One of the anonymous feedbacks I got requested another chapter - so here it is! If you haven't read the first 2 chapters then you might want to do that first.
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Unfortunately, it was a while before our schedules worked out again β Denise had several out of town conferences to go to and the weekends without our kids didn't coincide. The one weekend we did have free turned out to be the wrong time of the month for sex so while we were still able to get together for a great supper, a movie and some hot necking on the couch, both of us knew that was about all we were going to get. Things looked even worse for the next few weeks because she was out of town or had meetings on all my free nights and then had a couple of weekend training courses that she was helping to run.
Even without time for sex, we were definitely starting to really enjoy each other's company more and more and would regularly exchange hot emails when we couldn't see each other. We'd gotten together for a quick burger and beer supper one Thursday before I had to go out when she mentioned that she'd be leaving the next night for a 2 day course in Toronto, and to make matters worse the woman that was supposed to be instructing with her suddenly had family problems and wouldn't be going so she'd have to do all the sessions herself β no big deal as she'd done them many times before but it still wouldn't give her a break. I didn't think much of it at the time but the next morning it clicked that she'd have the hotel room all to herself.
That day I made a few calls to her company's head office and found out where the training sessions were and from there it was only a few more calls to find out what hotel she was staying at. I packed up my clothes and a few other things to take with me, left around noon on the Saturday morning and made it to the hotel well before her last afternoon session would be finished. I told the desk manager that I was her fiancΓ© and wanted to surprise her so a bit of quick talking and a $20 bill got me a second access card to her room. I'd brought several candles with me which I lit throughout the room and having planned ahead I put a big piece of tape over the smoke detector just to make sure it didn't go off! I'd put a bottle of wine on ice and just had time to finish filling the whirlpool tub when I heard the door click as she slid her card into reader beside it.
The first things she saw when she came into the room were the candles and I could tell that for a second she thought she was in the wrong room. As her eyes adjusted to the dimmer lighting she noticed the vase of roses on her dresser and then finally noticed me standing just off to the side. The look on her face when she realized what was happening was worth many times more than the cost and time of arranging it all. The slightly tired, worn out look was instantly replaced with a huge smile and I swear even her eyes lit up. "I thought you might like some comp..." was all I got out before her arms were around me and we'd tumbled back onto the bed.