Passion Abroad – A Billionaire Romance Novel

Chapter 6

When she woke up the next day, Erica was ecstatic. She and Daniel had ended up staying in for the rest of the day- and night. Daniel even showed her the ‘true’ meaning of room service. She had gone up from binging on fries and double cheese burgers to lobster and champagne. As her eyes fluttered open, she noticed Daniel looking at her.

“How long have you been watching me?” she asked.

“I don’t know,” he shrugged. “And I know that’s kind of creepy. I heard how it sounded.”

“Well, thanks for saying it,” she said as she sat up. She looked around and shrugged. “I left my phone in my room. I have no idea what time it is.”    

“It is…” he said as he reached for his phone. “Nine thirty,” he said before he put the phone down next to her.

“I really need to get back to my room. If not for anything then for my phone.”    

“Are you sure I can’t charm you to stay here longer?”

“I did pay for the room,” she said matter of factly. A smile played on her face as he leaned in to kiss her. He was just about to kiss her when his phone rang loudly. He put a hand around her neck and pulled her to kiss her deeply before he picked up his phone.

“Reese,” he said when he picked up as he walked out of the room.

She took a long deep breath and looked around wondering where her clothes were. She got off the bed and walked to the bathroom. She splashed some cold water on her face and then looked up at her reflection. A smile played on her face as she looked at her post coital look. She had to admit. She loved it. She grabbed one of the bathrobes on the rack and put it on.

“He has a rack of bathrobes…I’ve got just the one,” she thought as she looked around the huge bathroom. She could literally fit her bed in that bathroom without a hustle. “Guess that is the difference between a room and a suite,” she thought as she walked out of the bathroom. She picked up her tights from the floor and put them on the bed before she walked out to the living room where she found her t-shirt on the floor. She picked up the t-shirt and the towels she had tossed there the previous day before she walked back to the bedroom. She sat down on the edge of the bed and began putting on her tights as the events of the last twenty four hours replayed in her mind. She was just about to put on her t-shirt when Daniel walked in looking distraught. “Everything okay?” she asked as she pulled her t-shirt over her head. He nodded as she stood up.

“I just got a call from Venezuela. Something is not going so well in at La Nacio de Café and I just bought thirty per cent stock,” he said. Erica felt as if she had just been stabbed. This could only mean one thing. Her short fling was over.

“Does that mean you have to go to Venezuela?” she asked.

“Sadly, yes,” he nodded.

“Guess that’s that then, huh? Can you say shortest fling ever?” she frowned.

He smiled and took a seat on the bed.

“You know it doesn’t have to be over yet,” he said as he looked at her.

“What? You are going to let your thirty per cent stock go down the drain and not go to Venezuela?” she questioned. “No. You can come with me,” he said with mischief in his eyes.

She raised an eyebrow and laughed. “Come on, get real.” “I am being real,” he said with a serious face.

Her eyes grew wide as she looked at him. She shook her head and got up from the bed.

“Me? Go to Venezuela?” she asked as she turned to look at him. Daniel climbed across the bed and got off on the other side.

“Why not? You are the one who told me that you took a break from your career and everything. This would be a great opportunity for you to experience a new culture and country,” he said. She shook her head unsure of what she was supposed to say. Daniel took her hands in his. “If history has taught us anything, it’s that you will go out there and come back here with your bags packed asking when we’re going to leave,” he said.

She raised an eyebrow and gave him a dirty look. “Really? You are going to bring that out now?”

“Too soon?”

She nodded.

“So when do you leave?”

“As soon as you make up your mind,” he said as he looked at her. She smiled and flipped her hair over her shoulder.

“You are really sure that I am going to be on that flight with you, huh?”

“I have a lot of confidence,” he smiled and nodded. She pulled her hand away and smiled.

“Let me figure a few things out first,” she said as she walked to the door.

“Can’t you figure them out here?” he called out when he heard the door open and close but there was no answer. She was gone.

When she got to her room, she grabbed her phone from the night stand and looked at the screen. She could almost feel all the curses her sister and Cassandra were hurling at her.

“Twenty two missed calls, nine text messages, fourteen voicemails…” she thought as she looked through the messages.

Hey sis. Sorry I was a bit tied up. Are you with Cassandra right now?

She put her phone aside and walked over to the closet. She was wondering what she would wear. She could do a maxi but that was just good for the beach. If she was going to accompany Daniel to Caracas, then she might as well wear a pair of pants.

“Listen to you considering the trip to Venezuela. You don’t even know this guy that well,” she thought as she looked through her closet. She heard her phone vibrate loudly making her drop the hangers she had in her hands. She ran to the bed and picked up the phone.

Yes. Video chat?

She smiled and typed ‘sure’ before she grabbed her iPad and called her sister. She sat on the bed and waited for Emily to answer the call.

“Hey? Where the hell have you been?” Emily asked when she picked up.

“I’m fine thank you and how are you?” Erica smiled as she looked at the screen. Emily who looked seemingly upset shook her head. “And where is Cassandra anyway?” she asked as she tried looking over Emily’s shoulder.

“I’m here. Your sister won’t let me look at you,” Cassandra said as she positioned the computer in a way that Erica could see both of them.

“Hey girl,” Erica said as she smiled at Cassandra.

“Hey. How’s Acapulco?” she asked as she looked at Erica who shrugged.

“It’s all the sun and sand you could ever want. It is beautiful,” she said with a smile. “And that’s why I left my phone in my room and…” her voice trailed off when she noticed the look on her sister’s face.

“You are lying. You always take your phone everywhere,” Emily said.