare back and James pretending he wasn't already awake just to enjoy the view.

Jess stirred, honey-slow, eyes barely open.

'You're watching me sleep now?' voice thick with morning and smugness.

It's research,' he said, not missing a beat. 'I just needed to confirm what I handled last night.'

'Handled?' Propping herself up on one elbow. 'That's a lot of talk for someone begging for a five-minute break halfway through round, whichever-it-was, last night.

Honey, that was strategic pacing. Ask any athlete.

She pfffed him off. Propped herself up a little more. The sheets slipped slightly. James never blinked, simply admired. Joined in with his slow pull of the sheets, laying there for a few more moments. Listening to the hush of the waves outside their suite, the distant splash of someone laughing in a pool and the faint sound of a bell somewhere that probably meant breakfast.

'You know what I love about this place?' Jess said out of no where.

'Hmm.'

'Do you know what I love about this place?' Repeating herself. Only slower.

'The view from the hot tub?'

'Well, that too. But no… I love us. Here. Like this.'

He pauses, his slow pull of the sheets stopping mid-motion as he turns to prop himself up closer to her. Intrigue covering him.

'What, naked?'

'No, you idiot,' she snorted. 'Okay, yes, the sex is a bonus. But more than that. I love that I am not spiralling over things like, why my client’s statuario marble hasn’t shipped yet when I ordered it three months ago for a project starting three months from now. You and I we're always working. Ruled by some project, or diary or deadline.' So yes, I love this. Just me and you. Us. Just us.'

The Art of Doing Nothing (Naked)

He nodded, quiet for a moment. Then:

'So really what you're saying is… I need to keep daring you to lose.'

'Rather, I need you to keep being brave enough to let me win.'

'Ooh, is this a TED Talk now?'

'Stop it and listen you,' brushing his hands away, 'and pass me that robe before I have to start 'round-whatever-this-is' on principle.'

He stopped with his moves of distraction. But just as important, they didn't talk work. Or emails. Or schedules. Instead, ordered fruit and coffee to the room. While she fed him papaya from her lips. He smeared cream across her hips like a full-body ritual.

The sun kept climbing.

And so did the tension.

Because at Desire Riviera Maya Pearl, the mornings start soft...

But what comes next?

Well, that's always up to you.

To be continued in Part Three: The Catch-Up or an exclusive The key to the Master Suite

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