“I don’t know. . . but I’m not sure I want to find out.” Baron catches my gaze at my ominous whisper, and I hastily unpeel the flap. Shuffling to look over my shoulder, Baron puts a comforting hand on my shoulder as I pull a single check out of the envelope. For a moment, I’m stunned, and then I realize the amount. Gasping, I drop the envelope and cover my mouth in horror.
“Why is he giving you a check for a million and a quarter euros? Delaney?” Baron asks, and I clench my jaw as I cover the zeros with my thumb. His breath hitches. “I- is that the date that. . . you. . .?”
“Aye, it is,” I answer, my stomach flipping dangerously. Holding it up, I shove the check in Baron’s face. “Take it- take it. I cannae even deal with it. Hide it or something.”
CHAPTER21
BARON
My jaw nearly drops when we finally make it to the small resort in costa Rica. It's absolutely stunning. There's not many guests here but that's just fine for Delaney and me. We're going to be spending some much need quality time with each other and it's best if there aren't a lot of people around to worry about. I love how the resort is so integrated with the actual environment. Tree roots curl up the columns around the hotel. Fruit hang from the trees and flowers bloom colourfully. The trees hang over into the main walking area , small iguanas walk along the path next to us and the birds fly high above. The entire place looks like it's straight out of a movie. It's perfect for Delaney. She needs this time to relax and finally just take some time for herself.
"Wow, Baron. this place...' She looks around and a large smile plasters on her face when. large birds swoops down and lands gracefully on a statue right next to us, "This place is absolutely breath taking."
"I agree." I reach over and grab her hand now that she's a bit more agreeable. When I suggested the trip to Costa Rica I really should have paid more attention to the smaller details that I'd have to be dealing with. Like the flight. We had wonderful seats but the near twelve hours in the air was driving Delaney mad. She was uncomfortable and fidgeting the entire way here. By the time we were about to land she didn't even want me to touch her and she tried to force herself to go to sleep. Now that were out in the open and she can see just how beautiful this place is she's in much better spirits.
"What do you want to do first?" I ask as we make our way over to the main house where the reception area is.
"I want to find our hotel room, jump on the bed and stay there for about twelve hours." She laughs and I throw an arm around her shoulder tugging her closer to me.
"Are we sleeping? Because I could be okay with that." I raise an eyebrow when I see her tongue come out and lick her bottom lip.
"I was thinking a very healthy combination of sleep and being naked. We have a private balcony don't we?"
My mind instantly goes to an image of Delaney riding me in one of the lounge chairs on our balcony. Her long hair flowing down her back and the bright sun kissing her soft skin.
God, this must be heaven.
"Let's hurry." I say and pick up my pace to the reception area.
Delaney stops in her tracks and laugh loud while I bee line straight for the main building. I need to be in that room and quickly.
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After we spent the first day mostly in our room we decide to come out and explore the resort a bit more the next day. It'd be such a shame if we came all the way over here only to stay stuck in the room. At least that's what Delaney tells me. I'm perfectly fine just making love to her all day.
"Did you see they had a full service spa? I wonder what they offer? I could go for a full seaweed wrap, that sounds like it could be fun." Delaney says as she walks aimlessly around the resort. This morning after breakfast she decided that we should go around and just take in the sights before we settled on what we wanted to do for the day. When she told me she just wanted to take a walk around I was actually pleased. Since she was basically couped up in the room for the past few days I thought for sure she want to hit the ground running. I was surprised she didn't want to jump straight into doing something a little more outrageous, but grateful. Partly because the doctor told her she was supposed to be taking it easy and also because I may have not been completely honest about why I suggested this place to visit.
"I'm going to have to pass on the seaweed wrap love. You can go have fun though. I might check out more of the in resort dining options, just see what is available you know do a little more sight-seeing."
"Hmm, check out the building, huh. You also wanted to look into how close the resort was from other points of interest and what the weather pattern is like over here." She squints her eyes at me and I know she's starting to smell something fishy.
I gulp down a lump in my throat, this could go bad in so many ways. "I don't want you to be mad. I'm not working if that's what you're thinking."
"Oh? Then what are you doing? because I'm starting to feel like this trip was far more thought out than just some whim getaway." She continues to smile at me which I'm happy about. I don't want this to turn into a fight.
"It was a whim decision, I honestly had no intention on coming here until we got the okay for the babymoon, but I did hear from Klaus that this place will be going up for sale. I know you said you didn't think expanding right away would be a good idea but the businessman in me couldn't not at least look at it."
"This place is for sale?" Delaney spins away from me and looks at the place with fresh eyes. Instead of a tourist now she's looking at it like a hospitality worker. “All of these trees must be hell to upkeep and not to mention the wildlife. What about tide? Does that ever affect the stay of the guests? I know it's gorgeous to be so close to the beach but that might be a bad thing later on down the line especially if there's hurricanes or god forbid tsunami's."
She shakes her head before she turns back to the large building of housing units. There is the general housing units, villas and for those willing to pay more there's even private mini casasitas, the aesthetic of the entire place is mind boggling but I'm with Delaney when she said the upkeep must be a nightmare especially if there's no guest to bring in the profit.
"Why are they selling? This place looks to be in good shape."
"Last I heard the owner was getting too old and wanted to retire up in the mountains of all places if you can believe it. I know there's a few prospective buyers in the wind but all the grumblings point to them not really wanting to take on so much responsibility. This place is deep within the jungle and it's going to take a lot of work to get the place buzzing again.
"Oh, think of the event that we could have here? Weddings, birthdays, balls! " Delaney completely bypassed everything I said and went straight to the events she'd plan. I wrap my arms around her waist and we stand there as she dreams out loud. It's my one great joy in life to see this woman so happy. After a few minutes when the excitement has died down a bit. she turns to talk to me again. "Baron I was wrong, this could be a good idea. Do you want to buy it?" She ask and suddenly a great idea pops into my mind. We're soon to be man and wife. Why shouldn't we share everything already. "I was thinking we could buy it." I say and she squints her eyes at me.
"What do you mean we? You want to buy this with me?"
