Lily’s Pov.
I sit back and look at the beautiful passing sceneries as the soft music plays. We are travelling for past one hour in soothing silence. It would take us four more hours to reach his cabin. I look at the man beside me who is concentrated in driving us to our destination.
“What is your favourite color?” I ask.
“What is this? Twenty questions?” He asks with soft smile.
“Yes. Your first question is wasted. Now answer mine.” I say.
“Blue and silver. What is yours?” He asks.
“Green and white. What is your favourite person in the world?” I ask.
“My Mom. Yours?” He asks.
“Your Dad. And other than from family?” I ask.
“My best friends Vance and Kathy. What is your guilty pleasure?” He asks.
“I would have said chocolate but also I love spending time in bathtub with a good romantic novels. What is yours?” I ask as I look away to hide my blush.
“Interesting. Mine is eating noodles at midnight. About your novels, are they sweet or smutty?” He asks with a smirk.
For few second I hesitate but then I answer, “In between. Don’t you read novels?”
“I don’t have to because I know what happens.” Ryan says with a smirk then asks, “Where do you want to in the world for a month long vacation?”
“Anywhere in Europe would be fine. What is your favourite genre of music?” I ask.
“As long as lyrics are right and music is fun or soothing I don’t mind which it is. We have only one good bedroom in cabin, so would we share the room?” He asks.
“I will. Do you want to kiss me?” I ask him with straight face.
“Yes. Do you?” He asks as he looks at me.
“Yes. Do you want to have me?” I ask next question with boldness that I didn’t knew I had.
He stops the car suddenly and looks at me with heat in his eyes, “You shouldn’t ask questions like that.”
“Answer me.” I say as I look him in the eyes.
The very next second I get my answer through his passionate kisses. For few minutes, it is battle between us to take over the kiss. Then he breaks the kiss and looks at me with burning eyes.
“When?” He asks and I know what he is asking.
“Tonight.” I say as I try to control getting flustered and show some confidence.
“Are your sure?” He asks.
“Yes.” I say.
“Great.” He says and gives me one more smooch before starting driving again.
“I forgot how many questions we asked.” I say.
“You don’t have to keep me entertained. You can sleep.” He says.
“Or I can have some snack.” I say as I take back pack from backseat and open it to take out honey muffins.
“My favourites. How did you know?” He asks.
“It was easy. Remember that day at breakfast you asked for this muffin and your smile told me everything.” I say as I feed him.
“Hmm. You really know baking stuff. Who taught you?” He asks.
“My Mom. When I was eight I started learning then I took cooking classes as extra in all girls school to learn some more. Tell me more about the cabin.” I ask as I give him the cookies.
“Oh! It is beautiful. Both in summer and winter. I will also bring you back here for winter you will love it.” Ryan says and I smile at the thought of him thinking our relationship going that far.
“Really?” I ask.
“Yes. It has very beautiful view of mountains and woods on one side and serene lake on other side.” He says.
“Would there be wild animals nearby or in lake?” I ask.
“No. The lake is checked every month. It has fishes and turtles nothing harmful. And house is not far from road or close to forest. It is all safe.” He assures me.
“Oh! So who looks after the cabin when you don’t stay there?” I ask as I eat some chocolate muffins.
“My housekeeper who only comes to clean up when I am coming there. I told her a week ago to stock up the cabin for us.” He says.
“What if she…” I try to ask but hesitate.
“Don’t worry she won’t be there. She would come with two maids later to clean up when we are out or if I call her.” Ryan says and I sigh in relief.
We left at around 9 am in the morning and it is one already. Ryan doesn’t stops in front of any restaurants as he said that our lunch would be ready when we reach cabin.
We ask some more questions to each other and talk about our family and our colleges. I tell him about Mia and Kylie marriage and an idea comes to my mind.
“Why don’t you come with me to Charlestown?” I ask with excitement.
“What would I do in that wedding? And what if someone recognises me?” He asks.
“Yes. That is also a problem.” I say with a pout.
“Don’t worry I will find a way.” Ryan says as he takes my hand and kisses the palm of my hand.
“Okay.” I say with a smile.
Soon the lane changes and we are surrounded by trees as we go deeper. After two minutes ride, I see a beautiful cabin which by no side is small. It looks luxurious from the outside.
Ryan lodges code in the gate and it opens. He stops the car inside the garage then gets out and opens my side of the door. He takes out the bag from back and I go to help him. He carries them with him.
“Let me help.” I say.
“No. I will put them in our room till then feel free to look around.” Ryan says and after giving me a peck on lips leaves with our bag and goes inside the cabin after opening it with key and code.
