Chapter 19: A SEX FOR A DEAL

She looked at his eyes too, she was not sure what she was reading in them, but they were dark. She wished she knew what he was thinking.

Then it dawned on her that he could probably read her as a book, so she blinked her eyes and backed off.

"Why did you step away?" he asked and went back to sit on the bed, he wanted to hide his erection from her, he did not want her to see that she had an effect on him.

"Nothing" she murmured and sorted her shopping bags. It was only nothing she could tell him, if not how was she going to tell him that she could not stand close to his body and let him look at her eyes. After all they said the eyes are the windows to the heart.

What if he looked into her eyes and saw what was in her heart, what if he saw the desires he stirred inside of her?

What if he saw that her body wanted him, it yearned for him, it was pulling her to him like some sort of magnet, and the problem was that he was also drawing close.

She finished arranging the new items, and sat on the bed to look at the changes he had done on the business plan.

He had chosen a location that she could have only dreamt of, further she found out that he owned the place and she could start business in a month or two considering she had more than enough more to sky rocket the entire start up process.

"Thank you" she said to Leonardo as she shut down her system and went to set up her wear for dinner. It was not the grand dinner, so she picked something simple.

The grand dinner was going to be on the last night, that would be when Leonardo and herself would find out if they won the deal or not.

Alisha rested a while and then got up to get ready for dinner. She and Leonardo headed down and the smell of food welcomed them.

Candy and her husband Mr. Camelo, were in the dining hall when they arrived.

"It's good to see that you are a punctual person after all" Mr. Camelo praised them and Leonardo knew instantly that Alisha was right. If they had been late to the table again that evening, he would have lost a point.

"We decided to postponed hmm to later at night" Alisha remarked and Candy gave a loud laugh.

"Alisha, I think I need some tips from you regarding hmm" Candy joked and she blushed

Leonardo stared at her with his eyes that said, "are you sure you want something to happen latter at night?"

Alisha gave him a "don't even think about it look" and turned her face away from him.

Soon other couples arrived and they all sat to dinner.

The food was amazing, the table chat was light, and it seemed everyone was tired, so immediately after dinner, they all said their goodnights and went to their rooms.

"What was that about?" Leonardo asked Alisha the moment they got back in. he has noticed that her routine each time she got back from an outing was to take off her shoes.

"What are you referring to?" she asked her focus on the shoe she was taking off.

"The "we decided to postponed hmm to later at night" he mimicked her

"I don't sound that way" she fired at him

"I'm not trying to sound like you either, what was that about?"

"If you don't want me to talk and you would rather have me stay like a puppet when we are out, I can do that mister" she seemed offended that he did not like her comment from the dining room, when she or anyone else did not see something wrong with what she had said.

"Alisha" he called out to her as she headed towards the bathroom.

"Not tonight Leo, I am tired and do not look forward to any argument with you especially not tonight." She frowned and went into the shower cubicle.

She washed herself, and thought about sleep, deciding to push every other thought away. After her shower she wore her night dress and went to sleep, totally ignoring Leonardo's presence.

For the next two days, the vacation on the private island went about smoothly until Alisha was at a crossroad.

She had just had a swim with the other women at the pool and was returning to her room when Henry, Amelia's husband pulled her to a corner. He was the youngest of the other men, but a year or two older than Leonardo.

"Oh my goodness, you startled me Mr. Henry" Alisha said with her pulse racing

"Shhh, call me Henry" he smiled at her still holding her firmly.

"Please let me go, I would not want anyone to see us together and misunderstand the entire scenario" she panicked.

He opened the door behind her and pushed her inside, then he shut the door behind her.

"Excuse me, what are you trying to do?" she asked and pushed him away from her body, but his grip was too strong, he did not let go of her.

"I like you, you are so beautiful, I would love to have a taste of you, name whatever you want my lady" he said with a big grin and tried to kiss her.

"Fuck you" she scrolled at him and slapped him hard across his face.

He let go of her and she headed straight to the door, as her hand grabbed the door knob, he said behind her.

"If you say no to me, your dear husband will lose the deal" she couldn't care less, she walked out of the room and slapped the door.

She stepped into her own room with her heart beating fast. "what sort of a temptation was this?" she thought within herself.

Leonardo's deal which he had worked so hard for was up to her. He had even paid her travel allowance for the trip. Was she going to let him lose this deal?

