Passion Overseas: A Billionaire BWWM Holiday Romance (16 page)

Daniel was confused.

“
What
do you mean? Isn’t that supposed to be a good thing?” he
asked.

“
I
am supposed to be starting off my own firm this year, remember? And
he knew that but apparently my boss cut him a pretty good check to
ensure my continued services to the company,” she said.

“
Just
how much are you making for these guys anyway?” Daniel asked as
he looked at her.

“
Last
year, seven million dollars in billable hours and a five million
profit,” she said.

“
Shit.
What are you doing working for them? You should be working on the
family business,” he said mater of factly.

She shook her head
and smiled.

“
I
told you when I went into advertising the first time. I wanted to
make it on my own merit and at QKM I would always be the boss’
daughter, the CEO’s sister…I was always going to be
favored,” she explained.

“
So
you thought you’d just hop on the next company’s train,
huh?”

“
Well,
at least they are not competition and I did take care of the QKM
advertising campaign last year. Pro bono,” she said.

“
I
guess you’re right,” he nodded. “But I have to ask,
this act you put up. The carefree thing,” he started.

“
It’s
not an act. I live for the day,” she smiled.

“
Really?
You want to tell me that you are a hippie with a white collar job?”
he asked. She playfully punched his arm.

“
Hey?
I am no hippie,” she said laughing.

“
Well,
you sure as hell live like one. I mean, you have a perfectly good
penthouse apartment but you choose to live in a loft above an arts
and crafts store,” he started.

“
It’s
nice and intimate and I have barely ever have any company. The loft
makes a lot of sense to me,” she said.

“
Alright.
There’s the elephant adoption,” he said.

She rolled her eyes.
“We did that together.”

“
Yes,
but I adopted fifty. The African orphanage called me the other day
when they couldn’t reach you and asked me when you were going
to check up on your new babies,” he said.

“
What’s
wrong with that?” she asked.

“
You
have adopted over three hundred elephants,” he exclaimed.

“
It’s
not like they live with me. I’m just trying to make sure the
poachers don’t get to them,” she said. “And I must
add, I don’t use the trust fund. It’s all my hard earned
cash. So…yeah.”

“
Can’t
argue with you there,” he laughed. “So the loft, did you
rent it or something?” he asked.

“
I
bought it. Some guy was trying to get the building demolished so he
could build some mall in the area or something,” she said.

“
How
does buying a loft prevent anyone from demolishing it?”

“
I
bought the building and the one next to it,” she smiled.

He looked at her and
laughed.

“
And
people thought I was crazy buying that beach plot in Malibu,”
he teased.

“
Now,
the trust fund paid for that,” she said.

“
You
know I have to admit, I am kind of jealous of how you live your life.
Sometimes I wish I could just do the same. Take life less seriously,”
he said.

She smiled and put
her hand on his.

“
You
know all you have to do is actually just take life slow. It’s
never that serious,” she said.

“
I
think I have been doing that lately. Just living life as it comes,”
he said.

“
Yes
you have. Speaking of which, when do I get to meet this mystery woman
you’ve been keeping hidden for so long?” she looked at
him and smiled.

“
I
haven’t been hiding her,” he said.

“
Really?
Is that why no one in the family knows what she looks like?”
she asked. He looked at her as the car pulled up in front of the
hotel. “I hope you already booked me into the VIP suite,”
she said.

“
Actually,
that’s where we are staying and I literally just found out
about you coming to Belize an hour ago. So I haven’t booked you
in yet,” he smiled.

“
Wait,
she is here?” she asked grinning.

“
Yes,
she is and hey,” Daniel said holding her shoulders. She looked
at him wondering what he had to say. “We are already accustomed
to the time here so she is still asleep. You cannot just barge in
there like an overjoyed puppy,” he said. She was smiling and he
was giving her one of those looks that said that he was not kidding.

“
But
I really want to meet her,” she said sadly.

“
Well,
you can wait for her to wake up and maybe join us for brunch.”

“
That’s
too far away. How about breakfast?”

“
We
never make it for breakfast on time.”

“
You
are always bumping uglies, huh?” she asked. He looked at her
and shook his head.

“
Okay,
that’s it. We have to establish some ground rules. Any sentence
that has me and/or Erica and sex is forbidden,” he said.

“
Erica,
huh? Cute name,” she said.

He shook his head.
“That’s all you got from what I just said.”

“
What,
it is. Oh my God, you are worried that I am going to embarrass you,
aren’t you?” she asked with a smile.

He looked at her and
shook his head.

“
I
don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said as
he carried her bags to the hotel reception. She looked at him and
smiled. It was like back when they were kids. When Daniel would get a
new girlfriend and Melanie would do everything in her power to drive
them away. But the story according to Melanie was that she was saving
him from a terrible relationship. According to her, most people liked
Daniel just because he was the hot guy from a rich family. And that
attracted a lot of bitches but Daniel was always skeptical when it
came to his relationships and his sister. It seemed like she never
really liked anyone but when it came to his ex, he had to admit that
she had been right.

“
What
can I do for you Mr. Reese?” the receptionist asked.

“
I’d
like a room for my sister, please,” he said.

“
And
will that be a regular room or a suite?” the receptionist asked
again.

“
Suite,
duh,” Melanie said as she looked at the receptionist. When they
got everything sorted out at reception, they walked to the elevator
in silence. “All I want to do is meet her. That’s all,”
she said.

Daniel took her hand
and smiled. “I know.”

