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The island is just a small stone table that protrudes from the bottom of the water peak a few inches. Under the water and near the table are stone stools.
The arched red wooden bridge only runs the width of the pool, and on the entrance bridge, there are a couple of stone lanterns.
Lastly, the teahouse pavilion is a small pagoda-roofed gazebo in a corner of the garden with a bistro table and 2 matching chairs to sit and drink tea.
Even though everything is condensed, it is still very beautiful and the fact that everything is done on a small scale makes the garden look picturesque and attractive rather than grand and intimidating.
However, the only thing that drives me out is the steam that I see rising from the surface of the pool until I realize what I am looking at. The pool is fine, but the water is not regular chlorinated water, it is mineral water pumped from the local hot springs, so our cabin has its private hot spring!
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"Travis, I wanted to tell you something, and now is probably the best time to tell you while you still have endorphins running throughout your body""What is it?""Well, so cute and considerate that it was your idea about hot springs, the truth is that hot springs do not help people like me with liver and kidney problems. It's mainly for people who want to detox their bodies" I say, wrinkling my face at having to tell him the bad news."So bringing you here isn't going to help you in any way?""I wouldn't say that. I needed the massage and the weekend getaway just to relax and feel like me again, and this" I say, deliberately squeezing the tight inner muscles around him. "He'll make anyone feel better" I say with a smile."I can't argue with that," he says, smiling with satisfaction, then wraps his hand around the back of my neck to give me a long and passionate kiss on the lips.I feel something twist deep inside me and when we part from ou
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- It is also true, but deep down in all this, they are the same type of tree. Just think, sakura trees produce flowers year after year despite the short life of those flowers and they do not produce any fruit. The effort seems futile, but keep doing it anyway and it ends up benefiting us with its beauty. So if you look at it that way, we admire the two trees for their toughness and not just their outward appearance.I turn my head to look Travis directly in the eye and he meets my gaze with his.- You only know how to speak to escape a difficult situation, right?- Luis always said that I have a way with words. And I congratulate you for turning that tree into a test with a hidden personal agenda, ”he says with his eyes shining playfully at me.- I don't know what you're talking about, I was admiring the trees, but thank you. It's nice to know that you like hanamis for a better reason than most people.- Do you know that I could be full of th
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"Do you want me to do it?" I ask hysterically.Travis looks like she's in fear for his life, as she should be. I mean, I knew the man was perverted but I just didn't realize how much."No, Jane! You're not going to do it! Oh, does not matter! I knew it was too weird! I knew I should never have asked you! You're so sweet here, making me dinner and dressing up for me and I screwed it all up by making that suggestion. Very sorry. Please forgive me and forget that I ever asked"I look at Travis with a pounding heart, but not for the reason he thinks. I'm not mad, I'm actually ... excited."Travis, calm down! I didn't say I wasn't going to do it. I just want to clarify what exactly you want us to do"Now he seems completely bewildered as if he had just said to her: Yes, Travis… Santa Claus is real."Really?""Yes, I will do it"And just as the words leave my mouth, I'm just as surprised as he is by my willingness to do so.
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Seeing how we have repositioned ourselves and back to where we left off, Travis Number Two stands very close to me so that I can continue right where he also left off, holding my hair to continue kissing and sucking on the back, the sides of my neck and the curves of my shoulders.I'm getting used to this extravagance of kisses when I feel two pairs of hands on me, one pair rubbing up and down my sides while the other pair gently glide up and down my bare arms, and while both touches are relatively innocent. , the double sensation is turning me on much faster than if it had been just a pair of hands.And then the hands start to wander and the touches are less and less innocent. A pair of hands rub up and down the outside of my thighs, causing my already short skirt to sit a little higher with each stroke. Meanwhile, another pair of hands is slowly beginning to unzip the back of my dress. It's Travis Number Two, and as he slowly reveals every inch of my bareback, he pla
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Another set of high-pitched screams emanate from the apartment hallway. I roll my eyes and shake my head before heading to the front door and poking my head through it. "Travis," I say in exasperation. "That?" he asks innocently. "Haven't you had enough?" "But they like it!" The terrified look in the children's eyes when they look over their shoulders and run away from us (or should I say Travis) They say otherwise, but what can I do? Its Halloween. Kids don't want to be scared and it's not like Travis stops them from taking the candy before he scares them. The huge orange plastic bowl with printed bats flying around its rim is surprisingly nearly empty, meaning either our candy is better than the neighbors' or he's been very, very generous in delivering the treats. Seeing as things rarely happen for a single reason, I guess it's a bit of both. "Okay, but once the bowl is empty, that's it, okay?" Travis gives me a happy
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