A Billionaire BWWM Romance 7: The Honeymoon (6 page)

“Relax. I’m fine. I just needed a drink and I got it. I’m
okay,” she said in an attempt to get him to calm down. Though
she had to admit, seeing him this worried about her made her feel all
warm and fuzzy inside. She looked into his eyes and then kissed him
again.

“Don’t do that…don’t take things for granted
like that,” he said.

She smiled and nodded.

“I promise I won’t. Right now, I just want to get some
food in me and then I will be strong enough to take up whatever the
hell you have planned for me,” she said.

He frowned and shook his head. “I don’t think we…”
he started before she kissed him again. “Fine,” he said
and pulled away. She smiled as he got up and pulled the trolley
closer to her. “Let’s see what we have here” he
said as he lifted the cover.

“Ooh…juice. Give it here,” Julie said. She was
desperate for some cold drinks. He handed her a glass of fresh orange
juice and just as quickly as she had taken the water, she drank the
entire glass before handing it back.

“Whoa… Are you going to have any room for the eggs,
bacon or brioche?” he asked as he lifted one tray to show her.

She smiled and then laughed.

“Clearly, you are not as hungry as I am,” she said as she
carefully balanced the tray on her thighs. “Oh my God…the
brioche is fried,” she said as she took a generous bite of the
brioche. “This is what heaven tastes like,” she said in a
dramatic voice. Steven smiled and shook his head. She turned to look
at him and raised her brioche at him. “To our first fight as a
married couple,” she said.

“People do that? Is that like an American thing?” he
frowned.

She rolled her eyes.

“Would you just lift your pastry and hit it against mine?
Buzzkill,” she said. He smiled and did as she asked before he
took a bite of his own brioche.

“You can be a really bad bully sometimes, you know that?”

She looked at him and shrugged.

“But you like it. You married that bully, remember?”

Steven smiled and nodded.

“Yes, I did. I married that bully,” he said.

She laughed.

“So, are you going to tell me what you had planned for today or
are we still doing the whole secret honeymoon thing?” she
asked.

“All I am going to say is dress down. You know, some banging
around clothes,” he said.

“What is that even supposed to mean? Banging around clothes?
Are we going to have sex behind some cliff or something?” she
asked.

He couldn’t help but notice how wide eyed she had become at the
prospect of some public sex.

“
Damn it. I said one coffee one tea,”
he thought
as he took a sip of his coffee. “Not that kind of banging…I
mean dress down. Some jeans and sneakers rather than a dress,”
he said.

She smiled and took a sip of her own coffee.

“You could have just said
that,”
she said as she
took another bite of her brioche.

He smiled and turned his attention to the TV.

“Yeah, I could have just said that,” he said. She looked
at him and smiled. “So, there is something I wanted to ask
you,” he started sounding more serious.

“Well, too late. Saying ‘I do’ was the answer to
what you wanted to ask,” she joked. He smiled and picked up a
strip of bacon. “Okay, fine. What is it, husband?” she
asked in a Stepford Wife voice.

“I know that usually, your hair gets all tangled after sex and
considering last night was a no action night….what’s up
with the nest?” he asked with a smile.

“Oh. I’ll get you for that, Davenport,” she said as
she took a sip of her coffee. “You won’t know when but I
will get you,” she added almost quietly.

After
breakfast and an exceptionally long shower together, the two got
dressed and headed out. As they rode in the elevator, Julie didn’t
know it then but she was in for the surprise of her life. When the
elevator doors opened on the ground floor, she came face to face with
Octavia Channing, the world’s biggest rhythm and blues musician
of all time…well according to Julie and her husband, the
hottest basketball player she knew ever since Dwayne Wade, Ezra
Myer.She couldn’t help herself, her mouth was agape as she
stood rooted to the spot looking at her two favorite people right in
front of her. The paparazzi were flashing their cameras all around
the lobby. She was still in utter shock when Octavia turned around
and smiled at them…or at least she was hoping that she was
smiling at her and Steven. Ezra was on the phone trying to get his
message across despite the loud paparazzi.

“Steven Davenport as I live and breathe,” she said.

