coyly.
“Shall we go now?” Josh asked, almost leaping to his feet.
“Okay, if you like,” Amy laughed.
Leading her by the hand Josh almost ran out of the venue and she struggled to keep up.
“Oh, and next time,” she stopped him as they were leaving, “I’m choosing what we do for a date. I’m growing a bit tired of all these celebrity shindigs.”
“Whatever you say.” Josh smiled and then kissed her passionately as yet more cameras sparked to life around them, capturing their embrace for the whole world to see.
Chapter 9
“So what are we doing today?” Josh asked sleepily as he rolled over and raised himself up with one arm.
“I believe its lady’s choice,” he added seductively before planting a gentle kiss upon Amy’s lips.
She suddenly found herself wishing she’d woken up before him so that she could have gone and brushed her teeth!
“It is my choice,” Amy smiled, pulling herself away from Josh and scrambling out of bed. Even though he’d seen her the night before she suddenly felt very self-conscious and was grateful for the hotel robe nearby which she could hide within.
It was then, as the passion from the previous night melted away that she finally saw just how spectacular the hotel room was.
No, room didn’t do it justice, it was a suite! It was larger than her apartment, with its own living area and even a twelve place mahogany dining table.
“This room is amazing,” she cooed as she glanced around, getting distracted.
“You were saying something else was amazing last night,” Josh teased.
“Behave!” Amy scolded.
“So, come on then, what’s the plan for today?” Josh prompted again.
Amy leaned her head back in mock thought and pursed her lips.
“We should do something different, something you’ve never done before,” she mused.
“There’s little I haven’t done,” Josh said cockily.
“Well…”
“Let’s just spend the day in bed,” Josh offered, peeling the duvet off himself seductively.
“Tempting,” Amy admitted.
She wanted nothing more than to spend the whole day beneath that duvet with Josh, but she feared that she’d already given too much of herself to him. Now that he’d had his way with her, what was to stop him from turning cold as apparently he did with every other woman on the planet?
No, Amy needed a distraction for both Josh and herself. They needed to go somewhere public. Somewhere they would have to behave.
“What about the park?” she asked brightly.
“The park?” Josh was clearly unimpressed.
“Yes, the park. Get some sunshine, spend some time outside.”
“I’ll get mobbed.” Josh sighed.
“Ah,” Amy said, suddenly seeing the flaw in her plan.
“So what do you do when you want to do normal things, like go to the shops?”
“I don’t do normal things like go to the shops. I pay someone to go for me.” Josh admitted sadly.
“That must suck.”
“Yeah, it does. I miss being just me.”
“I bet.”
“Wherever I go people know my face and have an idea about me.”
“Well you are famous.” Amy smiled sarcastically.
“So where are we going if not the park?” Josh asked.
“No, we are still going to the park,” Amy told him as she began to pace the massive room, lost in thought.
“I’m just devising a cunning plan.”
“Well while you plan, can we at least go and shower together?” Josh came out of the bed and up behind Amy, pressing his naked form into the robe she was wearing, making her entire body tingle.
“I’m busy thinking,” Amy giggled.
“It’s a waterfall shower,” Josh whispered seductively into her ear, “big enough for two.”
“Okay fine!” Amy agreed. “I do my best thinking in the shower anyway.”
****
An hour later and Amy had indeed reached a cunning conclusion. She looked out of the
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