Learning to Trust Again

Chapter 9

"Maks, how should I dress? Is this a fancy restaurant?"

"Meryl, wear whatever you want. Well not a t- shirt because it is a nice restaurant."

"But Maks... You need to help me! I want to impress..."

"Princess, look at me." Maks stood in front of Meryl and lifted her chin so she was looking at him. "I promise you, they are going to love you."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive. Don't doubt yourself. You can trust me and yourself." Maks lifted her chin and kissed her. Meryl instantly relaxed. "Now come on. Let's pick you an outfit to wear."

"Will you pick? I loved when you picked my outfit the other day. I'll go shower and you pick out my outfit."

"Anything for you, Princess. Go shower. I'll have it ready when you are finished."

"Thank you Maks." Meryl pulled him into another kiss. "I appreciate it."

Meryl walked to the shower and went to take a shower. She heard a knock at the door.

"Hey babe, you might need your shower things for a shower."

"Oops. Thank you!" Meryl opened the door and took her shower things from Maks. He winked at her and she closed the door.

Maks went to Meryl's suitcase to pick an outfit for her. He figured she might want something flowy so that she feels like no one will notice her small belly. He saw a beautiful shade of purple sticking out. He decided to pull it out to figure out what it was. He pulled out a light purple flowy dress. It has pearls across the collar. The back had a bow at the top and a lower back. It was perfect. He knew that's what she was going to wear. He couldn't wait to see her in it.

Maks laid the dress out and lay down on the bed waiting for Meryl to be done. He was so excited to introduce her to his parents. He really did know that they were going to love her. She was nothing like the women he dated before but in a good way. They never really liked any of them. But Meryl was so different he knew this was going to be different. Maks heard the shower turn off and knew that Meryl would come out soon. He hoped she would like the dress she picked.

"I'm coming out. You ready?"

"Yes, of course I'm ready."

"So, what did you pick?" Meryl came out in her bra and underwear. You could see her little belly really well that way. Maks couldn't help but stare at her. She was so gorgeous like this. He didn't want her to put anything else on.

"Hello? Earth to Maks!"

"Oh, sorry. I um... You distract me like that. Here this is what I picked out. Do you like my pick?"

"Maks, that's perfect! Not too fancy, not too casual. Thank you."

"Oh good. I'm glad I made a good choice. Now it's your turn. I'm going to go take a shower and you get to pick out my outfit."

"But Maks..."

"No buts Meryl. You can do it. I trust you." Maks kissed her and then grabbed his things for the shower and then went to go shower.

Meryl decided to wait to put her dress on until later. She didn't want her hair to get it all wet. She went to pick out his outfit. She picked a pair of dark wash jeans and searched for a shirt for him. She found a classic white button up. She knew it would go great with her dress especially because of the white pearls along the collar of her dress. She laid it out on the bed and grabbed her hair dryer. She plugged it in and dried her hair in front of the mirror. Once her hair was dry, she decided to start on her make- up. She was just finishing up putting on the last of her make- up when she heard the shower turn off. She quickly went and put her dress on. She liked that Maks was distracted when she didn't have her dress on earlier but she knew that he would come out in his underwear and she wanted to make sure they got out of the hotel tonight.