“
Wait. What?”
Julie thought as she saw her husband
giving a quick hug to the star. Suddenly, Julie felt like she hated
the idea that he had made her put on some ‘banging around’
clothes as he had called them and right in front of her, was the
biggest star she had possibly ever known dressed in a white gorgeous
midi skirt that showed off her perfect body and a matching sleeveless
crop top. Even though Julie was more curvaceous, she found herself
feeling like she was nothing next to Octavia. She had on a pair of
dazzling green peep toed puzzle Manolo heels that showed off her
perfectly manicured red toes.

“Hey Octavia. Long time,” Steven said coolly.

“I know but you can’t blame me. The ‘Run With It’
tour has really taken it out of me,” she said.

He smiled and then nodded.

“Well, I have to say, the world tour has treated you well. You
have a tan I’m envious of,” Steven said just as Ezra got
off the phone and smiled at Steven.

“My man,” he said before he gave him one of those
gangster hugs from the Ebony movies. “How long has it been?”
he asked when he pulled away.

“Last year’s Sportsman Of The Year Awards,” Steven
said.

“Oh yeah. I never saw you at this year’s gig,” Ezra
said.

“That’s because I was busy making sure I married this
one,” he smiled as he draped an arm around Julie’s
shoulders. “Ezra, Octavia. Meet my wife, Julie
Miller-Davenport,” he said.

“Oh she is definitely worth not attending the SOYA,” Ezra
said.

Julie felt herself blush.

“So you are the woman who got the man I wanted,” Octavia
said with a smile.

“Hey!” Ezra said looking at her.

“Honey, I love you but Steven is British,” Octavia said
matter-of-factly.

“Apparently, your accent is all that a man needs to get a woman
to jump in bed with him,” Ezra said in a mock British accent.

Steven looked at him and smiled. “That’s actually pretty
good,” he said.

Ezra smiled and shrugged.

“Well, you got the one I wanted so…I guess we’re
fair and square,” Julie said. Now it was Steven’s turn.

“Hey!” he said.

Julie smiled and shrugged. Octavia looked at Steven.

“I like her,” she said. “And fancy meeting you
here,” she said as she looked around.

“Yeah, we thought we would make this our spot until you guys
arrived with your goons,” Steven said. Ezra shook his head.

“Yeah, we flew commercial. Someone must have leaked the fact
that we were coming here because the guys followed us from the
airport. It was crazy,” he said.

“What happened to your jet?” Steven asked.

“Someone decided to let Hannah Montana borrow it for the
weekend but the weekend turned into the month,” Octavia said.

“Wait, you gave your jet to Miley Cyrus?” Julie asked
wide eyed.

Octavia rolled her eyes. “If only. It is some model turned
singer from Milan…” she started before Ezra pulled her
close.

“She doesn’t like the model turned singer, huh?”
Steven asked.

Ezra smiled and nodded.

“So maybe we can hook up later for lunch or something. I’m
sure we can work something out to shake the goons,” he said.

Julie raised an eyebrow. “How?” she asked.

“You learn a thing or two when this is the daily melee you go
through,” Octavia said with a smile.

Julie smiled and nodded just as the valet came around with their
rental car.

“This is us. I’ll call you,” Steven said giving
Ezra one of those man hugs.

“It was nice to meet you, Julie,” Ezra said kissing
Julie’s cheek making her melt on the inside.

“Yeah, you are a doll,” Octavia said before they both
disappeared behind the elevator doors. Julie looked at Steven as they
walked to the car.

“You know Ezra Myer?” she asked in an excited whisper. He
nodded. “How?”

“Sold him a couple of houses in Malibu…and another one
in Maine,” he said holding the door open for her.

“Meg will never believe this…shit. I didn’t even
take a picture,” she said as Steven got in the driver’s
seat.

“Relax. I have a feeling we will be seeing him again…really
soon,” he said.

Julie smiled. Normally, she would have hated the idea of meeting up
with two random people on her honeymoon but for God’s sake,
that was Octavia Channing and Ezra Myer! She had a smile on her face
all through the forty minute drive to the rocky side of the island.
When they finally got there, Julie suddenly understood why Steven had
insisted on banging around clothes. They were going rock climbing.
Julie was ecstatic. She looked at him excitedly and giggled.

