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- Herausgeber: BookRix
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
Sometimes keeping a secret is easier than sharing it. Maja decided to reveal her long kept secret to her friend and a few months later while visiting Ireland for business, she couldn't belive what she found out.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020
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I always wanted to write a book despite what my teacher told me which was I would never be able to
write because of my dyslexia, but hey here I am doing it :)
Thank you to my top secret editor Z for pulling up with my mistakes.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Jo
May is coming and that means my birthday is just around the corner. This year I'll be 40 and my friend Andrea is taking me away to Rome for a few days and we will be back just in time for my big party. I'm excited to travel anywhere although in the past I travelled to grab some sun mainly, now living in Goa I can't complain about not having enough sun and beaches.
Maja drifted away to childhood dreams ‘when I become an adult I'll have a house on the beach, and every day I'll jog on this beach’ This wasn't a wish, this was the reality.
Maja called Andrea to ask, “what sort of things should I pack?”
“Are you for real?” Andrea said,“ wear something comfy, and take an empty suitcase, we are going to Rome and the first thing we will do is shopping like there is no tomorrow. We deserve to go mad. I can smell those new shoes already. Mmmmm.”
“OK, OK, OK, so how about we just go with handbags and we buy new suitcases there?,”
“Now you are talking, see you soon”
“See you soon,” Maja hung up and said out loud, - “I'm going to grab a long bath.” And then she gets lost in her inner conversation.
This trip will be awesome, we will visit lots of places, I hope not only shops. The last time I was in Italy was just over 10 years ago, but Andrea only knows I was there just before I moved to Ireland. I lost my virginity in Italy, that's the only reason Andrea is taking me there, she said to me, ‘You might find your virginity or should I say lose it again, really girl it's been way too long since you went for a naked date.” I suppose she is right, my kids are getting more action than me these days.
Victor just moved in with Dipali and Annabelle has been in Paris since September to study medicine and is definitely taking extra human anatomy classes in her Paris studio…
I stuck to my own promise and I never got married again. My career became more important and I was satisfied with casual relationships.
I made another promise 10 years ago that in 2028 on Valentine's Day I'll meet Mark in Paris under the Eiffel Tower, and I wonder after all these years will he remember, will he show up? Or was this just an affair for him and meant nothing? I would love to talk to someone about it, maybe I could open up to Andrea about it. I’ve kept this a secret for so long. Andrea will be in shock when I tell her the whole story. That's the plan - plenty of wine and I’ll tell her about two of the juiciest years of my life.
I love my life and especially my bathroom view. I never get bored of it, the relaxing melody and the view of the waves hitting the almost snow white sandy beach is amazing but one thing that would make this place even better would be if Mark would join me here. I don't even have to close my eyes to see him coming to the bathroom with his tight white T-shirt and long linen trousers, barefoot with the best tan a white person could have, a 3 day beard, the way I love. Imagining him leaning on the bath giving me a long kiss, getting shivers on my whole body every time he kisses me, then him saying with his harsh seductive voice, ‘I guess you don't want me to disturb this relaxing moment Babe…’
“Hi Maja, where are you?” The shouting voice of Andrea was coming from the hall.
She knew when to arrive, thought Maja and shouted back, ”I'm in bath give me 5 min and I'll be with you.” I guess my imaginary Mark will have to wait.
Maja quickly put on her black lacy underwear, loose jeans, white sleeveless top, long necklace and comfortable trainers. All this looked gorgeous on her tanned skin. With lovely permanent makeup, she actually needs only 5 minutes to be ready.
“Hi Andrea, you are too early, as always so let's eat.”
“Hi almost Birthday girl,” girls kiss each other on the cheeks, “you cooked as always, hope it’s nice beef.”
“You're nasty, I promise I'll get you your favorite dinner in Europe, now have my Veggie Lasagna,” Maja responded, heading towards an oven.
“I love that you are still really you around the house and serving food on the simplest white plates.”