“
By
the way, the other reason I came is to let you know that I have
something to tell you too,” she said. He looked at her as they
stepped out of the elevator.

“
Well,
what is the news? Or are you going to make me work for that as well?”
he asked. She smiled as he walked her to her room and then turned to
look at him.

“
I
kind of want to hold back on this because I don’t really know
how you are going to take it,” she said.

“
Why?
What’s the big deal? You already told me you bought two
buildings,” he said. “What could be such a big deal that
you would hold back? It’s not like you eloped or something,”
he said matter of factly. He looked at her and she was smiling.
“Wait, did you get married or something?” he asked but
she was not answering. All she did was smile.

“
You’re
married?” Daniel asked in a surprised tone. Melanie was still
smiling. By that time, the porter was already at the floor with her
bags. She looked at him and reached into her coat pocket.

“
Thanks
so much. I haven’t had a chance to change my money to local
currency. I hope American green is good enough for you,” she
said as she handed him a bill. The porter smiled and graciously
accepted the money before he walked away. She turned around and
walked into her room.

“
Good
night Danny,” she said as she closed the door in his face.

“
And
what about the ring? Why don’t you have a ring?” he asked
through the door. He sighed and began walking down to his own room.
He shook his head as he walked into his suite. Erica had just woken
up when she saw him.

“
Hey,”
she said as she walked towards him. “I woke up and you were
gone,” she said before she kissed him softly.

“
My
sister decided to join us,” he said as he held her tight.

“
What?
Where is she?” she asked pulling away from him.

He looked at her and
shrugged in both confusion and exhaustion.

“
She’s
one floor down and she is apparently married,” he said as he
walked towards the couch. He collapse on the plush couch and exhaled
loudly. “I talked to my mother earlier and she didn’t
even sound like she had any idea of anything,” he said. Erica
walked up to where he was and sat across his lap.

“
So,
aren’t you happy for her?” she asked. He rubbed one side
of his head and then smiled but the smile disappeared almost as soon
as it had appeared.

“
I
am actually very happy for her. I guess I just feel hurt that she
didn’t include me in everything,” he said.

She smiled and kissed
his forehead.

“
You
are such a softie,” she said before she got up and walked to
the bedroom. She took off the pajama shirt she had on and walked to
the bathroom. She stood under the running water and closed her eyes
as she felt the warm water running down her scalp to her back. She
didn’t even notice when Daniel quietly entered the bathroom.

“
May
I join you?” he asked in a soft voice. She turned around and
brushed her wet hair from her face before he took off his clothes.
She smiled as he walked in, pressing his naked body against her. He
slowly ran his hand down her arm as his other arm secured him firmly
against her. He was getting hard just holding her. Her flawless brown
skin looked perfect under the running water. She pulled away and
turned around. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he pulled her
to one wall. She looked into his eyes past his ridiculously long eye
lashes. She looked at him and he brought his head down to kiss her
softly. She was moaning into his mouth as his hand went down her back
and cupped a feel of her wet ass.

“
I
want you, again,” he was saying in a soft voice. “Right
now,” he added softly. She looked at him and turned off the
water before she took his hand in hers and began leading him out of
the bathroom and back into the bedroom. She turned around and slowly
got on the bed. He looked at her as she spread her legs and he
climbed on the bed, in between her legs. He looked down at her as he
positioned himself at her opening. She closed her eyes and waited to
feel him getting inside her but all she heard was the loud knocking
on the front door.

“
Damn
it,” Daniel muttered wondering why he didn’t hang the ‘Do
Not Disturb’ sign on the door. She was breathing heavily as she
cursed silently. Daniel was still hovering over her. She opened her
eyes and looked up into his eyes. “Maybe if we wait, whoever it
is will go away,” he said. But almost as soon as the words left
his mouth, there was another loud knock on the door. She smiled at
him as he got off the bed. “Hold that thought,” he said.
She got up and put on a bathrobe as he put on his pants. She walked
back to the bathroom as Daniel opened the door. “Mel…what?
How did you know where to come?” he asked when he saw his
sister standing outside his door.

“
You
did tell me what suite you were in, remember?” she said with a
smile.

“
Yes
but we were supposed to do brunch and aren’t you tired? Or jet
lagged?” Daniel asked. She looked at him and shrugged.

“
I
slept on the plane,” she said before she took a step into his
suite.

“
Well,
come on in. Why don’t you?” Daniel said sarcastically.

“
So
where is she? I’m dying to meet her,” she said excitedly.

He looked at her and
smiled.

“
She
is in the shower,” he said as he walked to the minibar. He took
a bottle of water and opened it. As much as he loved having her
around, she was really a handful. He watched her as he downed the
water in big long gulps.

When Erica got out of
the bathroom, she dried off and oiled up before she walked into the
room.

“
Erica,
baby. This is my sister, Melanie,” Daniel said before taking
another long sip.

“
Melanie,
hi. I’ve heard a lot about you,” Erica said as she walked
towards Melanie. She had her hand stretched out to shake Melanie’s
hand but Melanie wrapped her arms around her excitedly. She pulled
away and looked at Melanie.

“
You
are gorgeous!” Melanie said excitedly. Erica looked at Daniel
and then shifted her gaze back to Melanie and smiled.

“
Thanks.
You are a very beautiful woman too,” she said.

“
So,
now that you are both here. I need to talk to you about why I am
really here,” Melanie said. Daniel walked towards them and
raised an eyebrow over the other.