“I know it’s not a real rock mountain…it’s a
simple…” Steven started but Julie shook her head.

“Who cares? I get to climb a grand ledge!” she said
excitedly as they walked towards a ledge.

Steven raised an eyebrow. “You know until now, I hadn’t
really considered it grand but now you say it, I am not so sure we
should be doing this,” he said.

“Are you kidding me?” Julie shook her head. “This
is amazing!” she said as they stood at the foot of the ledge.
“I want to go right at it right fucking now!” she added.

“Maybe cool it with the curse words?” he asked as one of
the attendants walked towards them.

“Hello and welcome to the Kauai Ledge. I am your safety
instructor Akamai Paradis,” he said.

“Hey, I’m Steven. This is my wife Julie,” Steven
said as they shook hands.

“Nice to meet you. When can I go up this thing?” Julie
asked excitedly.

“Well, we need to get you into a harness first,” he
smiled as they walked to one of the sheds on site.

Julie nodded and looked at Steven who leaned in.

“I would be offended if I didn’t know how much you loved
rocks,” he said in a whisper. She looked at him and smiled.
Akamai handed them both helmets and harnesses.

“Do tell me if you need any help,” he said.

Steven nodded. “Just to make sure we get it right,” he
said.

Julie let out a cynical laugh.

“Amateur,” she said in a whisper loud enough to be heard
by both of them. Akamai laughed.

“Your wife is clearly more adventurous than you,” Akamai
laughed.

She smiled and nodded.

“Actually she is more everything than me,” Steven said as
Julie put on her harness and helmet. She was done in no time
actually. Steven raised an eyebrow and looked at her. “You
really are eager, aren’t you?” he asked.

“Yeah. Today I meet the other thing I love more…a little
less than you,” she said.

“Hm, good save there,” he said as Akamai pulled the last
latch.

“All set. Can we go now?” he suggested. Steven took her
hand as they walked out to the foot of the hill. He could feel how
nervous she was by the way she was holding on tight. She looked at
him and he smiled at her.

“Whoa, are you nervous?” Steven asked as he looked at
her.

She smiled and nodded.

“A little,” she said in a small voice.

“Why? This is your thing,” he said.

“Well, true but I have never climbed a ledge before…it’s
very different from rocks,” she said as she looked at the
seemingly flat surface.

“So we are breaking your ledge-inity today?” he asked.
She frowned and shook her head. “What? Too soon?” he
asked. She nodded. He took a long deep breath and rubbed her
shoulders.

“Look, this is me and your zip line. I run this, as the rappers
in your country say,” he said. She looked at him and shook her
head.

“Then why can’t we just take a bloody zip line?”
she asked.

“Well two reasons. One, I was stuck on one side of a ravine a
bit too long for comfort and two…well, I can’t really
think of two. But we can do the zip line thing tomorrow,” he
said. She frowned and shook her head. “Wait, I already thought
of two. I have climbed mountains since I was a boy. This is a piece
of cake,” he said.

She shook her head and finally shrugged.

“Fine. Then you go first,” she said.

“It would be more fun if we went together,” he said.
Akamai nodded.

“You really want to have the experience together,” Akamai
nodded.

Julie rolled her eyes.

“Fine, let’s do this then,” she said as the service
workers got busy fastening the ropes to their harnesses. She looked
at him and smiled as they got started. At first, she thought it
looked really hard before she started off but as she went on, she
found herself going faster than Steven. She was almost at the top
when she turned to her side to look at Steven but he wasn’t
there. She looked down and that was when she saw him. “Oh my
God! Steven!” she yelled as she looked at Steven who looked
like he was struggling to get his footing again. “Steven!”
she yelled as she began getting herself down the ledge until she was
parallel to him. “Baby! Are you okay?” she called out as
she looked at him.

“I’m fine…just…trying…trying…to…get…my…damn…footing,”
he struggled to say as he swung himself towards the ledge. “You
go, baby. I’ll be okay!” he yelled amidst his struggles.
She looked at him and then looked down. She didn’t want to say
it but the whole time she was looking at the ground she was trying to
figure out if he would survive the fall. He was almost halfway up the
ledge and he would most probably not walk away unscathed. A broken
limb and/or a fractured rib was a very big possibility.