One Week Away

Chapter 7

Waking up with a big strong arm over my waist I smile to myself in pure bliss. It had been a long time since I fell asleep and woke up with a man who wanted to hold me. My bladder is telling me I need to sneak away to the bathroom. I try to remove the strong arm without waking him up but fail as I feel two strong arms wrap around me and pull me back into his chest. "Where do you think you are going?" he asks with a sexy sleepy voice. "I have to pee." "Five more minutes." He groans out. I chuckle "Fine I can hold It a little longer." He laughs and places a kiss to the side of my neck.

"Okay five minutes is up. Don't forget we have a company picnic at one. It is eleven now so we better get a move on." I squirm out of his hold and head to the bathroom with a huge smile on my face. I take a cold shower to try and clear my heated thoughts. I need to get it together because I am in danger of falling for this man.

The company picnic comes, and we try to act normal in front of everyone. It was so hard not to reach out and touch him throughout the day. When I got the chance I couldn't help but glance over at him during different parts of the day smiling when I noticed he was doing the same thing. I was worried our easy relationship would change but it was only growing stronger. Guilt crept up into my throat as I thought about my husband back home and the man in front of me. One or both of them were going to get hurt and I would be the cause for it.

John stands "Okay I know you guys are sick of each other, but I want to have one last dinner all together tonight as a thank you for your hard work and dedication to my company and myself. We are going somewhere nice so please dress up. Check out is not until noon tomorrow so have a few drinks if you would like. You guys have really earned this retreat and the relaxation." A few cheers and claps erupted from the crowd. Everyone was ready to go home. Well everyone except for me. I was dreading this being my last night with Christian. I was dreading going home to my clueless husband.

We leave the picnic and Christian asks me if I want to take a walk with him. We walk out to the hotel gardens and he grabs my hand. I look at him "Christian." "Relax, everyone went back to their rooms and no one can see us out here." I smile and interlace my fingers with his. His touch is all I need to calm me down.

We enjoy a nice walk through the gardens and as we walk back to our room we are met in the lobby by Kristy asking "Where have you two been?" "We took a walk through the gardens. I hadn't had a chance to see them yet." I groaned. "Oh, how romantic. I wonder how your husband would feel about that Adrianna." "Kristy you need to back off. My husband is none of your business." I scoffed as I walked past her to the elevator. Tears were forming but I wasn't going to let her see me cry.

Christian comes into the elevator and can see the look on my face. He pulls me into a warm embrace and I let the tears fall. "I am a terrible person." "No you are not Adrianna. You have given that man everything. He treats you as if you are not the most important thing in his life. You should come first Adrianna. You deserve to come first. You deserve passion and romance. You deserve to have a full heart and not a lonely one. You deserve the world and you shouldn't feel guilty for going out there and trying to find it." I look up into his blue eyes and give him a shy smile before looking back down. He puts his finger under my chin to look up at him and presses a kiss to my lips. He pulls away and wipes the tears from my cheeks. "No more crying okay? We have one more night here and we are going to make the best of it. We will deal with the repercussions when we get back home." I nod and the elevator dings open.

We make our way back into our room. I sigh and collapse onto the bed. He grabs the remote and lays beside me wrapping his arms around me. I lay my head on his chest and sink into his skin. I can hear his steady heartbeat and it calms my nerves. He turns on a movie and I drift off to sleep. I am awoken a little while later by a kiss to the lips. "Mmm" I moan. "Time to wake up beautiful. We have to be downstairs in two hours for dinner." I groan "I wish we could just stay here." "Me too but that would look suspicious." "Yeah you are right."