Chapter 17

Sitting on the floor of the hotel room wrapped in a towel, covering my body from the cold. Even though the room's air conditioner was not on, the cold temperature in this mountainous area really does pierce the skin.

Luckily Yuri had also booked this hotel for us and it isn't far from the previous place.

I look out the window and see the first sunlight of the year. I'm sure Julia is also looking from the next bathroom because I saw that the bathroom has a large window to see the outside view.

"Joseph..."

I look in the way of the voice. I see Julia only wearing a towel.

"Don't stare at me for too long, I'm getting embarrassed."

"Sorry, it's just that I'm amazed by the beauty I see right now."

My eyes couldn't turn in any other way. Only to her.

"You'll catch a cold if you only wear a towel like me, let's take a bath together. The hot tub is ready." Julia said.

"Then, I'll gladly accept."

The bathroom inside is almost the same size as my room. In addition to a shower, there is also a hot tub that can fit several people.

"Want me to rub your back?"

"Kill me if I say no."

She laughed at what I just said. But it wasn't a joke, it was my inner voice.

"The towel?" I asked.

"Let it go, it's okay. I... I took it off too." She looked embarrassed by her last sentence.

I took off my towel and got into the hot tub. It wasn't long before Julia came in, but I was too embarrassed to turn to her. She starts washing my backside.

"Julia..."

"Yes, Joseph?"

"I honestly didn't think I would be able to call you that and that we could be like this. But what I'm trying to say is that this is the happiest thing I've ever had. And if this is a dream, I don't want to wake up from it."

"It's not a dream. This is real. The same way my feelings for you, they're real."

"What you just said almost made me cry," I said.

"Sorry, was I too much?" she said.

"No, it's just that I can finally feel love again," I said.

"Is your old trauma so painful?" she said.

"Sorry, I don't want to talk about it. I don't think it's good to talk about old love stories to my girlfriend."

"I honestly don't like you saying 'sorry' repeatedly, like there s nothing else you can say."

She is right, I should say something different.

"Then I'll say something different, please listen!" I turned my body towards her. "Thank you for loving me, I love you, Julia."

It was the first time I saw her without her glasses and hair untied, so close. Slowly our lips close to each other. As soon as I close my eyes, I can feel her soft lips again.

I want more.

I start kissing her cheeks, so smooth, it's like mochi cake. Then I go down to her neck, I can smell her scent, I think it's from the perfume she used to wear.

I move lower to her breasts now. I first touch it with my hand, then I hear a noise from her mouth.

"Wait, Joseph..."

I ignore her, this time it is again my mouth that devours the edge of her breast.

"Aaaaah..." she moaned.

My hand started to reach her bottom and I touched her sensitive parts.

"Joseph, wait!"

"Does it hurt?"

She shook her head.

"Until that part, I'm not ready."

"I guess we did that too soon, right?"

"No, I'm not ready if we do that in the hot tub, my private parts are overheated. How about we do it in the bedroom instead?"

...oh. It took me a few seconds to understand.

Finally, we washed our bodies in a state of embarrassment, maybe more like holding back our lust.

I went out first, then I saw that there were sleeping pajamas in the closet. I immediately put them on.

The size is just right, then I feel something in my pocket, wait a minute, it looks like a small box, if this is a cigarette pack, it's too small, then I look at it, it is a condom pack and it's still new.

What an amazing coincidence. I honestly forgot to buy this, but I honestly have no intention of having sex with her, I think it's still too soon.

But my lower part was saying otherwise as if to say; YOLO!!!

Alright!

"Joseph."

"HYA!"

"What's wrong with you, you look so surprised?"

"It's nothing, then... regarding the previous one, shall we continue?"

"Uh, I honestly want to, it's just... I just remembered that it's dangerous to do that today unless you bring a safety."

" Relax! I've got it!" I spontaneously showed her the condom packet.

It's silent.

I felt like an idiot.