Chapter 476: Teenie Weenie

The entire ride to the hotel Mina and President Lee stared at each other; neither person willing to blink and Drax and Mills started to take bets on who would keep their eyes open the longest. Determined to win, Mina snapped her fingers in front of President Lee's face, but his eyes remained open with an evil smirk. Mina returned the smirk with one of her own. She extended her pointer finger to jab straight toward the man's face, and not trusting the woman to stop before she gouged him, Ian turned away and Mills clapped in victory.

"You were really going to poke my eye, weren't you?"

"It is on the list of things I want to do," Mina quipped, and just before Ian went to attack her sides, the car stopped and Drax exited the car so fast that both Mina and Ian became distracted by him.

Both men entered the hotel, allowing the women to run around with open mouths as they took in the splendor of the place. It was the first time Drax smiled since getting off the plane, and Ian felt bad that he and Mina were dampening the mood his friend was trying to set. He apologized, but Drax just glared at him; a clear sign that his apology was not accepted.

With the room keys in hand, they approached the women, and Mills wrapped her arm around Mina's telling Drax that she and Mina would share a room. Drax's mouth hung open, because he had planned to share a room with Mills, in fact, he had booked a single room for the two of them. Not sure how he was going to explain, he reluctantly asked Ian to hand his room key over to Mills, but Drax maintained eye contact with Mina, who understood that the arrangement was temporary.

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Dinner was uneventful, and in truth it was relieving to everyone, their food was delicious, and Mina being an adventurous eater, shocked everyone with her tolerance for spice. She was the only one who could eat the stuffed peppers that were ordered, and although President Lee tried to match her pace, he soon tapped out with a red nose and watery eyes.

"We will sleep early tonight," Drax said. "It will help us adjust to the time change. I want to see you ladies at the beach bright and early." The men walked the women to their room and made sure they had everything they needed before turning to face one another.

"I am taking the bed," Drax said.

"So am I."

"There is only one," Drax growled.

"And it is big enough for the two of us. You should have made better arrangements since you knew Mills was going to cling to Mina."

"I tried; all the rooms are booked. Do you know how popular this place is?" Ian shook his head.

"It's for one night, I will find a way to send Mills into your room tomorrow. Deal?" Drax narrowed his eyes, but he chose to trust his friend, who he knew was having issues of his own.

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After finding a spot to spread blankets and set up an umbrella, Mills and Mina went to the women's changing room on the boardwalk. They did not put on their swimsuit in the hotel, because unbeknownst to Mina, Mills had a prank planned. She shoved Mina into the changing room, telling the woman to hand her clothing over the stall so they can avoid having it touch the wet and sandy floors. Mina, being a little germaphobic, saw no reason to be alarmed.

When she was completely nude in the stall, Mills peeked inside, to confirm there was nothing left behind, she then handed Mina a bag holding a swimsuit. While Mina was changing, Mills stripped off her own clothes, and slid into a cute black monokini before fleeing the scene.

At the same time, Mina was pulling out layers of tissue paper from the bag in her hands, and she gasped when she saw the neon green bikini in it. She called out for Mills, but there was no response. Mina cracked open the door, but she was completely alone, and not wanting to stand there naked she put on the bikini, whining about how little it covered. It fit, but it fit like underwear, and Mina was uncomfortable being so exposed.

More than twenty minutes went by, and Mina was still standing in the changing stall, she heard a male janitor come into the place, asking everyone to cover up and get out, and Mina suppressed a sob. With her glasses on her face, she stepped out from the changing room, and started to run as fast as her feet could carry her. She knew she could not go to the hotel, because she did not have the room key. Her best bet was to find Mills and put her shirt back on.

Mina's intention was to run the entire time but running in sand with flip flops on was not easy, and she eventually settled for a brisk walk, cursing Mills the entire time. Mina kept her eyes down toward the sand, not wanting to see if anyone was looking at her, but from the whistles alone, she could imagine the stares. Mina heard someone shout, and then felt a body crash into hers, at a force that knocked her into the sand, with the other person falling above her. She scrambled out from under the man's body, and he apologized profusely, picking up her glasses to hand them to her, but just as Mina extended her arm, he pulled it back.

"I know you," he shouted. "You're that girl from that commercial, aren't you?" Mina felt her face grow hot, but she was sure it was already red from the embarrassment she felt. As the man spoke, he drew the attention of his friends who had started to gather around. "Take a picture with me," the man said and before Mina could object, he was already snapping selfies of them.

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Ian and Drax were tossing a frisbee back and forth as Mills reviewed a tourist brochure looking for things she wanted to do during her visit. She had told them that Mina had dipped into the ladies' room, and neither man found it odd, especially because the restroom was close by. Ian also knew that Mina would not be dumb enough to try and run away in a foreign country without identification. He tossed the frisbee back to Drax who let the small plastic disc hit his chest without even moving to catch it.

Ian could see that his friend's attention was elsewhere, and when Mills' face also lit up, he knew Mina was returning, the problem was how concerned Drax looked. Ian turned to see Mina wearing close to nothing. He pulled in a large amount of air, trying not to shout, but he could literally feel himself shaking from anger. Mina was too sexy, and he regretted having taken her to a tropical location, because he could tell he would lack peace. The stares she was getting was enough to set him off, and when he saw a man charge into and fall on top of her, he almost lost it.

Drax tried to hold him back, but Ian was in no mood to be coddled. He shot a warning look at his friend who released him with raised arms, just reminding Ian that he should be careful not to kill anyone. Ian started toward Mina, who was starting to be swarmed by men, and he picked up speed, jogging to the area before he really needed to kill someone to feel better.

As Ian approached, he heard one of the men inviting Mina to a party. She was quiet, likely extremely uncomfortable, and without waiting for her permission he wrapped the towel he had snatched from Drax around her body.

"Thank you," she whispered in relief.