I wasn't sure what kind of restaurant he was taking me to, so I found a dress to be fitting that was Caribbean style. It's backless and in the front, the dress cris-crosses over my breasts showing off my stomach, it's also long that reached my ankles and has a slit on the side exposing my leg when I walk. I put on a pair of high heeled sandals and let my hair down.

I then grabbed my phone and checked my purse to make sure that my passport was still in there, as I walked out of the cabin I put on some peach colored lip gloss and headed for the elevator.

I was feeling a little nervous as I made my down to see Chris, I felt that it was wrong of me to be going out to dinner with someone other than Austin. I got off the elevator and looked for him as I walked to where he said to meet. I then see him standing there with a smile.

"Hello beautiful." He says reaching for my hand, he then lifts my hand to his lips, kissing the top of my hand.

"Hi." I say nervously.

"Are you ready?"

"Sure." I spoke quietly and looked around, feeling guilty and hoping that nobody sees me.

"You look stunning by the way." He says as he places his hand on the small of my back.

"Thank you, so where are we going?"

He looks down at me and smiles "It's called Le Santal, I hope you like French food."

"I like all kinds of food, but not sure if I've had french food before." I smile.

"You will definitely like this place the food is excellent, I already called them making sure we got a certain table." He says.

Chris paid the driver when we got dropped off outside the restaurant, he then placed his hand in mine walking me inside and announcing his name when we got to the hostess.

The hostess then brought us to a table that was sorta private and overlooked the ocean. As I sat down I looked around and noticed how the place was beautifully decorated and cozy, and how they were softly playing romantic music in the background.

"Please bring us a bottle of that Château Haut-Brion Grand Cru Classé." Chris asked the waiter.

"Good choice." He said smiling, handing us a menus.

"What is that?" I asked Chris quietly while leaning towards him.

"It's a very very fine red wine from France."

"Oh." I said softly, I then opened the menu and took a quick glance to see what they had, my eyes then widened when I saw the pricing of the meals.

"Don't worry about the prices, order whatever you want." He says, he must have noticed my eyes widened when I openee the menu.

"Are you sure?"

"I wouldn't have brought you here if I was worried about the prices." He says.

The waiter came back with the bottle of wine, and poured us each a sample asking for me to try it before he poured more.

"This is very good, it will pair well with what I am ordering." I smile.

"Perfect." Chris said, he then looked at me and smiled "What are you having?"

"I'll have the roasted lamb filet."

"And I will have the duck marinated in honey." Chris says closing his menu, then takes my menu and hands them both to the waiter. "You look like your in a much better mood than when I saw you earlier." He says when the waiter left.

"I am thank you, I just want to put that behind me, and enjoy this moment right now." I quietly said, playing with my necklace.

"I want you to enjoy yourself, you deserve it" He says.

"Why do you think that?" I ask.

"Well, you did come on the cruise to enjoy yourself, did you not? And from what I saw this morning, you weren't enjoying it."

"I know... I don't even know you really, and I'm feeling guilty being here with you. I'm no better, here I get upset with Austin because of Kenna. Look at me now, I'm a hypocrite."

"Well I wouldn't feel guilty, I'm not sure what's going on with your personal life. But you looked and sounded like you needed a break, something nice."

The waiter set our food down just as I was going to say something, I looked at my meal and my stomach started growling. "Looks and smells amazing." I say.

"Enjoy." The waiter says before walking away.

During the meal I remained quiet, I wasn't sure what to say other than answering some questions he had for me. I kept thinking about Austin, and how I was betraying him, I was also thinking about Chris and how he was spending all this money on me for me to eat.

Chris took care of the bill after we ate and we headed out. "We still have some time to spare yet, would you like to check out the beach?"

"Sure."

We walked along the beach, I took of my sandals and walked through the water. I was enjoying the breeze and how my hair blew around when the wind came by. It made me smile. "Looks beautiful with the sun setting and the waves crashing in." I finally spoke, it really was breathtaking out.

"It is beautiful, but there's someone else here making it look even more beautiful." He says spinning me to face him. "You're actually making it look gorgeous out. Just like you." He says taking my flowing hair strands and placing them behind my ears.

He smiled as he cupped the back of my head and leaned down, kissing me softly while placing his other hand around my waist.

The goosebumps started to form as he pulled me tighter against him, I felt like
melting at that moment, my knees suddenly felt weak and pulled away to catch a breath.

"We should probably get back, I'm sure everyone is looking for me." I say trying to catch my breath.

"I have to check in anyways and get things ready for tonight." He says, taking my hand.

When we got back to the ship I was nervous about running into Austin. Chris kissed my cheek "Come find him later if I wanted. I headed back to my room, and saw that Austin hadn't come back yet.

I pulled my phone out of my purse and noticed that he tried calling me a couple times, but left no message. So I left him a message:

Austin I'm not sure where you are or what your doing, I'm going to hang out with Lexi tonight. Please don't try and find me.

Vanessa...Where are you? Ive been trying to get a hold of you all day. I'm actually on the ship looking for you. He responded back.

Why do you care? You apparently had planned to work the entire time and leave me by myself on this cruise.

I never planned on leaving you by yourself the entire time.

Please let me be for tonight, do what you have to do, just know that I'm extremely hurt.

Vanessa, please tell me where you are.

He can think about what he did, and maybe think about what I mean to him, if I mean anything at all..... maybe I need to think about what I'm doing too for that matter. I mumbled.

I sent Lexi a message when she didn't answer her phone to meet me at the Cabo Wabo bar. I grabbed my purse and headed over there.

I walked into the nightclub, headed on over to the bar and sat down. I sat and looked around watching everyone having a good time, laughing, and dancing.

The bartender finally made his way over, laying a coaster in front of me "What can I get for you?"

"Sex on the beach please."

"Sure."

"Is this seat taken?" I hear a man ask while I felt his hand resting on my shoulder. I looked to my side and shook my head no to him.

The bartender returned with my drink, I immediately took a sip to try it, and it tasted wonderful. Dangerously good to where it tasted like I was drinking candy.

The guy next to me kept trying to strike up a conversation with me, I tried ignoring him by picking my phone up and texting Lexi.

"Are you here by yourself?" I hear him ask me.

I looked over at him "No, I'm waiting for my friends." I say, he was actually quite handsome. He had strikingly blue eyes and dirty blonde hair with a strong jawline. Sorta reminded me of Lexi's husband Drake.

"Well I can keep you company while you wait." He says with a smile.

I shrugged my shoulders "That's fine."

"I'm Steve, nice to meet you."

"Likewise, I'm Vanessa." I said as I took a drink. I then turned looking to see if Lexi was coming, I started to bum thinking that she wasn't going to show up.

"A friend of mine is getting married in Aruba, so we're out here having a bachelor party tonight."

"How come your not with them?" I ask hoping that he would go away.

"I figured I would see if you would like to dance? You don't have to if you don't want."

I looked around again and thought about it, I sighed thinking that nobody was coming, who knows maybe Austin will show up and see that I'm dancing with someone, maybe it will make him realize what I mean to him "Since my friends haven't shown up yet, maybe one dance wouldn't hurt."

"Can I ask you to hold on to these for a little bit?" I ask the bartender when he walked by. He took my purse and phone and set them behind the bar.

I went out and danced with him for a little bit until the next song came on, with it being a slow song, he pulled me close to him making me feel a little uncomfortable. I didn't care where he placed his hands and how close his face got to mine. He then slowly lowered his lips to mine, I pushed away from him and ran to the bathroom.

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