Eden (Part Three)

"Mojito?" enquired the friendly waitress. "Yes, that's mine … yummy!" squealed Eden in delight. Over the last few days, she had enjoyed the delights of the resort, but time had flown and now she was toasting her last night in Bali.

She tried to avoid the 'last night' blues, only glad to go home to be near her kids as she was not scheduled to pick them up for a few days.

'This is the life!' Eden thought to herself, slowly sipping from the delightful cocktail, her eyes disguising her secret thoughts about how she would tease herself later in the room. The secret itself was part of her arousal and she had enjoyed her quiet time in the resort to explore and pleasure herself.

As she wouldn't actually see the kids again for another three days, she wondered why she really had to go home tomorrow, feeling a bit sulky about the return to reality. Her finances whilst not great were ok, especially if the hotel would suck up some more and give her a cheap industry rate.

As the cool fresh minty Mojito slid down her throat she ran through the pros and cons of perhaps staying simply just to relax and recharge, when she felt the buzz of a text message in her pocket.

As she retrieved her phone, the lock screen revealed who it was from and she instantly remembered that she'd forgotten to respond to Jamie when he messaged several days ago.

'Woops' she thought.

She opened the phone and the message read 'Hey stranger … I thought you must be having a cracking time because you didn't answer the other day. You ok?'

Before leaving home, she had been chatting and messaging with Jamie almost every day, so it surprised her as well that she'd forgotten … especially after her recent fantasy by the pool with Zach shape-shifting to Jamie.

'I'm so sorry!' she typed 'I have been flat out (by the pool!)' she teased.

'Is it ok if I call?' Jamie replied.

'Y' she typed as she finished her drink and began the stroll back to the room. 'Gotta love Wi-Fi' she thought to herself as her phone lit up as it rang.

"Hey" she answered with an unexpected blush.

"Hey … how's the weather up there?" Jamie enquired.

"It's amazing … hot and perfect plunge pool weather" Eden shared.

"Wow, that's good because I … I've been thinking about you nonstop which I can't seem to shake … and you won't believe it but we're bringing on three more properties in Bali. It's been organized last minute to fly there tomorrow. I … I was wondering if you wanted to meet up and come and stay with me" Jamie managed to get it all out.

Eden stopped walking. Her heart pounding.

"You still there Eden?" Jamie checked.

Eden tried to hide the excitement and tension in her voice as her mind again ran through the pros and cons.

"Jamie … I … um … phew. Ok, give me a second" she stammered.

"Take your time I know it's a bit out of left field" Jamie offered.

This was an awkward left or right moment as Jamie waited for Eden to process an answer.

Eden's head was swimming, filled with imaginary thought bubbles as the battle raged between her intellectual mind and her yearning body. She eventually settled on her internal policy of not playing games with men and decided to just be perfectly honest with him.

"Ah … Yes", she stammered. "To be honest I haven't been able to stop thinking about you and … I … I had some dirty thoughts about you by the pool the other day" she admitted bashfully.

"Mmmmm … did you? That's interesting. I'd like to hear more about that … or even better … perhaps you could show me tomorrow night." Jamie's voice deepened as he answered.

Eden chuckled nervously at her vivacious response "I might just do that!"

"Ok then, my flight gets in at 3 pm so I should be at the hotel by 4:30 pm for a drink with you. I'm being put up at the Ritz Carlton. Do you know it?" he queried.

'Did I know it!' Eden thought to herself. The Ritz Carlton Bali was 5-star glamour.

"Yes! I know it and can meet you there" Eden said with excitement in her voice.

"Great! I'll see you when I'm looking at you" teased Jamie.

Eden hung up, her mind racing with so many questions.

'What had I said yes to? Did he do this with all the women? Oh god how can I be naked in front of him?'