Chapter 30

After leaving the theater, AJ saw something across the street that he knew would make Sarah feel like the princess she had talked about wanting to be. Taking her arm, he guided her over to the horse-drawn carriage. When she realized what he was planning her mouth opened in shock.

AJ talked with the driver for a minute, then asked Mac for the camera he knew she had in her bag. Handing it to the driver and asking him to take their picture, AJ put his arm around Sarah's waist, and said, "Smile, darling."

She stared up at him in bemusement and adoration for doing such a romantic thing for her, and that was the picture the driver took. Once the camera was returned, AJ held out his hand to help her into the carriage, saying, "Your carriage awaits, my princess."

Mac couldn't speak. She was so choked up; she tried to hide the tears in her eyes from him, without much success. He placed a finger under her chin and brought her face up so he could see it. "I hope those are happy tears."

"They are. Thank you, no one has ever done something like this for me before."

"Every girl should feel like a princess, and every woman a queen, at some time in their life."

"Well, I feel pretty royal right now," she smiled and settled back in the seat to enjoy the ride.

AJ took his seat next to her and put his arms around her shoulders. "Anything for my lovely wife," he told her.

'Oh, how I wish I were!' Mac thought, but said nothing. They rode around for over an hour, just enjoying the sights and sounds of a peaceful evening. The driver left them in peace, somehow sensing that they didn't want the usual touristy info that he usually gave to his passengers. Neither of his passengers spoke a word after getting into the carriage, and the driver wondered about that, but left them to their silence.

It was simple; neither knew what to say to the other. They were on a mission where they were sharing intimacies that they shouldn't, being in the same chain of command as they were. Without the other's knowledge, they each loved the other and had for a long time, but again because of their duty and oath's they had taken neither could speak of this. So, they sat in silence, enjoying the night and the presence of the one that they loved in secret. Finally they arrived back at their starting point where they had left the car near the theatre.

Thanking the driver and paying him, AJ led Sarah back to the 'ugly' gold car. She smiled and flipped him the keys and he grimaced comically at her about having to drive the thing. Arriving back at the hotel and checking to be sure they had no messages, they headed to the room. Once there, Mac said she wanted to take a long hot bath when he was finished in there. AJ told her to go ahead that all he wanted to do was sleep; he would shower in the morning.

Plagued by another erotic dream about Sarah, AJ was able to wake before making another mess. He left Mac sleeping in the middle of the bed and relieved the sexual tension caused by the dream in the shower. Because there was really no place to go for a run, as he normally would on mornings like this, he instead chose to swim two hundred lengths of the hotel pool.

Mac woke to find him gone, so quickly showered and dressed. She was just about to order room service and wait for him to return when he walked in. The sight of him in those tiny trunks made her wish that she had taken a cold shower-not that it would have done any good! God, he was built! Not an ounce of fat anywhere that she could see-and she could see plenty with him in just that scrap of fabric.

To be continued….