Page 27 of Reckless Abandon


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I woke up the next morning to a note:

Good Morning butterfly,

Today I want you to relax.

You have a spa appointment at 11. Enjoy baby.

Here is your tip for last night. Don’t say no.

Go shopping and buy yourself something pretty.

Meet me at the steakhouse at 8pm.

Nathan

This man almost seemed to be good to be true, but at the moment I was willing to take what he was giving me. I needed this. I deserved this. I was enjoying Nathan. When I got to the spa, I felt like a kid in a candy store when I found out I was to pick any of the packages that I desired. It truly was a moment a girl dreamt of. I chose a massage, a facial, and a complete nail package. It was one of those days that made you feel like a princess.

As I was laying there getting my massage, I realized that I didn't want to share Nathan. I would text him my change of plans. Hopefully he would get a text. They had to had some kind of breaks right?

Me: Hi honey. Thank you for my spa day. This place is great. Change of plans. See you tonight in our suite at 8. Xoxo

Now time to go shopping and make what will be our first date a memorable night. I first went to a store that sold bubble bath and candles. If I was going to create the ambiance, might as well make it my dream night. What did I hear the kids say nowadays, yolo. Right, you only live once. So why not make my night with Nathan what I wanted it to be. Cliché, but who gave a shit right?

Passing by a lingerie store, I had to go in. I didn't want to wear the same pieces with Nathan as I did to the club. Well unless it’ something he requested. I had a feeling the leather get-up might be coming home soon. As I skimmed through all the racks, I found a navy blue butterfly bra and panty set. It was perfect to go under the loose black dress I planned on wearing. Walking out of the store, I received a text message alert.

Nathan: I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. Your plans sound perfect. See you at 7. I won’t be able to hold out until 8.

Me: Can’t wait.

That only gave me three hours to get ready, but I easily pulled it off with a little bit of teacher time management: an hour for my bath, an hour for myself, and an hour for our room. Definitely in my doable range. Even if this was only a summer fling, I wanted it to be a time that I would not forget. A time to remind myself, broken or not, I could be a sexy woman.

For me, music had always been everything. I was the type of person that has a song for every moment. When I was a little girl, my dad would always put the oversized headphones on my ears and we would rock out together to the beat of the music. As I got older, music became about the lyrics for me. It was like getting lost in a short story, some much better than others. I knew tonight would be a mix of all those playlists I’ve spent hours making, to remember that night. Again, cliché… but that’s who I was.

Crawling into the amazing tub in our room, I hit my go to escape playlist on my iPod. I grabbed my glass of wine and my Kindle, knowing I had just under an hour to get lost in my latest book of a woman feeling torn between her two great loves. With every word I read, I became more and more distracted. I was definitely feeling torn between Nathan and G. Not that I loved either one of these men by any means, but feeling wanted by two men was something new to me. I knew with Nathan I felt sexy and safe. There was something so real about him, and that scared the hell out of me. With G, it was a different kind of sexy, it was a lustful sexy. I knew anything with him would be a one-time fantasy. I would just be another notch on his belt, but damn, it would be fun. Time to put G out of my head, this weekend was about Nathan.

I spent the next couple hours getting the room and myself ready. I changed the reservations at the steakhouse to be delivered and set up on the patio in our suite. We had a beautiful view which overlooked the river, so why not take advantage of it. I set up the room with a few candles and some soft music. I wanted to make the evening romantic but sexy. Nathan preferred my natural blonde hair and brown eyes to anything else I could put on. So I curled my hair, covered my body in my coconut lotion he seemed to like so much, and put on just enough makeup to make me feel pretty.

At precisely seven o’clock, Nathan walked through the door. I was sitting on the patio waiting for him, and couldn’t help but stare as he walked towards me. He had on loose fitting jeans that hung perfectly around his well sculpted hips, a fitted black t-shirt that perfectly showed off his tattoos, and a red hat which brought out the amazing gold in his eyes. “Hey, handsome. Good day?” I asked, as I stood up to greet him.

“Actually, no,” he answered as he pulled me into his warm embrace.

“See, I told you I shouldn’t have come,” I whined as I went to pull away from him.

“Don’t you pull away from me,” he laughed. “My poker game was fine. I did really well today.”

“So…why was it a bad day?” I asked.

“Because every time I thought about what you were doing up here I would get a fucking hard on at the table.”

I couldn’t help but bust out laughing. “It was not funny,” he pouted.

I put both my hands on his chest and started to push away. “Go take a shower, dinner will be here in twenty minutes,” I told him.

He pulled me in tighter. “Oh please tell me I get to start with dessert,” he whispered into my ear, his hands moving down to my ass. He kissed me in a way that made me want to just say screw dinner, but I wanted tonight to last.

“Later, nuts. Go clean up,” I instructed as I pushed him off to the shower.

Half an hour later, we were eating dinner, discussing our day. I knew nothing about the world of professional poker, so listening to him talk about what he did all day was fascinating. Nathan explained that you could be the top rated guy out there, but if you weren’t getting the cards you could be done the first day. Poker was definitely a mix between skill and luck. I guess he done fairly well today, considering he was still playing.

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