“I never see a reason to spend a fortune on stuff like plates, glasses, you know I believe we should enjoy the colours of food we are eating, but everyone to their own, you posh little girl,” Maja winks her eye and stick her tongue at Andrea and then continues, “so should we have some wine and Jonathan will drop us at the airport?”
“Now you're taking my friend,” Maja took wine from the first art exhibition girls put together and smiled mischievously.
“Oh My God, are you sure we are old enough to open this? Only 8 years since our exhibition,” said Andrea.
“Why not, we drink to our successes and to my birthday just one glass each and the rest we will drink on your birthday,” said Maja, “is that OK?” Maja is taking the cork out slowly like a teasing lover and she knew well how to tease, her eyes were big and open as wide as possible and she was biting her bottom lip and licking from time-to-time, staring between the cork and Andrea.
Andrea finally couldn't take this any longer and she burst out laughing, “Maja stop, I want to make love to this wine, not to you hun, but you know what, this teasing talent should be used on some hot guy.”
Maja smiled shyly and said,“ I might tell you more about this side of me after a few glasses of wine in Rome.”
Andrea was about to ask a question like an excited teenager who was about to find out juicy news about her friend, but Maja put her finger on Andrea’s lips and whispered to her ear, “I will tell you one long, spicey secret in Rome, be patient hun.”
Maja finally poured wine into the glasses and the girls said together, “To our successes and birthday trip! Cheers!!!”
“I was looking forward to this trip, but now knowing you will share some juice secrets I can't wait, I know you have some secrets my dear friend.”
“In Rome, I promise and we will do this after our first meal, but you have to prepare yourself for hours of listening ..... .”
“I'm ready but you need to tell me the name so I'll have something to play with in my head with, please, please Maja, please.”
“OK his name is..........,” long pause, ” I don't remember.”
“As I believe, you have a good memory, your ability to recall stuff in detail that happened a few years ago and you don't remember the name of the guy you want to tell me about?”
“OK, I was just playing with you, of course, I remember his name, but would you like to guess?”
“Oh yes!” Andrea added quickly, “Just tell me what country he was from to narrow down names.”
“He was from Ireland.”
“Oh was that Ryan?”
“You know all about Ryan, and I'm not telling you anything if you will be that silly.”
“That's mad how quickly you can get angry, I was messing sorry hun, how about Patrick?”
“No.”
“So Matt?” Andrea continued guessing.
“No.”
“John?” - Maja turned her head right to left.
“Jason?”
“No”
“Long or short name?” asked Andrea.
“Short,” said Maja as she sipped her wine.
“Mark?”
“Drumroll please- Yes, Mark,” Maja got a bigger sip of wine and made a very dreamy facial expression.
“OMG Maja, I can't wait to hear all about this Mark.”
Both girls started laughing and Maja added,“Oh yes he was my god and still is..... Coming back to planet earth I should call for Johnny to drop us at the airport?”
“Yes, let's go quickly to Rome and go eat something there and then you are telling all of this story.”
“I might make your appetite for this even more by describing how he looked when we hit the airport.” Maja took her phone to call Johnny -“Hi Johnny, could you drop us at the airport in a few minutes, please.”
You could hear Johnny answering -“ Of course my dear, which car would you like me to take?”
“Let's go with my beloved beast.”
“Are you sure your and Miss Andrea’s luggage will fit into it?” asked Johnny with a surprised voice.
“Oh, John, we are taking only handbags, time to do some shopping in Italy.”
“OK my dear, I will be outside in 5 min.”
“Thanks, Johnny.”
Andrea was laughing from what Johnny said, ‘Miss Andrea’- “will he ever start addressing me just Andrea?”
“One day maybe, it took me 2 years before he started using my name or ‘my dear’.“
“I'll ask him again,” said Andrea with a serious voice.
“I have to say bye to my doggies, 3 gorgeous boxers,” said Maja, and then she called them, “Million, Happy, Love, come here,” all the dogs ran with excitement to Maja and start licking her, she continued, “you have to be good I'm going away for a few days. I'll bring you something tasty back.”
