?WINGLESS AND BEAUTIFUL?
?EPISODE 93?
“Oh my God, Hunter. This is so cool!” I couldn’t helplaughing.
He stood by the black pieces.
“Your move, angel.”I must admit, carrying the chess pieces around theboard was fun but kind of distracting.
Thus, it became muchmore difficult to strategize. But I did well.
Before Hunterannounced ‘Checkmate’ he only had three pieces left on thegiant board.
“Damn it! Someday, I would beat you in this game!” Imuttered.
He laughed, giving me a hug. “You have all the time inthe world to try beating me. Come on, you must bestarving.”
“By the way, I still owe you for these slippers,” I said,pointing at my feet.
“What are you talking about? I gave them to you. I toldyou I didn’t want you to pay me back.”
“Why would you just give it to me?”
“Because you’re my girlfriend. I’m allowed to give yougifts once in a while, right?”
“Right. But you already agreed to accept payment inkind for this, remember?” I reminded him. “I don’t like owinganybody.”
He sighed and then without warning, he pressed his lipsagainst mine and gave me a thorough kiss on the lips thatalmost rendered me mindless afterwards.
He smiled whenhe saw the violent blush on my face. “There. Your debt hasbeen paid.
Now, can you just let it go? It looked good on youand I felt good showering you with presents. Let’s just eat.I’m starving.”
I sighed and decided to let it go. He was right. Maybe itwas normal for a guy to give his girlfriend presents.
Maybe Iwas just not used to receiving any gift from anybody. I couldtell it made him really happy.
Barbecue had been prepared for us beside the massivebarbeque gas grill. He had hotdogs, corn, potatoes, burgersand steak. We ate dinner under the stars again.
After dinner, Hunter put a mat and blanket out on thelawn and prepared some bonfire where we roasted hotdogsand marshmallows.
He played the guitar and we sang. Hetaught me chords to new songs. The evening felt so relaxed,so comfortable, like we were in a world of our own.
Then suddenly, Hunter’s wristwatch alarmed.
“Time to sleep?” I asked.
“Almost,” he replied. He put his guitar aside and stoodup from the mats. “Come. Let’s go up.”
“Are we just gonna leave our stuff here?”
“Yeah, we’ll fix them tomorrow. There’s no one else
here. We’re totally alone and the gates are locked.
We’reperfectly safe. No one will bother us or invade our privacy.
Don’t worry.”
He led me up the stairs. “You take the shower in themaster’s bedroom. I’ll take the other bathroom.”
I took my time in the shower, making sure I got rid ofthe smell of barbecue in my hair and skin.
Then I dried my hair and dressed in a pair of pink pajamas and matchinglong-sleeved shirt.
When I stepped out of the bathroom, I found Huntersitting on the bed. He played chill out music in the room.
“You said you weren’t going to seduce me,” I said in ateasing tone. “What’s with the music?”
“I don’t think I need music to achieve seduction, angel. Ican manage that all on my own,” he said smugly.
I laughed. “You and your big, inflated head.”
He reached out for my hand and then he pulled metowards the glass doors. He opened them and led me to ahuge terrace.
“Oh my,” I breathed. “This is surreal.”
There was a daybed lounger with a pulled-back suncanopy in the middle. There were lamps around the terraceand the lounger was covered in pristine sheets, with duvetand pillows on top of it.
“What are you planning?”
“You’ll see,” he said, lying down on the daybed andpulling me with him.
I rested my head on his shoulder as hepulled the duvet over us, keeping us both warm.A lover’s moon illuminated the clear night sky.
It was fullof stars and I could see some constellations. The big full moon illuminated the sky along with the stars.
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