That Forbidden Love

10:23AM

Waking up from her sleep, with a smile on her face, feeling tired, she managed to stretch her hands across the bed, she noticed that Zack was nowhere to be found, but instead, she saw a note by the nightstand:

Good morning Angel, I’m going on a two-day business trip, sorry I won’t be there when you are awake, Love you, babe.

She was kind of hurt and a little bit offended given that something intense happened between them last night, and usually she was supposed to be treated like a princess the following day.

She tried to stay relieved and concluded that it was just the way Zack behaved and that it’s in his nature. Preparing to leave the million-dollar mansion, she was planning how she would tell Brianna about all her naughty adventures with Zack.

*****

Zack

Zack Whittaker would have loved to be by his girlfriend’s side the next morning, but he knew he had work to do, he was not the type to put work last or even second for that matter. He didn’t plan to leave just like that, but there was an emergency call that he had received earlier in the morning, concerning a deal he was trying to sign.

It required him to travel that same day so that he could make the deal happen. He knew he had to make the trip for the sake of his business.

Maggie was at the airport waiting for her boss, she waved at him immediately they spotted each other and headed straight for the office. Zack knew that he would have to explain to Jazmyn the reason why he left like that, leaving just a note and he hoped that Jazmyn would understand.

Meanwhile, Jazmyn wasn’t about the whole issue again, she had moved on, and instead, she tried to plan and focus on how to spice up Zack’s life outside work.

Settling down at the office, “you have a visitor,” Maggie said as she opened the door to Zack’s office, “a visitor?” Zack replied, with the thoughts of how would anyone know if he was back already. “Tell the person to come in,” he added as he tried to rearrange his desks, which by the time was filled with paperwork.

“Hello, handsome,” Jazmyn said softly.

He thought to himself before taking eyes off the paperwork right in front of him, you people have the habit of showing up unannounced, but as the thought came up, he recognised the voice that just greeted him, it sounded familiar, he could identify the voice even if he had no hearing abilities, he missed that voice and he was in total delight when he heard Jazmyn softly-spoken words.

“Hello, babe,” he replied, displaying his wide smile as he grinned from ear to ear. Zack met her halfway into the office and gave her a cozy tight hug, and smelt her hair which smelled floral.

It gave Zack a quick peek at the moment that had happened the last night they spent together. “How have you been?” He added, still not breaking the hug. “I missed you, baby,” she said.

“How did you know I would be in the office?” Zack could not but ask, Jazmyn looked at him with the expectation that he should have figure out the answer, considering that he only told Justin when he will be back. She gave Zack a minute to process it and finally said, “Oh, Justin! He told you, didn’t he?”

“There you go,” Jazmyn snickered and continued “You know how I have always been trying to convince you to do attempt something new and fun…?”

She said feeling comfortable in Zack’s arms and poking his chest, “… well I have something planned out for today, all you have to do is drop everything you are doing and let’s go, no arguments”

Just as Jazmyn demanded, he followed her order more or less and decided it would be a way to make up for him leaving without telling a proper goodbye. “Do I even have a choice?” Zack queried.

“I don’t think so Mister,” she said playfully.

She turned to his personal assistant, “Sorry I’ll be stealing him for a sec,” she told Maggie as she stepped out of the office holding Zack’s hand.

While Zack was on his emergency business trip, Jazmyn had laid out plans for them, the point of the plan actually was to bring more excitement into Zack’s life. No matter how many times Zack argued that his life was not boring, Jazmyn always thought he could do more with life rather than working his ass off every day.

Jazmyn planned they would go on a safari and hiking trip together, “Do you have hiking clothes?” She asked as they both stepped into Jazmyn’s car. “Have you ever gone hiking before?” She asked mockingly.

“Yes, and yes ma’am,” he said sarcastically, he hadn’t gone hiking before but said yes, so he wouldn’t feel like a total wuss in front of her.

Looking at the back seat, Zack saw that Jazmyn was already packed and ready to go. They made a quick stop at his house so he could pack what he needed for hiking.

“Let’s roll,” he said, imitating cowboys.

They hit the road, and a three-hour drive was what it took for them to arrive at Louisiana.