KISS ME

CHAPTER 5 - TRUST

Knowing she was in the next cabin, alone, and they were pretty much the only people in the whole place, would have been difficult to start with, but after that kiss, it was absolute torture.  Shawn tossed and turned, groaning.  He was having to forcefully restrain himself from knocking on her door, and every time he heard a noise, he thought it might be her, knocking on his.  When morning came, he was exhausted.  He put on his workout gear and went for a run around the compound, letting the fresh country air clear his lungs and his mind.  The endorphins from the exercise coursed through him, making him feel more positive and waking him up, a process expedited by the coffee he collected from the kitchen on his way back to his cabin to shower.

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Some yoga and meditation had left Camila feeling much calmer and more centred after a restless night of intermittent periods laying awake thinking of that kiss and her partner in that crime in the next cabin, and sensual dreams that left her drenched in sweat and unfulfilled.  She was ready for breakfast, and because they were the only two in the place, it seemed only natural she pick Shawn up on her way to the main building.  She knocked on the door, feeling a shiver down her spine, as it brought rushing back all the times during the night she had fantasised or dreamed of doing just this.  Of course, it had been night, and she had been wearing.... Well, no time to think about that now.  He seemed to be taking a long time to come to the door, and she realised that he may already have left.  He liked to be early after all.  She turned away to leave, then heard the door open behind her.  She spun back around with a smile of welcome on her face and any words she had been about to say dried up in her mouth.  He had obviously just come from the shower.  He wore only a towel, tied low around his hips, and his very well sculpted arms, chest and abdomen were shiny and damp.  His hair hung over his forehead in wet curls and he was looking at her expectantly.  She was speechless.

"Good morning," he gave her a slow sexy smile and leaned against the door jamb, seemingly well aware of the effect he was having on her.

"Er, well, um, good morning to you too, I was wondering, that is, if you are ready, which you're obviously not, since you're..." she waved at his naked body. .....I'm going for breakfast and I thought you might like to, um, join me....."

"Join you?"

"For breakfast, but you'd have to, you know, this..." she indicated his naked body again.

"Oh, sure, I can take this off right now," he grinned, reaching for the edge of the towel where it was tucked precariously to keep it closed.  To be honest, she had been afraid it would simply fall off at any moment.  Yes, afraid, stop fantasising Mila!

"NO!" she held up a hand to stop him and he laughed.

"Do you want to come in while I get dressed? Or will I meet you up there?"

The cabins were only one room plus a bathroom.  She somehow didn't think he meant he'd be getting changed in the little bathroom, so.....she could see the room behind him, most especially the big bed with it's tangle of sheets and the blankets on the floor.  Looked like he'd had a restless night too.

"I think I'll just meet you up there," she muttered, spinning away and heading for the main building, hearing him chuckle behind her before he closed the door.  Damn him, he knew exactly what he was doing to her!

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Shawn watched her walk away, looking fine in her lycra gym pants and t-shirt knotted at the waist.  He could not decide if she looked better coming or going.  He closed the door and let out a sigh.  For a moment there he thought she might take him up on his offer to come in while he changed and he didn't really know if that would have been where it would have ended.  Getting change hadn't been what he had been thinking of, although removing the towel had still been a part of his idea.  He also knew that sleeping with the leading lady on his first film, cliché though it might be, was not a wise move.  The good thing was, the animosity between them seemed to be gone, so the time here hadn't been a complete waste.  They had a morning of more exercises then a weekend off to relax before Monday's commencement of rehearsals.