Passion Abroad: A BWWM Billionaire Holiday Romance (15 page)

“
I
know. And I love it,” Erica said softly.

Needless
to say, Emily was over the moon when Erica told her that she would be
joining them in Athens for a mini holiday God knows that was all she
needed after the week she’d had. When Erica and Daniel picked
her up from the airport, she could not help but stare at Daniel.

“
Emily
Miranda Hayes!” Erica said in a loud whisper.

“
What?”
Emily asked turning her attention to her sister.

“
You
are staring. It’s rude,” Erica whispered.

Daniel
smiled.

“
So,
I’m thinking you are whispering because you don’t want me
to hear what you’re saying?” he said as he looked at
Erica who turned her attention to him.

“
You
heard all that?” she asked.

Daniel
smiled and turned his attention back on the road nodding.

“
Clearly,
she doesn’t want you to see just how much she is into you,”
Emily said leaning forward to get a better look at Daniel.

‘
As
if you are not already close enough,’
was what Erica was thinking as she turned her attention to look at
the road. “I will throw you out of this car, Em, if you don’t
shut the hell up,” she said.

“
Erica,
always the uptight one,” Emily said.

Daniel
was trying hard not to laugh. “I can see the clear difference
between you two.”

“
I
told you, just because we are twins it doesn’t mean that we are
anything alike,” Erica said.

“
Thank
God,” Emily said laughing.

“
So,
Emily. How was your flight?” Daniel asked in an attempt to
change the subject.

“
Long
but generally pleasant. These Arabian airlines are really upping
their game. I mean even the food is top of the range,” Emily
said.

Erica
smiled and turned around to look at her sister. “What? You
actually liked the food they served on the plane?”

“
It
was amazing. We had this absolutely awesome chicken and potato for
lunch,” Emily sighed dramatically. “I have never had
something so spicy and delicious at the same time. Who knew, maybe I
am done with American airlines for good,” she added with a
smile.

“
I
know exactly what you’re talking about. I flew with Qatar
Airways once, I had to get one of their chefs on my personal
bandwagon,” Daniel said.

“
Wait,
you have your own plane? This one’s a keeper Erica. We can have
a way to chauffeur our kids around,” Emily said.

Daniel
laughed and shook his head.

“
The
company has a jet. I just like knowing that I can have the same
quality food I had back there,” he said. “What did you
fly with?”

“
Etihad,”
Emily said.

Erica
raised an eyebrow. “What happened to ‘Virgin Atlantic
till I die’?”

“
That
was the earliest flight out of the States. The only other flight
earlier than that would have kept me waiting for twelve hours and it
would have taken me through three stopovers. For a thirteen hour
journey? That wasn’t worth it,” Emily said.

“
So,
you are here for five days. What do you have in mind?” Erica
asked as Daniel pulled over in front of the hotel.

“
The
Herodotus? This is where you are staying?” Emily asked as the
valet walked over to the car and opened the car door for her. She
stepped out and looked at the big beautiful building. “It’s
like the Greek Burj Khalifa,” she whispered to herself as
Daniel spoke to a bellboy.

Erica
walked round to where she was and took her sister’s hand in
hers.

“
Come
on,” she said as she led them in.

“
Seriously,
what does this guy do? I mean, he did pay for my flight here and my
stay…” Emily suddenly stopped when they got to the
elevator. “Is he a drug dealer? Please tell me he isn’t,”
she said in a whisper.

“
I
have better judgment than that. Give me some credit,” Erica
said.

Emily
frowned and shook her head.

“
Considering
the kind of ex you have…” she never got a chance to
finish her statement because Erica was staring daggers at her. She
smiled and shrugged. “Fine. So he isn’t a drug dealer,”
she said as Daniel walked up to them.

“
I’m
sorry. I had to make sure everything was in order for your suite,”
he said as they stepped into the elevator.

Emily
raised an eyebrow.

“
Suite?”
she asked. Erica looked at her and nodded. “Business class,
hotel suites…I haven’t binged like this since the
company sent me out to that conference in Vegas last year,” she
said as they rode to her floor.

“
Well,
Erica didn’t tell me much but from the little she did, I think
you deserve it,” Daniel said with a smile.

Emily
looked at him and shook her head dreamily. “Please tell me you
have a brother, cousin…anything.”

“
I
have a sister and a few cousins. Most of them are married though,”
Daniel said. Emily rolled her eyes and Erica laughed.

“
Of
course they are. The good ones are always taken,” Emily said.

Daniel
took Erica’s hands and shrugged.

“
I
don’t know. I thought so too until I met your sister,” he
said with a smile as the elevator doors opened. “So, this is
you,” Daniel said as he led them to a suite down the hall. It
was just three doors down from their room.

“
This
is so gorgeous,” Emily said when she walked into her suites. It
was not as big as Erica and Daniel’s, Erica noticed but it was
still so much bigger than the standard room. They were still checking
out the room when the bell boy came up with Emily’s bags.

“
We’ll
leave you to freshen up. I mean, I’m sure after thirteen hours,
you need some rest,” Daniel said.

Erica
gave her sister a quick hug. “Remember, three doors down,”
she said. Emily smiled and then laughed. “I know. I heard it
too. Exactly like the band.”

“
So,
we are going to be having dinner in an hour or so but if you’re
tired…” Daniel started before Emily shook her head.

“
I
have the rest of the evening to sleep off the fatigue. Besides, I am
seven hours off my schedule,” Emily said.

Erica
raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure?”

“
Yes.
I want to hear all about the new guy and what he is about,”
Emily said with a smile.

