Hers To Love (complete) Cover By @army_ss841

Chapter 22

They pulled off on a dirt road, drove about another mile and then pulled onto a paved road.  Paulo pulled up to a gate, rolled his window down, punched in a code and waited for the gate to open.  Ari could hear the whirring of the gate.  Paulo rolled up his window and proceeded down a long drive way with a huge canopy of trees covering the entire drive.  Ari was in shock when they came to a stop in front of a huge cobblestone covered house.  She couldn't tell much from  the outside because there were no lights, very incognito.  Her driver came around to her side and opened her door.  She stepped out just as Paulo opened the back passenger door and retrieved their bags.  He motioned her to go in front of him and told her to go on up the steps of the huge wrap around porch.  He wasn't too far behind her with the key in hand.  He unlocked the door, stepped inside first and pushed a code on the alarm pad.  It beeped three times.  Once Ari and their luggage was inside he shut the door and re-entered a code on the pad, again it beeped three times and lit up "ARMED" in red letters.  Paulo turned on the lights to the living area and Arienne let out a gasp.  It was beautiful!  Split level floor plan.  If you went right you walked down about five steps into the living room.  It had a huge leather sectional, to separate recliners, a love seat and a huge glass topped coffee table.  The whole back wall was a giant window and seemed to have cloth shades hanging to cover the glass at night.  If you went to the left you walked down five steps into a huge culinary type kitchen.  Big side-by-side refrigerator, huge island in the middle, big gas stove like you would see in a restaurant and storage and cabinets galore.  She got very excited about spending time in there!  There was a beautiful fireplace that sat in the living area, kind of diagonal from the furniture.  It was made of the same huge stones as the outside of the house.  Straight in front was a staircase, gorgeous cherrywood, with a carpet runner on each step.
"Well, wadda think?" Paulo asked me.  I turned and grinned at him.  "It's very beautiful here".  "Come on.  I will show you to Luca's room.  You can unpack, take a shower or whatever you need to do.  Come back down stairs, I'll fix us a drink and we can talk.  How does that sound?" he asked.  I nodded my approval and followed him up the stairs.  "How many bedrooms?" I inquired.  "A total of 7.  Five on the upper floor and two down below." he answered.  We walked all the way down the hall and came to the last door.  Paulo opened the door for me so I could step in.  It was gorgeous!  Same open window concept as downstairs, the bed was probably a California King and it was a four poster bed with huge perennials and the same dark wood;  made everything look rich and luxurious.  There were two huge dressers that sat next to each other and a set of French doors straight in front of the bed.  A big flat screen sat on one of the dressers. On the wall that the bed was on there was a door that lead into the bathroom. Oh my God it was huge! A big jacuzzi tub, a huge shower that had a stone bench in it and four shower heads. Most of the back wall was the lavatory and there was a fire place in there as well and lastly a huge walk-in closet.
I walked back into the bedroom where Paulo was still standing.  "I'll leave you to it then.  Like I said when you are done just come on downstairs.  Ok?"  I nodded then added "Paulo?" "Yes?"  "Thank you for everything ".  He grinned and walked out closing the door behind him.  I went over to one of the dressers and opened the drawer.  It was empty and so were the next to so I decided to use those for my underwear, socks and sleep clothes.  That bag was empty.  I carried it and grabbed my rolling bag and headed into the bathroom.  I opened the door to the closet and it triggered the light.  Luca had clothes in there.  I walked over to the row of clothes and touched a shirt.  I took it off the hanger and put it up to my nose.  Hhhmmm...it smelled of him.  It made me feel safe.  I got all of my clothes hung up and walked over to one end of the lavatory and put my make up bag, perfume, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, shaving cream and hair brush down.  I zipped up the case and put it back in the closet and shut the door.  I put my hair up in a messy bun, walked to the tub and turned it on.  I walked back into the bedroom and grabbed some things from the dresser and went to check on the water.  I pulled all of my clothes off and stepped into the tub.  The water felt heavenly.  I could feel the stress of the day falling away.  There was a scrunchy on the tub and some body wash and Ari opened the lid to take a whiff.  Jasmine!  She squeezed some on the scrunchy. She let the water out when she was done and stood up and took the towel from the floor. After drying off she put on her panties, yoga pants, long sleeved black shirt and socks and headed downstairs to meet Paulo.
She walked down the stairs and to the kitchen where Paulo was standing.  He had a bottle of Patron, two shot glasses, salt and limes.  "You do tequila?" he asked.  I nodded yes.  He poured the clear liquid, cut the limes and set some salt out. "Ready?" I asked. Paulo picked up his shot glass, we faced each other, did the shot, sucked the lime and licked the salt. Ari shook her head and made a face. "Whew!" They repeated this two more times. She was starting to feel the effects of the tequila when she told Paulo she was going to bed. It was midnight already. She walked over and gave Paulo a hug and told him good night. "Night kiddo" he said.
I wandered back up to Luca's room. I was excited about his return. I really missed him. I think I'm falling for him, hard. I know something that would help my missing him...putting on one of his shirts. I walked into the closet and picked the one from earlier, took it off the hanger, walked back to the bathroom. I took my socks, pants and shirt off, leaving me standing in my black lace panties. I took the shirt and slipped it on. I inhaled his scent and imaged it was his arms around me. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, took my hair down, bent over and shook it out. I stood up and turned the light out and walked to the bed. Pulling the covers down I noticed the sheets were satin, burgundy in color, how sexy! I snuggled down and went to sleep dreaming of him.