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Chapter Sixteen


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Jin and her decided to spend the next couple of weeks wisely in Julia's absence. They booked a hotel for a few days close to the place where they were going to go ziplining. The weather was great and thankfully, no freak storms. But day number one was is a relaxing day at the beach. With their suitcases packed and in the trunk of Julia's car, the pair set off to another area of the Queensland for their getaway.

Jin is the one driving and Nina relaxes in the passenger seat next to him.

She opens the glove compartment and a romantic novel stuck out like a sore thumb. Curious, Nina picks it up and flicks through the pages. A blush on her cheek spreads when she came across an erotic moment in the novel and she almost shut the book has it not been for her curiosity to see what happened next.

Julia read such books and Nina never knew about it?!

This was some risqué stuff here. Nina lifts her eyes up to Jin who was driving. Then looks back down at the page, deciding to carry on reading in silence.

Oh that was so hot, Nina thinks. It is good tips for anyone looking to spice things up in the bedroom. Then imagines herself as the protagonist and Jin as the lover. He already fit the bill as a mysterious and handsome man. She steals a glance at Jin again, feeling her cheeks burn. Bloody hell, she was getting way to into it.

To distract herself from the book, she shuts it and puts it back then decides to press play on the CD player.

"Baby, if you give it me, I'll give it you, I know what you want." A melodious voice sang out.

Both she and Jin are alarmed at the suggestive lyrics. Jin almost swerves out of lane. He clears his throat and keeps his eyes on the road.

Oh shit, Nina thinks. What the hell, her cinnamon roll friend Julia was so wild?!

She didn't have the heart to press pause.


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She loves this. Feeling the sun and the sea breeze on her skin. Jin's shirt was almost completely unbuttoned too, giving her a nice view of his well-toned chest. It just felt so right, walking with him in a place like this. Was this what extreme bliss was?

The blonde is sporting a sheer beachdress over a bikini and Jin is mesmerized when she's strolling across the tide, feet in sand and water. Her hair down and swaying in the breeze along with that Nina smile is a sight he'll never forget. She came a long way from the haunted woman under Ogre's spell. He forces his eyes to hold their restraint when it lingers on the curves under the sheer material. Jin finds himself walking closer to her than usual, his hand lightly brushes against hers.

They lay on the beach together. During their time on the beach they walked with sand between their toes, dipped their feet into the tide and lay on a blanket. It was a surreal experience for them both. When they were lounging, some rugged middle aged woman who wasn't a native English speaker well kept coming to them to offer massages, she must have singled them out as tourists. They really didn't belong here but it felt like they did in a strange way. Whenever they were together, it felt so right and like….they belonged. They turned that woman down who charged way too much for an amateur massage on the beach. Jin was happy to just donate some money out of kindness but Nina told him that would just attract that woman to them even more. Besides, they were here on the down low. Neither of them wanted anyone getting close to them.

"Massage me." Nina says to him, pulling his hands and placing it on her body. "Quick, that woman is coming over again."

"Uh…," Nina heard him grunt a little. "I don't know how…..,"

"Like this." The blonde murmurs, grabbing a bit of Jin's thigh and giving it a gentle squeeze.

It made the man almost yelp. She grins. It is a sight to see. Jin wasn't annoyed at the sudden touch but he was surprised how good it felt to be touched like that on the thigh. Why did he want her to do that again to him?

"Touch me, baby." Nina moans at Jin, seeing the woman approach them.

So Jin did. He began to massage her shoulders and back with his palms as if he was trying to sooth away pain. He had no idea what the hell he was doing and the whole thing feels too intimate. To top off his embarrassment, Nina began to moan under his touches. Was it supposed to have that effect? He wonders. Or was Nina faking?

Please don't be faking, He thinks. He didn't have a huge ego but it would shatter it if Nina was pretending to feel good.

The blonde was feeling as if she was floating up high that she tucks her arms under her chin and closes her eyes. A moan or two escapes her lips. Jin's hands….damn they feel really amazing. She almost forgot about the unwanted amateur massage lady. Lazily, she opens her eyes to find the woman going past them to bother another couple on the beach.

Nina was having too much fun.

She closes her eyes and like a cheeky bitch, she doesn't tell Jin to stop. His hands travel on her lower back. Her breath hitches. But those fingers of his don't ghost further down towards her rear end. She tries not to feel disappointed.

"She's gone now." Jin says and stops massaging her. His hands however, remain on her back. Should he have to resume the act, he would do so.

"I suppose I'll have to return the favor." Nina utters. "On your stomach."

Once she gives him a good massage to his shoulders and back, Nina reaches into her bag to pull out the sparkling grape juice. As she takes a few swings, her eyes roam around the beach. The beach masseuse lady was busy massaging someone else from afar so she wouldn't be back.

She offers Jin the bottle who gets up to take a drink. Surprisingly he takes it. It's only after he's drinking, Nina realizes they never drank from the same bottle before. Were things so comfortable between them now that they did such a thing? He didn't make a fuss of it either.

He passes it back to her and she takes another few swigs before capping it shut and placing it back in the bag. He lay down on his back, legs slightly apart, a look of contentment on his face.

As soon as her body snuggles back down onto the blanket, she sighs softly. The sky had now gotten a soft pink hue. They were going to lie here and enjoy the sunset together. Her mind goes back to when her hands touched Jin's earlier, when they were walking over the tide.

"I really like your hands." Nina tells Jin, rolling onto her side to face him. He turns his head towards hers. He looks perplexed and curious.

"Why?"

"Big. Strong. Incredible. What's there not to like?"

She was praising him. Jin couldn't believe it. He feels his cheek tingle at her words.

"You're such a tease. I barely touch you."

Nina closes her eyes and smirks. "And when you do, it feels amazing."

In that second, he didn't know how to breathe. He touched her once, to give her a massage on the beach so that the woman offering "cheap" massages would leave them alone.

"I never massaged anyone before."

"Well it means you have a good teacher." Nina chuckles.

"Have you massaged anyone before?"

"Hell no." She answers swiftly, not missing a beat. He takes her word for it.

Her hands were smaller than his but they had him convinced she could have become a chiropractor if she wished. She knead out a few knots in his back from his intense training. All it took was a few minutes. In that time Jin had to really control his groaning because he was seeing stars.

He didn't know what else to say so he basks in the moment with her as they lay together. The sun was setting and soon they'd have to go back to the hotel. He snuggles deeper into the blanket and softly sighs. The sound of the tide and their soft breathing fills his ears.

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A/N: Massage beach lady is one real life holiday experience from a friend just in case it's strange to imagine some random lady trying to offer massages on a beach to people for money.