“What happened Lee” he asked her gently, so gently she had started to cry softly again. With a sigh he had pulled a handkerchief from his pocket pushing it gently into her hands, which she had taken thankfully wiping away the tears. After she had stopped sniffing he had asked her the question again, and looking down at her hands she had started to talk, her voice low and emotionless
“He asked me to marry him, and I was so scared. I thought I loved him, but I couldn’t answer him…I told him I had to think about it”
She stopped briefly as another tear fell
“I went to his apartment two days later… and found him in bed with another woman…. Jim was the one person who helped me through it”
She added softly
“He told me that if David had really loved me then he would have waited”
Yanis sighed gently, looking deeply into her hazel eyes which glowed so green at that moment
“Jim was wrong Lee” he said as she had looked back at him with surprise
“If you had loved him you would not have hesitated or needed more time” he continued
“You wouldn’t have been scared.. If you loved him you would have said yes… and he knew that Lee”
Taking her hand in his he added
“But if he had really truly loved you he would not have given up.. he would have kept trying”
Lee sniffed gently a thoughtful look on her lovely face
“Do you think so” she asked her voice low and vulnerable, causing sensations to run through Yanis he could not fully understand
“Do you regret not marrying him” he asked
Lee shook her head
“No” she said almost inaudibly realising that she had never really loved him. Now she knew that the love she felt for him had shown her how little she had really cared for David. She wanted to tell him that when he wasn’t with her she felt so lost, and yet when they were together she could hardly breath for the way she yearned to tell him how much he had come to mean to her, how thoughts of him filled her whole mind and his touch and smell were so part of her she felt sick at the thought that soon he would throw her out for some wrong he had thought she had done to his friend. His sudden gentleness was only adding to the maelstrom of emotions churning through her and she had once more cleaned her eyes with the handkerchief.
Pulling her against him he had placed his arms around her hugging her comfortingly. She had enjoyed feeling his chest against her cheek and when he had kissed the top of her head soothingly she had raised her head to look into his eyes. With a small sigh he had pulled her in tighter still to him, his mouth finding and kissing her as she had shuddered under his touch.
Standing he had gently pulled her to her feet.
“Let’s go to bed” he said as she had nodded, not really wanting to see David again. As they returned to their room, Yanis had stood with her by the edge of the bed. As he had unclasped her dress, kissing her, he had started to make love to her with an intensity that she had shared, the thought of any other man loving her suddenly filling him with a primitive jealousy and the need to make her solely his, to wipe from her mind thoughts of any other man, and as she had cried out his name, he had smiled, knowing that she was his and his alone.
The next morning they had enjoyed a leisurely breakfast, before finding a more secluded sandy beach in which to relax. Neither had relished joining the many who were already moving around the pool, as they openly flirted with each other.
They had both enjoyed swimming in the sparkling aqua water in which the visibility was so clear that they could see the small fish as they swam to the bottom 10 feet below them. Although she was a strong swimmer, she had admired the way he moved so effortlessly in the water. As they had lain on the sand both enjoying the feel of the sun on their bodies, they had chatted contently with each other and Lee had felt pure happiness.
When his mobile phone had rang, Lee had frowned slightly at the sudden interruption hoping that it was nothing that would drag him away. As she peered over at him he had looked at her with a sudden look of worry, which had her sitting up with concern
“What’s the matter” she said as he had rung off
He had moved closer to her his eyes looking deeply into hers
“Now Lee, promise not to panic” he said seeing the sudden look of fear in her eyes
“What’s wrong” she whispered
“Last night the nurse we hired for Mrs Green went to her home and found her on the floor.”
As Lee had gasped in shock her hands flying to her mouth he had sought to calm her
“She is in hospital, Lee, they think she had a minor heart attack, but they are still running tests”
Lee had jumped to her feet.