She was lost in thought and did not notice when Leonardo entered the room.

"Alisha, what is wrong?" he asked her, but she did not hear him

"Alisha" he called out louder

"Yeah?" she jumped at the pitch of his voice.

"What is the matter with you? You look so pale and lost in thought"

"Nothing" she said and tried to fake a smile

"You cannot tell me nothing"

"Hmm, its actually about, hmm, you know what, never mind" she decided telling him was going to be a bad idea. He didn't love her, he probably married her because of this deal. If she told him he would be mad at her for slapping Henry, and he would probably ask her to go apologize and seduce him, if it meant him closing the deal.

"Alisha" Leonardo called her in a voice that said "you had better start talking right now"

She adjusted herself on the bed and let out a fake cough.

"Hmm, it is just that I am hmm, I am tired of this place already" it wasn't a total lie, Henry had made her tired of this place.

"Two more days, then the grand dinner and then you can go home, get yourself out of that tired state, I need you here to close the deal."

"Tell them I fell sick or something and I had to fly back home."

"No Alisha, you are staying right here, beside me your husband, you get that?" he snapped at her and she held back whatever she was going to say.

"Alight, please excuse me" she said and walked out of the room.

She took a walk around, trying to clear her mind and brainstorm on a way out.

"Alisha" Leonardo called out to her

"Yeah?"

"I've been looking for you, you've been gone for over an hour, come and get ready for lunch"

She had been gone for over an hour, she had walked, breathed in and out, sighed, screamed a little, yet she had not come up with a way out.

She was confused.

She went into the room to take off her sweaty dress and clean up, then she went down to lunch with Leonardo.

At the table while they ate, she was the only oddly silent one, other talked and laughed and she was glad they did not notice she was not talking.

She didn't want to talk or have a conversation, she wanted to be alone and more importantly far away from Henry.

Henry passed her glances across the table and she frowned at him and turned her face away from him. His presence disgusted her.

Why was he being a dick?

Amelia was beautiful, and if he wanted to cheat on his wife, he could as well go out and get a prostitute for himself, but why her?

Alisha barely ate and picked at her food.

"Alisha dear? Are you alright?

You are barely eating" Candy noticed.

"I am fine, just a little bit tired" that was not a second lie in one day, she was mentally and emotionally tired.

"I think you should go have some rest then" Marta advised and she was glad she had been given a chance to leave the table.

Alisha went into the room and threw herself on the bed. She was already drifting to sleep when Leonardo came in.

"What was that about?"

Leonardo said angrily as he stepped into the room. She ignored him, pretending as if she was already asleep.

"Alisha I know you can hear me, answer me, what was that "I am tired" about?"

"That's the truth, I am tired, I am tired of being a pawn in the hands of whoever has an advantage over me, I am tired of you nagging me." she screamed back then buried her head in her pillow.

"Alisha" Leonardo called out softly.

He was scared he was going to make her cry.

He didn't know why he cared, but he did not want to be a reason she shed a tear.

She didn't respond to him, instead she pressed her face into the pillow.

He rubbed her back gently. Making her know everything was going to be fine, even if he was unsure of what was wrong with her.

One minute he could swear she was enjoying the vacation, and the next minute the place irritated her.

He would have thought she was pregnant with the instant change, but he was certain she was.

So what was wrong?

"Alisha, you can talk to me.

Did something do something to you that you do not like?" he asked in the most endearing voice she had heard from him.

"Go away" she said and put her head back in the pillow.

Leonardo was not a very patient man, he didn't show as much emotion as he just did. He was done. So he left her, and went out of the room.

Alisha tossed on the bed, trying to find sleep. She was sure telling Leonardo about Henry would be a bad idea.

Telling Amelia what her husband was upto was also a very bed idea, so what could she do?

The knock on the door broke off her line of thought and without thinking or asking who was at the door, she opened the door and regretted it instantly.

"Mi Amor" Henry smiled at her. She tried to close the door but he pushed it and walked inside. She stepped away from him and he closed the door.

"Well well, my darling we are alone, I saw your dear husband driving out on his rented car." Henry said and walked towards her.

"Have you given a thought to what I said earlier?

I'm ready to forgive you for the slap if you give me a good kiss." he walked towards her and she stepped back until her back was to the wall and he trapped her.