The front yard of the cabin has a small fireplace with two wooden laid back chairs and a small table. The road to cabin is also solid and gate has good security. In the garage there are three cars including the one we came with, a bike and three cycles. The front porch us simple but gives rustic look to the cabin because of it’s wooden and iron structure.
I get inside the cabin and see it has modern plus rustic look to it. A small den leads to another door which has big living room with attached kitchen and dinning table.
The kitchen and dinning table cover half of the left side while on right is living room with big glass door and windows which let’s you see beautiful view of lake and mountains. The kitchen has a small glass door too which lead outside and has three wooden pillars surrounding it as a partition.
The kitchen has all the equipments to make it feel like a hotel’s kitchen rather than a cabin. The sofas are so soft that you don’t want to get up once you sit and a big coffee table and in front of is fireplace on right wall with TV on the mantle.
The dinning table has twelve seats and is made of dark wood. I hear a noise and look behind to see Ryan descending the stairs which beside the door. It must lead to bedrooms. How many are there? I will see in time.
“I have to attain this call. Why don’t you unpack till then?” Ryan says as he shows me his phone with Sarah’s name.
“Sure.” I say and he goes to kitchen as he talks.
“Our bedroom is last on the right hallway.” He says.
I have already unpacked the backpack in the kitchen and took out our lunch to heat up. But as I see him attaining call, I go up to freshen up and unpack.
There is a another door beside stairs on right wall but I will know what is there later. I go upstairs to see six rooms on this floor. Three of them are bedrooms, one is study room with one wall full with books and last one is master bedroom.
This is where I would spend my week long vacation. I look around in awe. On left side of wall is big four poster wooden high bed with couch on the foot of it. I close the door behind me. Both the side of bed has table.
On both side of bed is doors. On right is the door from which I entered and also another one door beside enterance on right wall which is an ensuite bathroom which is big as my apartment’s living room. It has shower and big bathtub with lovely view through windows.
On left side of bed is the door to the closet where Ryan put my bags. I unpack everything and put them in empty space and come out of it. After getting freshened up I go to look at the balcony.
It has glass door. So when I wake up in the morning I will get to see serene view of mountains just sitting on my bed. The balcony has a small Jacuzzi tub at one side and sitting area with table, two chairs and a swing with fireplace on other side.
I stand there with my hands on railing and look around me. As I close my eyes and feel the breeze, I feel two arms come around me. One around my waist and other one around my shoulder. I feel Ryan dip his face in my hairs and sigh with pleasure.
“Did you like your room?” He asks as he kisses my neck after carefully putting my hairs away.
“No.” I say.
“Why?” He says as he looks at me.
“Because I love it.” I say with a teasing smile.
“You…” Ryan says and picks me up to get inside.
He puts me down on stool in front of kitchen island. I see he has laid out our lunch for me. It smells really good. I told Ryan beforehand that I am allergic to shrimp and because of that I don’t eat seafood at all as it has put me off of it for forever. So he had made sure to tell his housekeeper about it.
So for lunch while Ryan is having tuna sandwich, I am eating greek salad and veggie sandwich. After dinner, he takes me to show other rooms on ground floor.
He takes my hand and shows the room next to living room. It has swimming pool and sauna room too. It has open shower area too. The room beside it has utility room. We sit in the living room later as we sip on lime juice and I relax in his arms.
“So what are we going to do now?” I ask as I get a bit nervous what would happen next.
“You take rest as I have to go for a meeting.” He says.
I sit up and look at him then say, “But what would I do here alone?”
“Don’t worry you are not totally alone. The housekeeper’s cabin is just two minutes away from here and the security here is very good. Also we have two security guards appointed around here. I would be back soon.” He assures me.
“But what would I do?” I ask again as I really don’t want him to go.
“It is important that I also do some work here otherwise Sarah would gets suspicious. Also tomorrow is all yours. But I have to work some hours at day then at night I am all yours. You take a nap and get ready as I will be taking you out for dinner. Then when we come back you would not be getting enough sleep. So catch up for now.” He says and I blush.
“Okay. At what time we would be going?” I ask.
“At seven. So be ready by then and wear something formal which would also be suitable for clubbing as later we might be going somewhere for dancing. Check the closet as I told them to buy some dress for you.” He says.
“But why? I have my own clothes. And how do you know my size.” I say.
“I just know. Some of them are my choice. So please don’t argue. Please.” He says and I nod. Then giving me long kiss he goes for his meeting.
Fours hours. What will I do till then? Let’s take nap only. Then I will get ready. I go to our bedroom and sit on the bed with soft bedding and even softer cushions. I think about what will happen tonight and a giddy feeling comes in my stomach.
I can’t wait for tonight. I really want this but I feel a bit nervous too. But I also know that everything would be just fine. With that thought in my mind, I let myself go to dream world.