He must have known I was being purposefully obtuse, but he said nothing, just nodded. I thanked him for that.
I escorted him to the door, and as a reward for him being so good these past few hours, I pulled myself up to my tip-toes to give him a soft kiss on the cheek.
“Thank you, for being a friend,” I said.
He smiled as his hand floated up to touch his cheek. “Any time,” he said wistfully.
He left, but I hadn’t gone three steps from the door when someone knocked.
Odd.
Myel wouldn’t knock.
“Who is it?” I called
“Zora, mistress. You’ve been in all day. Did you want me to tend to your room?
Right…
And odd idea occurred to me. “Sure!” I let her in andlaughed a little when her eyes went wide at me in the string bikini. Then she took in the rest of the mess.
“Trying some things on?” she guessed.
I nodded. “Want to see my favorites?” I asked excited. I was curious for a woman’s perspective.
“I wouldn’t want to get in your way, mistress.”
“Nonsense. Do you have any other rooms to do?”
“No, just yours.” It was late, after all. I probably shouldn’t be keeping her any later; she might have a family to get back to, but… other than Tala I’d made no other women friends here. And Zora wasn’t a friend… yet, but maybe she could become one?
“Then hold on just a few minutes, I promise I’ll make it worth your while.”
She raised a brow. “As you wish, mistress.”
“Great. So, first, what do you make of this one?” I spun around in the tiny bikini. “I know it’s a bit much, but I like it.”
“It’s… ah… well, it does show the worldexactlyhow beautiful of a woman you are, mistress.”
I laughed at that wording.
“Thank you, Zora.”
She opened her mouth, then closed it with a smile. She’d probably been going to tell me not to thank her, then given up.
I changed into the more conservative bikini. “And this one?” I did a twirl.
“More sedate, but still quite… bold. The color works very well on you.”
I switched to the one-piece.
“Oh, now that’s lovely,” Zora commented. “It still lets the world know you’re all woman and beautiful without giving away everything to the eyes. I do like that one.”
I had a feeling she might.
“Great, thank you so much, Zora, and as a reward for your honest opinion, you can have all the rest of these suits.”
She blinked, surprised. There were over twenty swimsuits discarded on my bed.