“
Awesome.
Then we’ll see you in around fifty seven minutes,” Daniel
said as he looked at his watch. He then slipped an arm around Erica’s
waist and led her to their suite. “Your sister is something
else,” he said when they walked into the room.

“
I
know, right?” Erica asked.

“
But
I can’t wait to get to know her more. She seems exciting,”
he said as he grabbed an apple off the fruit basket on the table. “I
can now see the whole gun thing,” he said before he bit into
the apple. She sat down next to him and rested her head on his
shoulder.

“
So,
we are now meeting family, huh? Are you scared?” she asked.

Daniel
took another bite and looked down at her.

“
Not
at all. Your sister is awesome. Maybe you should meet my sister, just
to even out the playing field,” he said.

She
laughed and got up before she walked to the bathroom. She splashed
some water on her face and then dabbed her face with a towel. She
then decided to take a full on shower. After all, Daniel had this
whole thing about dressing up for dinner and she was starting to like
it. Plus, she couldn’t wait to put on her new blue silk dress
that Daniel had got her while they were still in Caracas. After her
shower, she lotioned up and then put on the dress and coupled it with
a pair of black peep toe heels. She then put on her makeup and let
her hair down. She loved how she looked but when she walked to where
Daniel was, his heart almost skipped a beat. He looked at her and
shut his laptop before he stood up.

“
You
look….whoa,” he said looking at her. She looked at him
and smiled.

“
Thank
you,” she said. “And you are not dressed.”

He
got up and slowly walked towards her. He was fighting everything
inside his body because at that moment all he wanted to do was just
screw her brains out, while she was still in that dress.

“
After
seeing you, I don’t really want to get dressed anymore,”
he said as he looked at her.

“
We
are supposed to be having dinner in thirty minutes and my sister…”
Erica started before he smiled at her and shrugged.

“
Let
her be. You did point out that we do have thirty minutes.” He
looked at her and smiled. “And I get to have more time to look
at you,” he said in a soft voice as he looked at the short
silky dress she had on. She was almost calling out to him to tear her
clothes off. It was short, showing off her perfectly long legs.

“
So,
what are we supposed to be doing now?” she asked.

“
We
could watch a movie,” he said. She shrugged and walked over to
the refrigerator. “So that’s a yes on the movie?”
he asked.

“
Sure,”
Erica said as she took a look in the fridge. “How could you not
tell me about this pake sitting here?” she asked as she took a
bakery box out of the fridge.

“
Oh
that was supposed to be for dessert later,” Daniel said as she
walked to where he was. “Dessert with you. Alone,” he
added in a low voice. She handed him a fork and smiled.

“
You
could always have your dessert before dinner,” she said.

Daniel
looked at her and then at the box.

“
I’m
a bit confused,” he said as he looked at her. She opened the
box and looked at the frosted treat inside. “Are we talking of
the confectionery or you?” he wondered as he looked at her. She
flashed him a seductive smile.

“
Just
start with the pake. And then have your other dessert,” she
said as she scooped some frosting with her finger.

“
The
person who came up with this is a genius,” he said after taking
the first bite.

“
What?
The whole cake meets pie? It’s the same as a cronut,” she
said as she looked at him. “Maybe it’s just good old
American greed,” she added.

He
took a bite and raised an eyebrow. “Good old American greed?”

“
Well,
someone wants a donut and a croissant so they make it into one.
Another one wants a cake and a pie so they decide to put the batter
onto dough and bake it,” she said as she looked at him. “Don’t
you see it?” she asked. Daniel smiled and took a bite before he
fed some to her.

“
I
love how you have these little explanations for everything,” he
said..

“
Well,
I did practice law for some time. Stalling is a tactic you learn,”
she said.

Daniel
raised an eyebrow again. “Are you stalling right now?”
“What do you think?” she asked. He was about to answer
when the loud ringing of his phone interrupted the moment. She looked
at him ant scooped some more frosting as he hit ignore. “Hey.
You can answer that, you know,” she said. He shook his head and
switched off his phone. He looked rattled.

“
Actually
I’d rather not,” he said.

She
touched his arm in concern. “You really can. It’s no
prob…”

“
Erica
I said I don’t want to answer it. So quit it!” he
suddenly said in a louder voice than he intended. She looked at him
surprised.

“
I’m
sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you,” she said as she
started walking away. Daniel took a long deep breath and pulled her
back to him.

“
Erica…I’m
sorry,” he said as he looked at her. She shook her head. She
had never thought his dark side would be this…well, dark.
“Baby,” he said as he looked at her. “Talk to me.”

“
Who
was that?” she asked as she looked at him.

“
I
don’t think you really want to know,” he said.

“
Fine.
Whatever,” she said as she tried pulling away from him.

“
It
was Zoe,” he said when he noticed that she was hell bent on
getting away. “That was Zoe and I don’t know how she got
my number,” he added.

She
didn’t know what she was supposed to say.

“
I
can’t…I just don’t…” she started
before he pressed a finger on her lips. She looked at him and opened
her mouth to speak.

“
Zoe
makes me angry…I mean the very thought of her just drives me
insane,” he said as he pulled her to his body. She looked at
him and shrugged.

“
I
think there is that one person who does that to us,” she said.
“But you can’t speak to me like that…it scares
me,” she added in a soft voice.

He
lowered his head and kissed her softly.

“
I’m
sorry,” he said in a soft voice. “I’m really,
really sorry.” She looked at him and slowly lowered her hand to
his crotch. He got an immediate hard on when he felt her hand on him.