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My gaze drifted away from the frolicking strangers and settled on the very familiar figure lying nude on a large beach towel beside me. Val wore sunglasses and nothing else, his bronzed body stretched out and on full display. This was a clothing-optional beach, after all. I was the only person wearing a swimsuit, though my bikini barely qualified as clothing.
I admired Val for a few more seconds, then returned my attention to the computer on my lap. I sat cross-legged, the laptop balanced on my thighs. On the screen, my half-written email awaited me. I typed the rest of my response to the newest guest at Au Naturel Naturist Resort LLC. She would arrive tomorrow. "Sorry I won't be there to greet you," I typed, "but my assistant manager will take great care of you. I'll be back from vacation next week. So glad you've chosen Au Naturel for your holiday." After clicking the send button, I shut down my laptop and slipped it into its protective case.
Ollie had become my official assistant manager as well as the secretary and treasurer for the LLC Val and I owned together. Thanks to Val's resources, we could afford to expand and update the resort. The interior of the guest house had undergone major renovations, we had a real tennis court, and over the summer we planned to build guest bungalows and other stuff to make Au Naturel a top-notch nudist resort while keeping it affordable and family friendly.
I yawned, stretched, and said, "It's time."
Val lifted his sunglasses enough to peek at me. "Time for what?"
"This." I rose and stripped off my bikini. "I'm making my nude debut in Brazil."
He smiled in that sexy way that made me shiver with heat, not cold. "I wondered how long it would take you. Eve Holt going nude at her own resort is one thing but doing it on a public beach in another country is something else."
Yes, I'd finally embraced naturism. Since we'd recently hired people to cook and serve the food at our resort, Val and I were free to go without clothes whenever we liked. I still wore clothes when I greeted new guests—and I made Ollie and Val do the same, though they groused about it—because it seemed like the most professional way to go. A lot of our guests were new to nudism and needed to ease into it.
Val did on occasion walk down the driveway while naked to get the mail. He enjoyed the hike, and I was pretty sure he enjoyed the risk of someone seeing him. His exhibitionist streak might have gotten narrower, but it would never disappear. I didn't want it to either. I loved him exactly the way he was.
Here on the only nude beach in the vicinity of Val's parents' house, I twirled to give him the full view of my nakedness.
Val smirked. "Bringing you to a nude beach might have been a mistake. The sight of your naked body always makes me hard."
"Let me take one dip in the water before we go back to your parents' house."
"Make it quick." He licked his lips, and his voice turned huskier. "Or I'll be forced to drag you behind the nearest tree and make you scream."
I sprinted for the water and leaped into it. Water sprayed up around me. I ducked under the surface to get thoroughly drenched and bobbed up again. My breasts emerged from the water, bouncing. Brushing my hair back, I glanced toward Val.
He was sitting up, holding my laptop case over his lap.
I had a feeling he was experiencing the same kind of problem Ollie had suffered from once upon a time. I took pity on Val and got out of the water to pull my towel around my body.
He stood but kept the laptop case in front of his groin. "I suppose we should be going. My family is waiting for us."
I slipped on my bikini. "Ready to go."
"But are you ready to meet my sisters?"
We'd been here for a week, and I had yet to meet Maria and Aline, though I'd spoken to Maria on the phone back when Val had been avoiding me. Based on that conversation and the stories Val had told me about his sisters, I had a feeling I'd like them.
He glanced up and down the shore, seeming anxious. "Let's go farther down the beach to see if we can find a secluded spot."
"Thought we needed to go."
"A few minutes more. Please." He set down my laptop case and offered me his hand. "Come with me, Eve."
I shrugged and took his hand, dropping my towel on the sand so it covered the laptop.
He guided me down the beach past the smattering of people who lounged on towels or splashed in the water. We came to a stand of palm trees, and he led me into its midst. Shielded from view, we seemed to have satisfied his desire for seclusion.
Eying the palm fronds above our heads, he nodded as if he were satisfied with the location, but he still looked anxious.
"Is everything okay?" I asked.
He dropped to one knee, still holding my hand. My left hand. "I love you, Eve. All I want is to spend the rest of my life with you, running our business and, I hope, raising our children together." He hesitated, swallowing visibly. "Will you marry me?"
"Yes, Val, I would love to marry you."
He blew out a breath, the anxiety flooding out of him.