“You love them too much,” Andrea said.
“I have enough love to give around, and my pets are my family, you know this well. A few years ago I couldn't imagine myself being close with any animal, look at me now. If I could I would also have elephants in my back garden.” She gives a kiss to each dog and scratches behind the ears. And then she hears Johnny pulling up outside the main door.
“Let's go,” said Maja.
Maja and Andrea, took their handbags and went outside, the dogs followed them and sat down on the porch outside the main door in the shade. Johnny is just next to her lovely car, Shelby 67 black almost like a mirror, looks so good in this sun and the white soft interior is just amazing.
“Would you like to drive?” Johnny asked Maja.
“No thanks, I had a good glass of wine so I'll leave the driving for you, Johnny.”
“No problem my dear.”
“Jump in the back Andrea and let's go.”
Johnny opened the passenger door and held the front seat to make it easy for Andrea to jump in the back. “Thanks, Johnny,” said Andrea with a big smile.
“My pleasure Miss Andrea.”
“You can call me Andrea.”
“Maybe one day Miss.”
“OK.”
Maja sat on the front in the passenger seat, Johnny shuts the door after her and quickly jumps behind the wheel. Maja put her favorite CD mix with old songs and looks a bit dreamy as always when she puts this mix on. Nobody apart from her knows every single song on it has a story behind it, the story of love, passion, pain, and hope.
A few songs in Falling slowly start and Andrea couldn't take this anymore -“Come on Maja have a heart and change this CD, please.”
“OK, OK I forgot you don't have a romantic bone in your body, ha ha ha.”
“I have plenty of romantic bones but my ears can't stand some of those songs.”
“We are 10 mins away, what do you want to listen to?”
“Just the engine and wind, how about that?”
“You never get me complaining about my beast's noise.”
Ten minutes felt long for Maja. She was excited and scared to share her deepest secret for the first time ever.
Johnny parked at the drop-off area and they left the car heading towards the VIP gate.
“Welcome Miss Kelly, how are you today? Miss Roach, how are you?” said Rasheed at the VIP gate with a perfect smile and fantastic manners.
“Fantastic going to Rome for my birthday,” said Maja.
“Happy Birthday, hope you will enjoy your flight and enjoy your stay in Italy. Your plane is ready.”
“Thanks, see you soon.”
“See you soon,” said Andrea also.
“Hi Richard, how are you today?“ said Maja to her plane captain.
“Very good Maja, just to let you know we will stop to refuel at AL Jouf domestic airport.”
“Perfect.”
“So talk to you later, Aishwarya will take good care of you ladies, let's jump in and we go.”
“Rome here we come,” said Andrea.
Maja just smiled and went on board, where they were greeted by Aishwarya. A few years ago Maya rarely was flying in first class and now she has her own plane - Bombardier ultra-long-range, large-cabin Global Express XRS.
As they sat down Richard said over the speaker, “My dear ladies sit conformably I just got a permit to move, myself and Daniel, my co-pilot wish you a relaxing journey.”
“So Maja, will you finally tell me how this mystery Mark looks and how come you never mentioned him before?” asked Andrea.
“Mark, Mmmmm he is about 6 foot 2, very fit but built extremely well,” she giggled like a teenager, and continued, “with dark brown hair cut short, but long enough to run fingers through and even to grab ... “ her voice started to quiet a bit.
“How about eyes?” asked Andrea.
“Big brown eyes almost like a combination of dark and milk chocolate, with a shine and huge depth, you could go swimming in them, I loved to stare in them, we didn't need to talk we understood each others wants and worries, his cheekbones were showing nicely, he often had a bit of a beard and those dimples when he smiles were so cute.”
“Are you really describing a person you have been with or some imaginary perfection?” asked Andrea.
“Oh yes he exists, and I'm mad about him.”
