Chapter 247

Pearl cleaned herself up and put on some makeup she carried in her purse. Her panties were ripped and worthless now, she thought, throwing them in the trash. She walked down to the lounge and saw Erik there, sitting at the bar. She decided she liked this game and decided to sit at the other end of the bar, ordering a tonic water and lime. She looked over and saw Erik, clenching his jaw and watching her.

Within minutes, a man approached her. "Hello. Mind if I join you?" He asked. Pearl looked at Erik. "I'm sorry. I'm here to be alone. Thank you, though." She said. He smiled and nodded and walked away. Erik stood up and walked over to her. "Is this your way of telling me you want more?" He asked.

She grabbed his hand, putting it under her skirt and in between her legs. He closed his eyes and shifted in his seat.

"Tell me, Pearl. Did you like what I did to you upstairs?" He asked.

"The thought of you doing it again makes me wetter than I've ever been." She said. His jaw clenched again and she could see him going mad with want.

"You are the sexiest, most uninhibited woman I have ever met. How did I get so lucky?" He asked, as he moved his hand up her skirt again, inconspicuously, moving in between her legs and opening her folds, inserting a finger inside of her.

Pearl smiled and closed her eyes.

"Tell me how much you love me." He whispered.

"Take me upstairs and I'll show you." She said, finishing her tonic water.

"I love smelling you after we make love. Smelling my scent, my body on yours." He said.

She smiled and leaned into his ear. "Then fuck me again so more of you is on me." She said.

"Check please!" He called out.

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The sun woke them the next morning, shining light into the hotel bedroom. Their clothes were everywhere. This time, Erik was still tied to the bed and Pearl was lying next to him. "Fuck." Erik said. "What was that last night?" He asked. Pearl managed to wake up enough to unhook his belt from his wrists and the bed. She smiled and kissed him.

"Ouch." He said, standing up. "My back hurts. Is there anything on my back? Any marks?" He asked. He turned and showed her his back. There were long scratch marks from his shoulders to his ass and his bottom was still a bit red from the spanking he received the night before. Pearl shook her head no innocently. "Man, are you sure? It feels like it's on bloody fire." He said. Pearl stifled a giggle.

"Shall we get breakfast?" He asked.

"Yes. I'm starving." She said.

"I bet you are." He said, smiling.

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The waiter poured coffee and Erik wouldn't stop looking at Pearl and smiling. He looked as though she had put some kind of sex spell on him. He wasn't acting right or like himself.

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Or something. I don't know. You are... incredible." He said, taking a bite of his toast and smiling.

"Stop smiling at me like that. You're freaking me out." She said.

"I can't help it. Last night was, it was, so good." He said, saying the last part in a giggled whisper. "I have never let a woman do those things to me. And even considered it a thought. I feel so, liberated in a way. And then, the other things we did." He said, looking around like he was breaking a law. Pearl had thought him the experienced one but she was learning that maybe he wasn't as uninhibited in the past as she thought. And the pregnancy hormones were making her want sex all the time and in every way possible. It was going to be an exhausting six more months.

Pearl smiled. "I had a lovely time, also," she said.

He laughed. "I'm glad to hear it." He said.

"Ready to head back to the palace?" He asked.

Pearl looked down.

Erik looked at her and saw something was off.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing. I just feel a little overwhelmed there." Pearl said. She remembered what Bash had said about telling him how she felt but she didn't want to cause a problem for Erik and his family.

"Oh my god. Are you having second thoughts about the wedding?" Erik asked, looking terrified.

"No. It's not that. It's.." Pearl began to explain. She could see the panic in Erik's face. She saw him change, he looked like a scared child. Like he would break at any moment, shatter into pieces.

He took her hand and led her back up to their room, leaving half their breakfast uneaten.

He sat them down on the couch in the suite and held her hand.

"Talk to me." He said.

"I'm not sure how to explain it." Pearl began.

"Ok. I'll ask and you answer." He said. "Are you having fears or apprehensions about the wedding?" He asked.

Pearl closed her eyes and decided to be honest with him.

"Yes." She said.

He leaned away from her and looked as though she struck him with a fist or weapon.