- Chapter 1
Liz really didn’t feel good. Her night of drinking had her feeling really dehydrated. Running away from Harrison’s room after seeing him and Sarah standing in there, really didn’t help either.
In the lobby, Liz had to sit down. She was sweating and feeling dizzy. The bellboy, who had brought her water and crackers before, rushed in with a fresh supply for Liz to consume. This time Liz didn’t even try to turn him away.
She sat there trying to gather herself back together so she could go back to her hotel. The look of surprise on Harrison’s face still burned in Liz’s mind.
Seeing Sarah and Harrison in their pajamas in his hotel room was just too much for Liz. If Harrison had really been worried about her, he could have come to her hotel and looked for her. Inviting his six-foot blonde goddess of an assistant to his room did not seem like the best way to search for someone you were worried about.
“Liz, nothing was going on. We were trying to find you.” Harrison said from behind Liz.
Liz just sat there. She did not turn around to address this version of his story. Partially because she didn’t want to turn or move at all because of the nausea and partially because she wasn’t sure she even believed him.
“Liz, where were you? I called. I went to your hotel. I even called the police.” Harrison came around and sat next to Liz on the couch.
“You came to my hotel?”
Liz suddenly felt extremely guilty. She had been in the hotel, just in Ricardo’s room and not her own. She had been in Ricardo’s bed instead of Harrisons. Liz wanted to tell Harrison, but she didn’t want to stop being mad at him yet. Waking up next to Ricardo after a night of drinking way too much was the whole reason Harrison had been unable to find Liz. But Liz had just been so shocked when Sarah was standing in Harrison’s room.
No woman ever wants to see her man standing next to a woman like Liz saw Sarah in a hotel room. Even if it was totally legitimate. It was just shocking.
“I lost my phone while out with friends from work. Drank too much and fell asleep.”
“Are you alright? You don’t look too good.” Harrison said showing an instant level of compassion that Liz suddenly wished she had remembered before yelling and running away from him earlier.
“Just a massive hangover and dehydrated. I’ll be fine.”
“You know I love you. Sarah really is just my assistant. I called her early this morning to get me the numbers for the local police. She brought them straight to my room so I could call them since you had not shown up last night.”
Liz started to feel worse and worse. The guilt filling her up from the inside all the way to her pounding head. Maybe she was projecting her guilt about being in bed with Ricardo onto Harrison and his assistant. She really did not see anything that was sordid or sexy between the two of them. Actually Sarah’s pajamas were full-length pants and a t-shirt.
“I’m sorry I worried you.” Liz finally succumbed to defeat.
“I’m just happy you are alright. I seriously don’t know what I would do without you.”
Harrison leaned in to kiss Liz.
“I think we should hug it out instead of kissing, I’ve got horrible breath right now.” Liz joked as she wrapped her arms around Harrison.
Then in one quick motion he stood up with Liz’s arms still wrapped around his neck. He swung his hands around her and lifted her up off the ground. Soon he had her fully in his arms and was carrying her off to the elevator.
The bellboy quickly ran after them and hit the button to open the elevator. Inside, the elevator attendant knew exactly the floor they had come from and got them right back up to the tenth floor.
“This really is a five-star hotel, isn’t it?” Liz laughed as Harrison carried her down the hallway toward his room.
He set Liz down for a brief moment to unlock the door and then swept her off her feet again as he brought her into his room.
Harrison’s room was much more elegant than Liz’s hotel room. He had a huge king sized bed with silk sheets and a down comforter. There was a couch and sitting area and a television on the wall that looked like it was at least six feet wide. The floor to ceiling windows were pointing out over the city and offered an amazing view that instantly hypnotized Liz. She walked over and stood staring at Sydney as the sun shown down on the city.
Liz felt Harrison step up behind her. His body closer and closer until his hands reached out and pulled Liz toward him. He leaned down and kissed the back of her neck. Then reached down and pulled her shirt up over her head and threw it on the ground.
Piece by piece Harrison rid Liz of her clothing. She was too tired to argue and too enthralled with the view to bother turning around.
Liz stood there naked, looking out over the city.
Harrison stepped back and watched Liz. She was obviously distracted and enjoying the view. He took off his own clothes and stood next to Liz.
“Do you think anyone down there will notice us standing here naked?” Harrison said with a smile.
“Let them.”
Liz reached out and grabbed Harrison’s hand. They continued to enjoy the floor to ceiling view of the city until Liz finally decided she was tired and wanted to lie in Harrison’s fabulous bed.
They climbing in and their body’s slid into the silk sheets. If Liz had felt better, she surely would have loved to have sex on these sheets with Harrison. But she felt ill from her night of partying and guilty about what had happened the night before with Ricardo. So instead of making love, Liz pressed her body tightly into Harrison’s arms and fell asleep.
There was no sex. There was no love making. But Liz felt closer to Harrison than she had in a long time. Now she just hoped she hadn’t ruined everything by sleeping with Ricardo. She couldn’t wait to talk to him when she got back to work.