William’s POV:

Anna answers: "What I'd really like is a nice massage. Being pregnant and sitting on the plane for so long really doesn't sit too well." She pauses for a second, looking at my response , then continues: "I mean at this point (as you know) I can't sleep on my back as it is too uncomfortable for both our baby as well as myself so you'd have to get creative." She continues slowly trying to draw suspense. "But I'm not saying it can't end in a fun usage of our bed later." She moves, sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for my response.

I try to think as quickly as possible, I smile and quickly call the reception: “Hello, would it be possible to have geranium and bergamot essences sent to my room please?” The receptionist answered that it wasn’t something they had but since I got a luxury room she would send a bell boy to get it and it asked me for patience as he had to get out of the hotel to bring it. I thanked the receptionist and focused my full attention to Anna.

With a big smile, I say: “ I’ll be happy to give you the best massage I can (now is the time when I wish I went to the massage course when Jarrod went to study basic massage), I suggest we first get a nice shower to begin relaxing our muscles from the stiffness of being in the plane, then I’ll give you the massage, like the idea?”

Jarrod asks me if he was good enough to get my tears of happiness. He then swipes the backs of his fingers from mujer under my eyes to my chin. I guess he was confirming if they really were tears of happiness or not.

Unfortunately, as I'm finally calm enough to decipher; I think the moisture might just be from sweat.

"Sorry sweetheart, I hate to break it to you but this is just sweat. Don't flatter yourself." I begin teasingly giggling as the movie is ending. "But if you'd like we could put on some music in the car on the way home if you'd like. I can stream it from the internet on my phone. I know plenty of songs we could listen to that could bring me to tears, if you feel you've missed out.," I finish only half serious. But if he really did miss that intimate part of our time here together ...

After a few seconds Camilla confirms: "Sorry sweetheart, I hate to break it to you but this is just sweat. Don't flatter yourself." She giggles as the movie is ending. "But if you'd like we could put on some music in the car on the way home if you'd like. I can stream it from the internet on my phone. I know plenty of songs we could listen to that could bring me to tears, if you feel you've missed out.," she adds trying to kind of compensate if needed.

I have an alternative plan: “ How about we go home, relax, I give you a good, full massage, that way you can completely relax your body and mind, plus you’ll feel renewed and well rested after”.

Liz's POV

'Thanks for having us both' I said to Hannah

'Your welcome' she said, tears running down her cheeks. 'Me and Lucy are so glad you could come'

Me and Sadie were at Hannah and Lucy's house for a week's holiday. Originally Sadie was going alone, but Louise insisted I go with my partner

'We'll take good care of the juice bar for you' she told me. I knew everything would be fine as I had all of Helen and Natalie's stories from the Adrian era

After Hannah had finished wiping her tears and insisting I didn't lift a finger to help with tea, I joined Sadie for a dip in the pool

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Anna's pov:

I see William get excited when I ask him to help me wash myself saying he's more than willing to help me wash my body while we wait for the essences for my massage.