Thursday, December 12, 2013

Chapter 27 - From High Finance To Vine Maintenance

 
 
"It's kind of chilly, are you just going to stand there?" she asks the man that was looking her up and down, with a smile on his face. 


He sits on the edge of the bed and gently lifts the rose pedal that was covering her left nipple.  He leans over and kisses it and says, "I just fired your manager."  He looks up at her without moving his head. 

She springs up, "You did what?  Why?"

Jon sits and explains to her, "I got a call from a reporter wanting to do an interview with us, while we were here.  NO ONE was supposed to know we are here."

"So."

"I asked him how he found out we were here and how he got my personal cell number and he admitted that he was friends with the manager."  He stands up and walks to the door, looking out at the guests making their way through the vineyard and all the charms that it offers.  "So, I walked over to the office and fired her."

Beth covers herself with the sheet and yells at him, "This couldn't have waited.  You have me here naked and you want to talk about the staff?"  He turns to look at her, he can see the smile on her face.  She's only teasing him, but his timing really did suck. 

He walks to the edge of the bed and says, "Do you really want to spend the day in bed?"

"Not the whole day, just a few hours." she reaches up and takes his hand.  Pulling him down on the bed, on top of her, she takes his ball cap off and throws it across the room and she sets his Ray Ban's on the nightstand.  Grabbing his purple tshirt, she peels it up over his head and throws it over by the hat.  He's kicking his shoes off while she reaches down and unbuttons and unzips his jeans.
 
"A few hours, huh?" he asks, wanting to be sure he heard her right. 
 
"Just a few hours." she reassures him that he heard right.  Together, they slide his pants off and he is now naked, on top of her.  The Egyptian cotton sheet that's between them proves to be a problem as he works his way up on top of her. 
 
He kisses her nose then her right cheek and whispers to her, "The roses petals were a nice touch." 
 
"You like that?" she jokes with him, "Thankfully we had six dozen roses in here."  She's trying to get the sheet from between them, pushing it down with his weight on it.  "Help me with this sheet." 
 
He lifts himself enough so she could hook the sheet with her foot and work it down to the foot of the bed.  Jon lays down next to her and laughs at her, knowing that she irritates easy he couldn't help himself.  "I'm really not in the mood, babe."
 
Beth whips her head and looks at him, "You're kidding?"
 
He brushes some hair off of her face and says, "I feel bad, I just fired someone." and he smiles.
 
"We're laying here naked and you're thinking about the staff?" she gives him her best pouty face but she can't keep it for very long.  She makes herself laugh.
 
"And all you think about is sex." he pokes her. 
 
"You say that like it's a bad thing?"
 
"No, that's not a bad thing." he sits up and envelopes her in his arms.  ""Sex with you is never a bad thing." 
 
They spend the afternoon making love to, and with each other.  They know that days like these are priceless when you life the lifestyle that they do, and they cherish every second that they get alone with one another.  When they are done and laying there basking in the love they made, Jon turns to her and says, "Afternoons like this, I could get used to."
 
"All you think about is sex." she replies, getting up to get something to drink.  She looks back at him as she walks away. He throws a pillow at her and misses and she makes fun of him, "Can't even hit a moving target with a pillow.  You're getting old."

He jumps out of the bed and chases her into the kitchen.  She makes it to the sink, turns on the water and grabs the spray hose.  Jon stops dead in his tracks, knowing that she'll spray him if he gets any closer.  "You cheat."

"You're just pissed you didn't get here first." she responds, pointing the sprayer at him.

He can see that he's not going to win this fight, so he decides to surrender.  "Ok, you win."  He takes a step towards her with his hands in the air.  She watches him with every move that he makes, she follows him with the sprayer.  He gets a bottle of water and goes into the bedroom.

Beth follows him into the bedroom, still naked, and she asks him, "What do you want to do this afternoon, babe?"  She takes her robe off the chair and slides it on.  Jon is at the window looking out, still naked too.  Beth walks up behind him and slides her hands around his waist, "We can do whatever you want." 

Putting his hands on top of hers, he tells her, "I'd like to walk the grounds in the daylight.  Do you think we can do that without being seen?"

"Yeah, we should be able too.  We have disguises."  she kisses his shoulder.  "A walk would be nice, so I can start planning what I want to do out here."

"Do you think that you'll want to change much?"

"I don't think so, but I don't remember all of it, that's why a walk would be nice." she rests her head on his shoulder.

"Are you ready?"

"As much as you are." she takes a step back and follows that up with, "Do you want to tell me what's wrong?" She has sensed a mood change since they finished making love.  She was just going to let it go, but he's even moodier now.

"Nothing is wrong." he says as he turns to face her.  "Why do you ask?"

"You're in a mood."

"No I'm not."

"Yes you are.  I can feel it Jon." she sits on the bed, putting her head in her hands.  "Tell me what's going on."

"Babe, nothing is going on.  I swear." he walks over and sits down next to her, he rests his hand on her leg.

"Will you stop bullshitting me already." she asks, grabbing his hand.  "I know you, Jonny boy.  What's going on?"

"Are you ready to get going?  Are we showering first?"

"I'm going for a run." she gets up and gets her running clothes from one of her suitcases.   Sliding her panties on she asks him, "Are you going with me?"

"I didn't pack running clothes." he admits, feeling a little silly.  They ran together almost every day, why would he not bring clothes to run in?

"You have shorts in your bag."

"Not shoes.  I didn't pack shoes."

"Let's go for a walk then." she grabs shorts and a top from her suitcase, "I'll go for a run later."

Jon gets up and gets dressed to go for a walk.  They both have on their sunglasses and he has a hat on.  On their way out the door, Jon grabs his camera.  Hand in hand they walk down the walkway that leads from the house to the driveway of the vineyard.  Both are relaxed and ready to enjoy a nice quiet walk together.

Along the way, they talked about the things that Beth wanted to do and change with the vineyard.  Jon does his duty and takes pictures of everything for her.  "What do you want to do with this?"  Jon points to an empty barn that sits on the far east corner of the property.  "It's a beautiful barn.  We should do something with it, at least restore it."

"You know what would be good back here," Beth says, spinning in her heals looking all the way around, "With the pond right there, I think a spa would be nice back here."

"In an old barn?"

"Yes." Beth takes his hand, "Can you picture it, a spa in the middle of this open field.  We could put a sauna back here and maybe a hot tub or two."

"In the middle of nothing?"

"That's what makes it so nice.  When they're done with the spa, they walk back to the vineyard to make and drink wine.  Or do the spa after a day of drinking and making wine?" she explains to him and as she does she realizes, "We need to add rooms."

"Whoa, whoa - now you're talking major changes." Jon stops her in the middle of her thought process.  "And a lot of money."

Beth gives him a look, a look that tells him that he really should have thought before he spoke, "Money?  Jon, I have my own money.  I don't need yours."

"That's not what I meant, Beth and you know it."

"Than what did you mean, Jon?"

"Do you plan on keeping this place?  Long enough to sink money into it?"

Beth doesn't know what to say to that.  She has plans for the vineyard and yes she plans to keep it.  "Why would you give it to me if you didn't want me to keep it?"

"If you want to keep it, we'll keep it.  I didn't think that you would with it being way out here on the west coast, that's all.  And what do we know about making wine?"

"I can't wait to learn all that there is to know about it."

That made him smile, he can picture her with her face in wine making books and taking trips to the worlds finest vineyards to learn the art of wine making, but he didn't want to be actively involved in the vineyard.  Together, and separate they had so much going on.  But he knows Beth, she's going to make this a success and he knows that he'll be proud.  She will do the Bongiovi name justice.

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