Passion Abroad – A Billionaire Romance Novel

“Yeah, even in the bathroom. I’ve been there when you’ve done it you know,” Cassandra said. Erica smiled. “Your sister told me something about a guy you met out there. Did he have anything to do with the fact that you were not answering your phone calls or texts?” Cassandra asked. Erica looked at the two of them and shook her head.

“Oh my God. Cassie, she has that glow. I haven’t seen it since…I don’t even remember when,” Emily said excitedly.

“She got laid, Ems. You got laid, didn’t you?” Cassandra said as she looked at Erica who was now smiling shyly.

“Guilty,” she said in a low tone.

“Finally,” Emily and Cassandra said in unison. Erica raised an eyebrow.

“Hey. It was not that bad,” she said.

“Come on, you used to get pissed off at the old guy who walks slowly at the store,” Emily said.

“Well, I was in a hurry. He was making me put a lot of things on hold,” Erica frowned. Emily and Cassandra exchanged a knowing look.

“For a whole year?” Emily asked.

“Hey, it was only seven months,” Erica said.

Emily shook her head and shrugged. “Well, it seemed longer. So, what’s going on? What do you have planned for the day?”

Erica took a long deep breath. “Well, I am either going to swim with the dolphins at the Cici Acapulco Magico or take a trip down to Venezuela.”    

“Wait, what?” Cassandra asked as she looked at Erica. Erica touched the corner of her iPad and ran her finger on the screen.

“What the hell are you talking about?” Emily asked.

“Well, see that guy I told you about? He is part of this company La Café Nacion and there seems to be a problem so he asked me to go with him,” Erica said.

“You mean La Nacion de Café,” Emily said.

Erica raised an eyebrow. “You know it?”

“Yeah, my company handles their American market. How did he even get his foot in that? The shares are like a hundred and fifty dollars,” she said.

“I have no idea…today was the first time I heard anything about that company. But that’s beside the point. What the hell am I supposed to do? I mean I haven’t known him for that long…” she never got a chance to finish her statement. Emily was giving her one of those looks that made her thank God she was not right there. She would have most definitely smacked her right on the forehead.

“Go,” Emily said. Cassandra was nodding.

“Am I the only one who is still reasonable here?” Erica asked. “Did you miss the part where I said that I hardly know the man?”

“You and the man you hardly know have already bumped uglies. There is no way you can get more acquainted than that,” Cassandra smiled.

“Yeah, plus we all know that the only reason you are asking us is because you need validation. You already want to go, you know that,” Cassandra said.

“Word,” Emily said as she fist bumped Cassandra. “And plus this is s*x on the regular without any kind of attachment. You know you need to get laid and you are on vacation. Just consider it one more destination that is not on your dime,” Emily said. “I’m a money person and that makes a lot of sense to me.”

Erica laughed and shook her head. She looked at Cassandra and Emily and shrugged.

“I’ll let you know what I’ve decided. Talk later.”

“We all know what you’ve decided sis. Safe journey,” Emily said before she hung up. Erica looked at the screen for a few seconds and shook her head. She tossed the iPad aside and laid down on the bed wondering what she was going to do next.

“Well I do want to go, that’s for sure. But what is he going to think…” her train of thought was lost when she remembered that she stopped thinking of what he thought of her the previous day. She got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom and turned on the water before she took her clothes off. As she stood under the running water, she could feel herself feeling more and more inclined to the idea of visiting Venezuela and by the time she was out of the bathroom, she knew exactly what she wanted to do.