TP woke up as Charlie tightly wrapped her in his sturdy arms.
Last night, after they cuddled at the veranda they just fell asleep.
TP was somewhat frustrated. Charlie had been ignoring her seducing tactics for quite sometime now.
He told her he wanted to not just physically connect with her.
He wanted all of her, not just her body.
And he wanted to prove it by abstaining from his sexual urges.
Last night had been so romantic and a perfect mood to have sex but Charlie denied her advances and just slept after their lovey-dovey moment.
He looked at Charlie who was happily smiling as he hug her, there's contentment in his sleeping face.
TP rolled her eyes and scoffed. She wonder what he sees in him.
She thought he just look like a goofy hopeless romantic guy.
She hates herself for being betaed (¹) by him in persisting what he wants.
She mischievously flicked his foreheads waking Charlie up.
"Ouch, what's that for?"
"Nothing. You're snoring so loud!"
TP scoffed. That truth is she finds Charlie's sleeping face so cute she can't stop herself from bullying him.
"I'm hungry."
"Then let's go out to eat."
"I wanted to just stay here."
"Our time is limited, Let's make the most out of it."
"..."
Charlie got up and prepared to leave. What he said is true, they only had a rare vacation time and he wanted to not waste the opportunity to walked around with TP on his side.
As soon as TP was ready, He grabbed her hands and went out of the hotel.
They ate outside a famous restaurant in Paris. It has a history of being a location for romantic films.
She ordered her favorite pancakes topped with maple syrup and fruits. While Charlie just ordered a cup of black coffee.
TP saw a leaflet in their table about an exhibit featuring International Asian artisans.
It piqued her interest and thought she could get some inspiration for her next design and maybe propose a collaboration with the artists.
"Hey, let's go here."
She said as she point at the leaflet fluttering in their table.
"Sure."
Charlie just glance at the leaflet and continued on sipping his coffee.
After their breakfast they walked towards the exhibit location which is just a few blocks away from the cafe.
There were not so many visitors in the museum. TP and Charlie walked around the gallery.
Charlie watched as TP deeply examined the portraits and the sculptures showcased inside.
She would seldomly take pictures of the arts and also the details of the artist.
Suddenly TP stopped on her tracks after one painting had caught her attention.
She intently observed the painting then she nudge at Charlie who was standing beside her.
"Hey, doesn't she looked like Tia?"
She asked. The girl in the portrait was sitting naked in the middle of a lake surrounded by misty landscape. Fogs were covering her private parts.
She was looking gently afar, her hair was flowing freely at her back her hand was tucking her stray hair while the other was catching a falling leaf.
Her toes were submerge in the water and it gave a vibe of a goddess emerging out of the water.
The painting look so lifelike that it was as if the scene actually happened in real life.
TP looked at the artist's name. It was Brandon Zhou.
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(1) betaed- Someone who is completely unable to take charge and bends to the commands of alpha without questioning.