Page 10 of His Cabin Obsession

I know what I have to do.

I sneak a glance over my shoulder, in through the cabin window. Olivia is nowhere to be seen. The door to the bedroom is closed, so she must still be in there. I get up stealthily and creep across the wooden floors to retrieve my phone, then back out to make a few calls.

The reception isn’t great out here. In fact, I can only get enough of a bar to make a call if I stand in a specific spot outside the cabin – just where I was standing earlier when I called the owners. If I stray any farther down the path, the trees block the signal – and any farther on the other side, I’d be wandering off the edge of the cliff. I settle for keeping my voice as low as possible, hoping that Olivia won’t get an inkling of my plan.

I leave it another hour, keeping my ears open. When the bedroom door creaks open to let Olivia out, I’m uttering a prayer up to whoever can hear it. I was worried she would still be here when they came. I was thinking about going in and knocking on the door, but now that she’s out and about, I can make it more natural.

I wander casually in with my empty coffee mug, going over to the kitchen counter to refill it. Olivia, sitting at the table, almost flinches when I enter. I wince, but I will fix that.

“You know,” I say, trying to keep my tone light – yet still measured, in respect of the conversation we had earlier. I don’t want to act like it didn’t happen. “This is your first day here. If you really want some inspiration, you should go walk one of the trails.”

“The trails?” Olivia repeats, looking around at me. I’m glad she can bring herself to reply. I was worried it might have remained awkward for longer. “Is it safe?”

“Yes, so long as you’re sensible.” I gesture towards our well-stocked cupboards. “Take some supplies with you – snacks, a bottle of water, a folded tap just in case you get lost. It’s simple enough to follow the trail around the cabin. It runs in a wide loop around this area but it’s better to be safe than sorry.”

“What about the animals?” Olivia asks. Her eyes are wide. I gather she really is worried about running into something hungry.

“Just keep your eyes and ears open,” I tell her. “It shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours to walk the trail. If you run into anything you don’t want to face, then either turn back or rush on, depending on how far you’ve got. Do you have sturdy hiking shoes?”

Olivia nods. “I brought them in case I wanted to explore.”

“Then go explore,” I tell her with a smile. “Trust me. You’ll feel better afterwards. Fresh air keeps you fit, and there’s nothing like the real wild.”

After a moment, she nods. Inside, I sigh with relief. If she hadn’t agreed with my suggestion, I would have had to come up with some other pretext or just kept bugging her until she left. “I’ll go get my shoes,” she says.

I wait until she’s out of sight down the trail, admiring and appreciating the sway of her hips and ass as she walks into the trees, and then I get to work. There’s a lot to get ready, and I only have two hours or so to do it in.

Chapter Nine

Olivia

I start off along the trail uncertainly, glancing around into the trees, at every shadow and every hollow, wondering if something will spring out at me. I’m really not keen on the idea of exploring the wilderness on my own, but what am I supposed to do? I agreed to it, mostly because I couldn’t see many other options.

I should have yelled at him. After I confessed to being a virgin, the only thing he could tell me to do was go for a walk. Really? That’s his sage advice, coming from a position of years more experience than I could hope for?

It’s not like I don’t know that I have a bigger body. Of course, I know it. I own a mirror, don’t I? Not to mention the fact that I’m perfectly capable of looking down. He didn’t have to be so rude and suggest that I go out for a walk to try to lose some weight.

I can see the way it all connected in his mind. A young woman like me a virgin, huh? It must be because I’m too fat and no one wants me. I should go for a walk and get fit!

What does he know? Plenty of guys have wanted me. That doesn’t mean I had to go with them just because they wanted it. I’m my own person, and I have the right to wait for the right moment. The right man.

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