“I'm not surprised, continue, please.”
“And his lips, bigger top lip, perfect for small biting during kisses, they match my lips like never before, our first kiss was like practiced for years. The rest is in Rome.”
“Oh come on, we have a long flight, tell me more, please,” begged Andrea.
“I'm not in such a rush to tell this,” responded Maja, “all this happened around 10 years ago and I never shared this with anyone before.”
“I know you for 8 years I'm touched you want to share this with me, but if you decide to share this with me tell me more, please,” Andrea made puppy eyes and continued, “pretty please.”
“We have a long flight, so I suppose I could say a few more things, let's grab a glass of Martini Bianco with a shot of vodka, my secret deserves celebration.”
“Aishwarya could you bring 2 double martinis with vodka, please.”
“Right away.”
They got drinks and Maja started from the beginning.
I was only 30 when I started working at the company near to Dublin airport in administration, I was married with 2 kids. Happy with holidays two times per year, not counting weekends away. Nice husband, another part-time college completed and a future looking fantastic. I got to my workflow very quickly and made a few friends at work.
One day about 3 weeks in I saw a guy passing by. My heart was jumping out from my body, I'm sure I was blushing and my body was shaking. I never felt like that in my whole 30 years, I had many crushes and I love my husband but this feeling was out of this world.
I was staring at him and I'm sure he felt eyes on him and he turned around and our eyes met for a split second and he sent a tiny smile my direction.
After I was able to catch my breath and slow down my heart rate I managed to ask the girls at the office, - “Who is that guy, going to John’s office?”
“That's Mark, our IT guru, remember we were making a collection for a wedding the day you start working here?”
“Yeah, I signed this huge wooden card,” said Maja to her coworkers.
“That was for Mark and Jane, they got married in Cyprus, I'm sure we will all get some photos around soon. Paul was at the wedding and he is back to work today.”
Susanne got a ping on email.
As I said “Thanks,” an email from Mark just arrived.
Susanne continued, “I’m sure you got one too, he is not too chatty but very polite and official and the best at his work. Look at this picture, they look lovely, dream wedding?”
“Yeah.” I nodded only thinking why I felt that way.
Stop Maja you can't have hots for a guy you only saw for 30 seconds, on top of that you are married and he is just married. I bet he looks fantastic without clothes on, those muscles were jumping out from his t-shirt and jeans, and I wonder what tattoos he has. I’m supposed to get rid of any thoughts with him in - not dreaming about him naked, I need extra sex at home to stop this craziness.
And I will start preparing a surprise for the evening. I texted Ryan
Hi, hun, could you bring the kids to your parents for the night?
Few mins later he texted back.
Yeah, no problem, mom will take them straight after school, something happened?
No, I want to have you on our dining table, xoxo :)
WOW, I love you- mad thing, should we eat in or out?
Up to you, xoxo I’m heading for a meeting now.
OK, so see you in a few hours, can’t wait.
Xoxo
So this will sort me, happy with my quick plan,- I said in my head, heading for a meeting.
I'm always the first one at any meeting, not because I want the first seat, just out of respect for any person holding a meeting. I learned this in Germany and I've been practicing this ever since.
We were changing one software and John, our manager wanted to grab our department for a quick demonstration.
John just walks into the meeting room.
“Morning Maja, how are you? you're always first, I like this,” said John and shook my hand.
“Hi John, I'm very good thanks, how are you?” I said with a smile, I like John, he is very straightforward and to the point.
“Good, good.”
At this moment gorgeous Mark came into the rooman John said, “Maja, that's Mark our head of IT.”
“Mark, that's Maja, our new administrator, but I'm sure she will sit in my seat very soon,“ said John with an approving voice.
“Nice to meet you Maja, welcome on board,” saying this he put his hand out.
Whatever that mad feeling inside me is, it needs to stop right now! She commanded her brain or heart and shook Mark’s hand saying, “Nice to meet you too Mark, congratulations on your wedding.”
