The following day, Aaron woke early, apologising that he had to get on-site before 7:30 a.m. He said he'd drive down that evening, but Veronique told him to stay on-site for a couple of days, as she wanted to go home and talk with her parents and sort out clothes before moving in permanently.
After Aaron had left, she got up and showered, then dressed for her appointment at 10:00. She had a couple of hours to kill, so after having a good nosey around his house, she made herself a coffee and sat on the balcony overlooking the harbour. It was a beautiful morning, with a clear sky and already 21 degrees. She expected she would be nervous before her university appointment but found she wasn't at all concerned. She had convinced herself that what would be would be.
At 9:45, Veronique arrived at her interview, and five minutes later, she was sitting in front of two learned-looking men. Still feeling calm, she answered everything they threw at her for the next forty minutes. The senior of the two finally told her she was accepted, and they were going to include her in an undergraduate programme in medical and health sciences starting the following Monday. They gave her a list of books and materials she would need to purchase and told her which books she should read before she started.
Veronique was at a loss when she left the building. She was elated and wanted to talk to a friend. Catching the bus home was an option, but she knew neither of her parents would be there. All her other friends would be working, so she called Aaron and gave him the news. He asked her if she had called Ryker to tell him her news.
"No, I called you first."
"Well, I'm over the moon for you. Shall I come down and take you to dinner tonight?"
"No, I've already texted Mum to say I'll be home tonight. So catch up on your work, and I'll see you Thursday."
She hung up and called Ryker. He was ecstatic with the news and told her to meet him out on Symonds St, as he was only five minutes away and would come and get her, so she moved out to the road and stood waiting for him to arrive. When his flashy black Porsche Cayenne pulled in alongside her, she was conscious of how out of place it was amongst the students milling around. Everyone seemed to be staring at her, and she breathed a sigh of relief when they pulled away into the traffic.
Ryker reached out and squeezed her knee, "You little beauty. I knew they'd like you. Let's go have a coffee; then I have a surprise."
He drove to Mt Eden shops, telling her his office was nearby. Then, parking by a chic coffee bar, he helped her from the car. She noticed the pedestrians stopping and eyeing them up. They made a handsome couple. Ryker's dark, sensuous Romani looks, and Neque's petite, tanned body stood out in the crowd of people passing.
Over coffee, it came out that Nique needed books for the course, so Ryker drove her down to the university bookshop, and even though she complained bitterly, he paid for everything she needed. From there, they drove up to his office in Grafton, where he said he needed to make a call.
His office was modern, a free-standing three-story building with a parking garage on the ground floor. He introduced Nique to his five staff; all were seated at their workstations on the second level, and then they ascended the stairs to the third level, where his office was situated. Alterations were being undertaken on this level, and Nique remembered Aaron telling her that this was where he used to have an apartment. Ryker informed Nique that there were plans for up to four more staff to work there. She gazed out the huge windows at the view of the Auckland Domain as Ryker made a phone call. Then he interrupted her musings, "I've found you a car, and we can look at it now."
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As they drove towards Remuera, Ryker informed her that the car belonged to a family friend whose mother was being moved to a rest home because of her oncoming dementia. Ten minutes later, they pulled into the drive of a very stately old house, and a gentleman in his sixties approached.
She had been expecting the son to be Ryker's age and realised the old lady must be nearly in her nineties. The son led them around the back to a navy blue 2015 Toyota RAV4. It was the top-of-the-line model with all the extras and only had 22,000 K's on the clock. Suffice it to say it was in pristine condition. Ryker wouldn't tell her what he paid for it, just that he had gotten it at mate's rates, and twenty minutes after they had arrived, Veronique was driving home in her new car with a bag of books for her studies on the passenger seat.
That evening, she discussed the course with her parents and was happy that they were over the moon about her going to study psychology. Her Dad was very impressed with the new car. He looked at the log book and told her that it had been well maintained and that she had gotten a little beauty. But her Dad was very suspicious of Ryker's intentions, quizzing her about what she had to do to get the car. It took some convincing before he accepted that there were no strings attached.
Aaron called the next couple of nights, and they spoke for hours. Then, on Thursday morning, she was studying a book I had to finish before the following Monday when the phone rang. It was Ryker to say we wouldn't be taking her car to the Barrier. "I've just gotten off the phone with Sacha. She has her Grandmother's table and chairs that she wants to bring back. So I'm going to have to hire a van."
Veronique drove to Aaron's that evening and cooked dinner. He arrived home at 6:30, and they were in bed before 9:00 and making love minutes later. The following day was an early start. They had to be at the ferry terminal at Half Moon Bay before 7:00 a.m. Ryker was already there in a Ford Transit van.
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The vehicular ferry motored into Tryphena Harbour just after Noon, the trip over having taken four and a half hours. Sacha and Tony were waiting on the pier next to the boat ramp. Sacha stood before Tony's van, bouncing from foot to foot. She looked gorgeous, dressed in jean shorts with a white sleeveless crop top. Her blond hair blew in the breeze, and the area of bare skin above her shorts had most of the males on the ferry glancing her way.
Tony took off back to work once he had said his hellos. Sacha climbed into the van with Ryker and Aaron, and I followed them to the house. Valerie was waiting for us out front; Tony must have called that we were on our way. She had Ava on her hip, informing Ryker that Nicholas was still at school. Ryker approached Valerie and gave her a quick hug before dragging Sacha through the door of the downstairs bedsit.
Aaron and I followed Valerie up the steps onto the deck and inside, where she had laid the table for lunch. She quickly walked over to the stairs and closed the door as amorous sounds were already resonating from below.
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Sacha was in Ryker's arms the second he closed the door. Ryker's hands slid down her body and under her skirt, cupping her ass.
"God, I've missed you; I've hardly been able to sleep; I was so horny."
"Did you masturbate?" Ryker asked.
Sacha lowered her eyes and looked embarrassed, "Yes, several times."
