for her. She put on her sunglasses and crossed her arms
over her chest as Daniel waved down a cab. He looked at her and held
the door open for her. She gave him an appreciative smile and climbed
in. She looked at him as he walked round the car and climbed in next
to her. “La Quebrada, please,” he said to the driver
before he strapped himself in.
“ You
do know I am being an idiot for getting into a car with a stranger,
right?” she asked.
“ Well,
I don’t know how many strangers know such intimate details
about each other,” he said. She smiled and turned to look out
the window. “You don’t have much to say now, huh?”
“ I’m
keeping my comments to myself,” she said.
“ Trust
me, you are going to love La Quebrada,” he said with a smile.
She looked at him and flashed him a smile that reached out to parts
of him he didn’t think possible.
“ I
better,” she said in a flirtatious voice even though she never
intended to.
Chapter 4
Daniel
was right. La Quebrada was more than what she expected it to be. It
was the kind of place that you expect to see on a postcard. She was
just in awe of the place. Everything about it was perfect in more
ways than one. Thanks to her job, she hadn’t been out in a long
time and even Daniel could tell she was excited.
“ Someone
really needed to have this vacation, didn’t she?” he
asked. She looked at him as they walked along the beach and shrugged.
“ It
has been a while. I almost feel like a kid taking a first time trip
to Disneyland,” she added as they came to a stop.
“ Come
on, this way,” he said leading her up a sandy trail. “Trust
me on this, Erica,” he said in a soft voice as he took her hand
in his. She sighed and followed him up the trail which brought them
to a beautiful private rocky area.
Erica
was not sure what he had in mind or where he was taking her. As they
slowly climbed up and down the rocks, Erica found herself wondering
whether this was what she had always had in mind when she pictured a
perfect getaway. She gasped when they finally came to a small private
pool enclosed by rocks. There was a canopy of trees hanging over one
side of the rocks giving the rocky resort a perfect shade.
“ Wow,”
Erica said under her breath as she looked around.
“ I
know, right?” he said looking around. She smiled and walked up
to one of the rocks and sat down. He walked up to where she was and
took a seat next to her.
“ I
take it you’ve been here before,” she said without
looking at him.
Daniel
nodded as he looked around.
“ Yeah.
This has always been my small slice of Acapulco. Maybe the reason why
I keep coming back here,” he pointed out. “I don’t
know why but I have always found some kind of peace when I was here.”
“ I
guess this must be a very sacred place for you,” she said.
He
nodded and then turned to look at her. “You know what, I have
never brought anyone back here. You are the first.”
She
smiled and shrugged.
“ And
they say you never forget your first, right?” she asked. He
laughed as he looked at her and nodded.
“ Yes
they do,” he said in a soft voice. There was a long silence as
the two of them looked at each other. Even with her sunglasses on,
Erica could feel his piercing hazel eyes looking into her. She
suddenly looked away when she felt her cheeks flush. She could still
feel him looking at her.
“ Oh
damn, Erica. You’re blushing. Don’t let him see you
blushing,” she
thought as she looked around the perfect scenery. She suddenly took
off her sunglasses and her cover up dress before she stood up and
stepped out of her flip flops. Daniel looked at her curvy body as she
looked at the water. She could have sworn she heard him breathe a
long low wow when he saw her in her swim suit.
“ Is
this a safe depth to dive in? She asked without turning around.
“ Yes
it is,” he said just minutes before she jumped into the water
head first. She swam a few laps before she finally came up.