Renault was pleasantly awoken by Constance the next morning. Like her, he also had considered intimacy the previous night, but was too exhausted. He couldn’t say he wasn’t happy with the way she was waking him up.
After their morning bout they went topside, it was becoming a tradition to head to the quarterdeck every morning and getting a lung full of fresh salty sea air to start their day.
It was much warmer that morning and the two could see the cliffs of the coastline off in the distance on the port side.
“Good morning,” Jacques said as he approached them. “I’ve got good news.”
“What’s that?” Constance asked.
“We will be in Porto by mid-afternoon if this wind holds,” Jacques beamed.
“I’m impressed,” Renault said. “Your crew are quite the hard workers.”
“We really appreciate all t
