Hi everyone. I'm back! I've finished my assignments and currently stress-free. More chapters will be coming in May. :D

This chapter is a little short but the next one is definitely going to be longer.

Lucius had chosen the location for their honeymoon but he wished to keep it a secret. Though Hermione had nagged, the only three words that she could get from his mouth was "pack for tropical". This left Hermione in puzzlement. Was he taking her to some hot tropical countries, Mexico or Brazil, the Maldives or Mauritius?

It was only two days away from the trip, Hermione went to Indigo to arrange her work so after her five-day trip, she would not be overwhelmed by the heap of emails in her email account. Kath had agreed to help sorting the documents on her desk, but Hermione noticed how frequent she checked her phone, as though waiting for someone to call her.

"Is everything alright?" asked Hermione.

Kath's reaction surprised her. She swiftly put on a smile, hid her phone behind her back and said with an airy tone, "Yeah, sure."

"Sure you are," said Hermione. "Let me know if anything happens. My phone is always on."

Just right after that, Kath got a message on her phone. She swiftly held out her phone and her fingers quickly tapped on the screen. Seeing that Kath paid little attention on her, Hermione grew a little grumpy and nudged her, then said, "What's wrong with you these days? You've been acting weird and constantly looking at your phone."

Kath quickly put her phone back into her jeans pocket and said in a sheepish tone, "Sorry…so where are you going for your honeymoon?"

"Lucius wants to keep it a secret."

"And aren't you going to find out?"

"Maybe for once suspense could actually work."

"Did you pack some sexy underwear for this trip?"

"What? No!" quickly Hermione blurted. "You know I'm not that type of person—"

"But it's your honeymoon. You do want to have some excitement and debauchery, don't you?"

Hermione almost choked upon hearing the word "debauchery". She had not been thinking about anything sexual with Lucius. The wedding night took out all their energy to do anything and Lucius was busy planing their honeymoon trip. She had wondered what Lucius would be in bed, but it was hard to imagine when all he wore were suits.

"You better pack some for the trip. You will need it. I can see the burning desire in his gaze," quipped Kath.

"Yeah, and I see another pair of eyes with burning fury."

Kath glanced at where Hermione was looking. Narcissa had her eyes fixed on Hermione. Kath shuddered and pulled Hermione to aside.

"I think I need to take day offs until you come back," whispered Kath. "By the looks of her, she's going to torture me when you and Lucius are gone."

"Relax. She's only mad at me, not you."

"I thought you would know you should never underestimate women's jealousy," growled Kath. "I just hope that Lucius is going to approve my annual leave request until you come back so I don't have to see her and get tortured."

Hermione chuckled and gave a pat on Kath's shoulder. They went back to their seats and Hermione continued to sort her documents.

An hour later, her phone vibrated and she saw Lucius's text message: Ready for lunch?

She was not exactly hungry, but the thought of meeting her husband was bigger than anything. As she pushed the office door open, she flung her arms at Lucius, and Lucius held her on the waist. He planted a kiss on hers and said, "What do you want to eat?"

"I'm not that hungry now," said Hermione. "By the way, can you let Kath have her annual leave until we come back?"

"And why is that?"

"She's afraid that Narcissa is going to make her life miserable while we're gone."

"No, she won't. She may be jealous but she wouldn't do such a thing," said Lucius, seemingly having huge confidence in his employee. "However, if she does wish to…be away for a day or two, I will grant her the wish."

Hermione gave a peck on his chin. Both of them chuckled.

"So…what do you want to eat for lunch?" Lucius asked.

"I have one more question."

Lucius furrowed his brow, but he let Hermione ask her question.

"Where exactly are we going?"

Lucius could barely hid his snigger. It was her curiosity and persistence that he loved. Suddenly, a smutty thought appeared in his mind. He smirked and said, "Do you really want to know?"

Hermione's eyes were glowing with immense enthusiasm. It was the colour of milk chocolate, the kind of chocolate that she loved eating. Lucius moved his head to her shoulder and whispered to her ear,

"I could tell you, if you can make your husband happy."

A flush of red crept up from her ears to her cheek. Her breath hitched and her hands slowly shifted down to his waist. The two of them stood in the middle of the office. Lucius took the opportunity to peck on her lips. Slowly his lips moved down to her chin, and neck. The moment when his lips touched her neck, Hermione shivered and let out a small breath. Lucius was content with her reaction, so he stopped and whispered again at her ear,

"I've bought some nice underwear for you, just for our honeymoon."

"How do you know my size?"

Lucius's hands moved down to her hip while keeping a smirk on his face. Hermione giggled and shoved him. Seeing that his beautiful wife getting very embarrassed, he went back to his question, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"