A warm pair of perfect lips wake me from an amazing dream. I blink to see Ben sitting in the chair next to our bed. He is smiling at me with the brightest blue eyes in the sunlight. I sit up and look at him. He is dressed and not in our bed.
"What's wrong?" I panic.
He laughs. "Nothing. They are about to stop serving breakfast and I asked them to wait until I woke you up. I assured them my sleeping beauty was going to be very hungry." He teases.
And I was. We spent the entire night trying different areas around the cabin. My body was sore and swollen, but happier than it's ever been.
"You're pretty damn amazing. Someday...I might let you marry me." I close my eyes.
Even though I'm hungry, I'm more exhausted than hungry.
"Someday." He laughs opening the door to grab our breakfast from the staff.
He sets both trays on the bed and leans over to kiss my forehead. "Ally, you need to eat."
Opening my eyes, I see two breakfast trays and look at him with a funny expression. He shrugs his shoulders and tells me it would have been rude to eat without me. I wrap the sheet around me and sit up in the bed, I grab the toast and eat it in three bits. My stomach grumbled with approval.
We are close to landing in Singapore, we both get dressed and I wash up in the small suite bathroom. I'm spraying my face with a facial mist and watching Ben change in the mirror. "I may have forgotten to mention that we need to take a seaplane from the airport to our resort." I wrinkle my nose at him.
He shakes his head and pales. "The things I do for you, Ally." He mumbles before kissing my exposed neck.
At the Singapore layover, we take our seats in business class for the short 4-hour flight to Male. I take the window seat and give him the aisle. After what seems like half the day in customs, we are greeted by staff members from the Four Seasons.
"We will be boarding in 30 minutes." They inform us.
I watch Ben walk to the window and absorb the views of the island. He has never been outside of Boston before meeting me. Now, he has a stamp in his new passport book that I promise to fill before it expires. I could join him at the window but sitting back and watching him study his surroundings is much more entertaining. His tall frame fills the small window and the curiosity on his face matches the ten-year-old at the other window.
Ben looks breathtakingly handsome this morning and I know that I'm a lucky girl to hold his heart. That boy is mine and I'm his. All the stress and worry from home is gone for the moment. I grab my camera from my backpack and start snapping pictures.
"What are you grinning at?" He asks when he takes the empty seat next to me.
Turning to look at him, "I was just thinking how sexy you'll look in our private pool."
He shakes his head. "That wasn't part of the deal. You my dear are the naked one on this trip." He laughs.
The seaplane arrives and I ask if he wants the window this time, he shakes his head. At first, I think it is because he wants the leg room, but when he starts turning a shade of green, I understand.
Ben is getting sick.
I reach for the bag in the seat in front of us and close my eyes the moment he starts filling it. This is not how I planned to start our vacation. Knowing there is nothing I can do, I just run my hand up and down his back until we land.
As I'm checking us into our villa, he runs for the closest bathroom. I sit on the bench while the staff brings our luggage to our villa. My boyfriend walks out looking the same way he did when he ran into the bathroom.
"Let's get you to bed." I grab my backpack and his. "Are you okay walking?"
Ben just nods and we hurry to the last villa at the edge of the resort. The moment I open the door, he runs in search of the bathroom. I put our backpacks next to the living room couch and tip the staff just finishing with our luggage. To the left of me is the master bedroom and I can hear Ben struggling in the bathroom, so I move further towards the deck.
Standing on the deck, I lose my breath with the beauty before my eyes. The water is crystal clear, and I see fish swimming below me. The pool is long and narrow, perfect for sunning and drinking. I grin at the large over the water hammock thinking about things I want to do with Ben. I take the circular stairway to the second level loft area, it's surrounded with privacy walls and has a queen-size outdoor bed with candles surrounding the area.
I walk back into the villa and tour the dining room and small kitchen. I hear the shower start in our room and make my way to him. The room is beautiful, huge floor to ceiling breakapart doors with sheer curtains in front of them. They are blowing with the soft breeze coming off the water. The king-size bed is a gorgeous four poster with white bedding, with purple orchids on each nightstand.
Grabbing my suitcase from the floor, I walk to the wardrobe and start hanging my dresses. I stack my clothing on in neat piles on the closet floor; shorts in one stack, shirts in the other stack. I find Ben's Christmas present wrapped in my sweatshirt. I grab the box and hold it tight to my chest. It was a small ring box filled with many promises. I bought him a titanium ring and had it engraved Forever Love. The ring looks like a puzzle, and I hope he likes it. I want him to know how serious I am about the rest of our lives together.
I hide the ring in the nightstand by my side of the bed and wait for Ben to emerge from the bathroom. When he finally appears, he looks at me sad. "I'm so sorry. I think I must have eaten something that didn't agree with me."
He looks miserable. I pull the covers from the bed and tuck his naked body in. His head hits the pillow and I keep running my fingers through his wet hair until I hear him snoring. I kiss his forehead before walking out to the living room. I collapse on the couch and start eating the chocolates I arranged for our check-in. I put the bottle of champagne in the small refrigerator to stay cold until he could enjoy it with me.
Bored and alone, I take my maxi dress off and jump into the pool and swim naked. I lean against the ledge and look out into the ocean. The sun feels incredible on my skin.
After an hour of sunning in the pool, I tiptoe to our bathroom to wash up. I cover my mouth to hide the squeals of delight when I see the large tub in front of me. I wish Ben wasn't feeling horrible because I wanted to take a bath with him.
I walk towards the shower feeling sad. This is not what I imagined for our first night in paradise. I start the shower and grab the bar of soap that Ben used earlier. My imagination runs with the dream of him washing me from top to bottom. Taking a shower with Ben was something I took for granted until this very moment. It wasn't fun to wash without him.
Nothing was fun without him.
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Heartlines
Romance*** Complete Story *** Allyson Sicard was in her final year at Harvard and while her roommates were trying to get their Ivy League boyfriends to propose, Ally was trying to figure out which law school she wanted to graduate from. Columbia had always...
