The Austin Arrangement novel Chapter 49

Jeremy and I walked the Macallan Boutique and he was literally in Whisky Heaven,as he browsed the limited collections and special prints. There was expensive glassware too, well maybe expensive to me but not to the likes of Jeremy.

"This is all so nice. I want to buy you something."I looked at him with a pleading face,already knowing what kind of answer I was going to get.

"You're not spending money on me, you've already done enough just by bringing me here."Jeremy picked up a bottle and looked at the label."Macallan was the first whisky I ever drank,which is why it's always stuck with me."

"You're loyal to your whisky."I stood alongside him,pulling my bottom lip between my teeth with a question in mind. I turned my head and looked at him."Can you be as loyal to a woman, Jeremy?"

"I think I've proved that to you over the last few weeks."He stepped closer to me."You don't think that I'm just going to end this when I get you into bed do you?"

I turned and smiled at him."No,Of course I don't. I just know that being tied down isn't necessarily what you do,i wasn't sure what exactly was going on between us."

"I couldn't stay away from you any longer,so I gave up trying."He leaned in and captured my lips in a kiss,in the middle of the Macallan Boutique."I don't want to be without you,Gorgeous. You're the only thing in life that makes me feel sane."

The only thing in his life that makes him feel sane,he makes it sounds like he's living a terrible life and I'm the only good in it. What's the bad in his life?

Although for me he was what was keeping me going and making me feel a little bit of happy when I wake in the morning. I've lost most of my family,that grief doesn't just go. I'm living with it.

After our tour of The Macallan Estate, Jeremy and I checked into the Hotel that I had booked for us. The hotel that was very small compared to the pictures online. Our room was about the size of a box room,with the most hideous wallpaper I've ever seen.

"This is nice."I chuckled,and looked over at him. Of course this was nothing that Jeremy was used to. It wasn't a stylish and expensive hotel,it was the complete opposite of that.

"Yeah,Very Nice! This picture of the doll with the crazy eyes in my favourite part."He chuckled back. Jeremy picked up our bags,mine in one hand and his in the other."Come on,We're not staying here."

"What?"I furrowed my brows."But I've already paid."

"The owner should be the one paying us to stay here."He smirked."I'll find us somewhere to stay. You deserve to stay somewhere much nicer than here."

I found it amusing-But I also found it sweet that he said that I deserve somewhere better. Honestly,I couldn't imagine him with those printed floral sheets wrapped around him in bed anyway.

He said that he would find us a nice hotel to stay in and that's exactly what he did. The kind of hotel that had a lot of land around it and even a jacuzzi and a swimming pool. Our room was stylish with perfect white bedding and silver throws and cushions.

Jeremy snuck his arm around me and handed me a glass of champagne."Is this nice enough?"

"I guess it's a little nicer than the one that I picked."I joked,before turning towards him. I drank from my glass, building onto the 3 Macallan whisky that I've already drank."That tub looks nice."

Jeremy grasped my ass in his hands. "You're such a fucking tease. You don't even realise how much i want you."

"I'm pretty sure I do."I chuckled,and pressed my lips against his. Things were getting hot,but it was clear that tonight wasn't the night. If I was to let it happen,I would be too drunk to remember it afterwards.

I was laying between his legs,rested back on him. Jeremy was moving a bar of soap smoothly over my skin and making me feel relaxed. I was just enjoying being here with him,the two of us. No work,family or other obligations to get in the way.

"Jeremy.."I paused,unsure of how to put my sentence together. I had something in mind that I wanted to ask him and it's been bugging me all day."You said earlier that I was the only one in your life that makes you feel sane."

"What about it."He asked.and stopped his movements with the bar of soap.

"I don't understand it."I sat up,and turned slightly to look at him."I would have thought that you were happy with your life. Is there something that I don't know?"

"No. There's nothing."He stood from the tub,with the water dripping off him and he stepped out. Jeremy grabbed a towel from the hanger."You should eat,I'll order us some room service."He walked out of the bathroom,putting an end to the conversation.

I sat alone in the tub with the candles lit around me,yet it felt a lot less romantic than it did 20 minutes earlier. He said that there was nothing,but it was clear that there was something. But what?

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