Business in Greece- Short Story

let me make you feel good

I wake up to a brightly lit room and a maid folding a towel at the end of the bed. I sit up with a slight headache and wince at the light.

The maid gently hands me a glass of water with advil.

"Thank you so much," she smiles and excuses herself from the room. I down the medicine before feeling a slight throb of pain. I take a deep breath and try to not focus on the it.

It could always be worse.

Thinking back to last night, my face feels hot as I remember the little details of me acting a fool in front of a clearly very rich, classy, and powerful man. It was his fault. He gets me all out of character!

I start push the covers off until an intense muscle spasm in my shoulders shoots up to my neck and down to my lower back.

"Ohhh fuck!!- Shit, shit, shit! - Ahhhhhh fuck!" My cursing comes in spurts as I try to lay back down in bed. Damn-itʻs so much worse!

I grit my teeth and try to soothe my back and massage my neck, but it wasn't working so great.

I hear loud bounding come towards the room I was in. Yiannis forgoes knocking and throws my door open seconds later along with two maids. "Are you alright?!" He rushes over to the bed and caresses my face.

"I- I canʻt- my neck and my shoulders are so tight- I canʻt move" I pant.

"Shit," he curses. "Just tell me what I need to do."

I was so embarrassed. Already showing my ass last night as a desperate drunk, and now- someone so stressed out that she made her muscles too tight to move. I take deep breaths and try to relax- there was nothing much I could do except get a massage and take some muscle relaxers.

"Yiannis, Iʻm okay- really." I look into his deep brown eyes. "It happens sometimes when Iʻm really stressed out- stress has a bad effect on me physically," I awkwardly laugh.

"Why are you so stressed out?" He frowns. I take a deep breath.

"I fumbled a great deal for my company... it's practically the only reason they sent me over here for. Figuring out what to say to them when I get back is just terrible. And there's been someone I just can't-" I stop myself and look up in his eyes swirling with curiosity.

He pulls back and speaks softly. "I'm sure everything will work out for the best," he says with a odd look.

"Now tell me what to do and itʻll be done," he says sternly.

I wonder if he'd do ANYTHING I told him to do...

I nod over to my bag placed on the plush loveseat. "I have some muscle relaxers in my purse somewhere. After I wake up, I'll probably go find a masseuse or something," I say sheepishly.

He stands up from the bed and retrieves the pills for me. "Don't worry about that. A masseuse will be here in an hour." He says with a sexy smile, motioning for the maids to exit the room.

"I'm sorry. For this- and last night." I breathed out after I downed two pills. He chuckles and comes close.

"I have some business to attend to, but I won't be leaving home today. So if you need anything, just call for me- okay?"

He tilts my chin up and strokes my bottom lip before leaving the room.

A deep slumber takes over once again.
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