Checkmate (18+) A Michael Jackson Book

Chapter 17: Switzerland Pt.2

NOTE: For a better reading when I
point out in the chapter listen to the
song "One Dance by Drake", and when
I point out again listen to the song "Ride by SoMo" ;)

Michael's POV:

Zurich was a very beautiful city, I
confess that winter had made it even
more charming. Seeing its buildings
covered by the layer of snow gave a
subtle air to the place. I stayed for a
few minutes on the room's balcony, just watching the smooth traffic of cars and the movement of people around, while Natalie finished getting ready. We were getting ready to get on our way to Saint Moritz, a small town in Switzerland, which according to the Latina was two and a half hours away from where we were. We couldnt go far away from the center of Switzerland, since I still had business to take care with UBS. The
eagerness to finally find out the name
of the owner of the millionaire account was consuming me; my brain seemed to work at all times analyzing all the probabilities existent in that answer. The only minutes that my thoughts weren't buried in the investigation were when they were lost on the woman who accompanied me. Natalie and I haven't even had sex once since we set foot in Switzerland, even having great opportunities for that, we didn't. Not for lack of desire, but, well.. I didn't know why.

I rubbed my hands together, causing friction to warm me up. I walked back into the suite, seeing Natalie in front of the mirror. The brunette was wearing a white blouse with long sleeves, black high waist pants that had suspenders as accessory; on her feet there were black closed in shoes. Her hair was loose and wavy, falling perfectly well down her back. On her head there was a delicate red beret, giving the Latina a further charm.

"Are you ready?" She asked as she
turned towards me.

"Just waiting for you."

Natalie stretched her arm to grab the
black overcoat from the dresser in
front of her. She put it on quickly to
protect herself from the cold, then she
grabbed the black scarf that was on
the dresser next to the piece she put on seconds ago, and then walked towards me. Delicately, the brunette put the accessory around my neck, wrapping the delicate fabric around my neck only once.

"I'm ready." She said as she looked at
me.

"Then let's go."

We closed our stay at the hotel
quickly while one of the employees
put our luggage in the car. Natalie
seemed excited about the idea of
going to another city, because her
smiles were broad and kind. The
atmosphere between us was not a teasing one, much less a sexual one,
on the contrary, since we arrived to
Switzerland everything was calm.

"Where's the driver?" I asked as soon
as we approached the vehicle.

"This time we won't have a driver. It'll
be just you and me." She said smiling.
"Want to drive?"

She didn't even give me time to answer, just threw the small key of the gray Range Rover Evoque towards me. The drive was long and tiring, since I'd have to pay extra attention due to the overcast morning. However, Natalie always took care of keeping a casual conversation with me so that I'd remain attentive to the road. We were arriving to Saint Moritz, the city was much smaller than Zurich, it kind of looked like a colonial village, simple, but with a distinctive beauty. The small houses and the few not very high buildings stood out amid the Swiss Alps in the background, providing a really
wonderful landscape. Natalie was
visibly distracted before the privileged image we had of Saint Moritz, her eyes didn't lose focus of the window for a second. Today, unlike other days, the brunette seemed different. I might sound crazy, but Natalie in those instants had lost her superior air and the visible inflated ego. I took my eyes off the straight road and rested them on the brunette for a split second, and
as if I couldn't contain myself, one
single word left my lips: