It was a hot summer day as Isabella watched the gardener moving around the landscape trimming bushes, pulling weeds and whatever else it is that gardeners did; she didn’t really know…or care much. Isabella simply knew he was wasting her valuable time, time she could be using for important things like sunbathing and relaxing in HER back yard. She put her samosa down and sighed frustratedly as she stormed outside to tell him there were many better days he could have picked to work, like whenever she isn’t there.
Storming across the lawn she was determined to give him the thrashing of his life, but this seemed like such a long walk. About halfway to him, she felt a cool breeze blow across the skin of her very toned, well-endowed body, and she began to wonder if this was such a good idea. Another light breeze sent a chill down her spine, and she could feel her nipples begin to harden, and she thought maybe her half-open white, almost transparent kimono wasn’t her best option. Her thoughts moved from wanting to tear apart this obviously inconsiderate gardener to trying to remember how much of her naked body showed through the thin garment. Then as she stopped and cleared her throat behind the most likely old, dim-witted and wrinkled gardener, she forgot everything.
Ethan had heard her from the moment she threw the patio door open. He had grown used to the reaction of the many rich “divas” he gardened for over the years. They all had some opinion of how or when he should work, all the while none of them having a clue what the term 'work' actually meant. Over the years, he had learned how to address them, calming them down and eventually convincing them to let him do his work in peace, but nothing had prepared him for Isabella. As he turned around, bracing for the verbal assault, he stopped, stunned by the picture that met him.
The once determined and furious Isabella now stood before him, silent and still. Her kimono, softly blowing in the breeze, was showing not only the soft curves of the body barely concealed but also revealing the hardened nipples and large breasts as it opened almost down to her waist. He tried to manage a hello but couldn’t find the word in his mind as he took in this angelic being that stood motionless before him.
Isabella felt frozen; she could feel the breeze pushing her kimono open revealing most of her right breast as it tugged at the lower button trying to open it completely, but she couldn’t find the muscles to pull it closed. She searched her mind for the reason she was standing there, so far away from the house and in front of this clearly vital and well-conditioned young Adonis. His unbuttoned shirt revealed a chiseled physique gleaming with sweat. She didn’t know what to do; she was standing in her own back yard and yet she felt lost. She had expected a grumpy old man and what stood before her was a strong, handsome, kind-looking young man. She wanted to say hi but couldn’t figure out how, and so the silent stand-off continued.
They stood there for what felt like an eternity before one of them moved. It surprised Ethan as Isabella dropped like a wilted flower toward the ground…the world went silent and black as Isabella lost hold of her reality. Ethan’s reflexes had become very quick over the years, dodging debris, cutting blades, and the random rich diva’s hand as it tried to smack him, but never did he think they would have come in handy catching such a vulnerable young woman as she fell toward the grass. Nonetheless, he caught Isabella with relative ease and scooped her up in his arms, not paying attention as he dirtied her now completely open, white kimono.
Ethan quickly carried her to one of the chaise lounge chairs by the pool, making sure it was well shaded by an umbrella. He then walked through the rear patio door and into an enormous kitchen. Frozen in awe, he realized he had never walked into one of his customer’s houses before; he looked around for a towel. Noticing a small towel on the center island, he grabbed it as he almost effortlessly moved to the kitchen sink and turned on the cold tap. He soaked the towel in almost ice-cold water, then turned and walked for the door. As he escaped the massive kitchen to his more familiar surroundings of the garden, he walked back over to the chair where he had placed Isabella.
He knelt next to her and gently put the cool towel to her forehead letting the cool water drip down her temple. Her eyelids began to flutter as she regained consciousness, waking to the cooling sensation of the towel on her forehead and the cool breeze caressing her now virtually naked body. Her eyes opened wide and she tensed as she looked around and searched her senses for something telling her she’d been harmed, but nothing. Not only did Isabella feel unharmed, but she actually felt safe. She noticed her kimono was only holding onto her at the shoulders, lying completely open, and yet this kind-looking, very sexy gardener was not staring at her bare skin. No, he wasn’t even glancing at her almost perfect breasts and trained sculpted body; instead, he was gently patting her forehead with an amazingly cool cloth and seemingly shielding her from any dangers that might be lurking around her.
Ethan kept cooling Isabella’s forehead as she regained her bearings and only moved his gaze between her forehead and her eyes in an effort to check she was aware and recovering from whatever had caused her to faint. As he cooled her head, he noticed her hands move from beside her; it was the first he’d seen her move other than falling. He almost jumped to his feet, but something kept him cemented to the ground as her hands gently landed, one on his arm and the other just behind his head. She pulled the hand holding the cloth to her bare chest and pulled his head toward hers. He felt almost lost, not knowing how he was supposed to react; years of gardening and even his brief time in the military hadn’t prepared him for this.