"Work Hard, Play Hard" Archie is never without a beautiful woman or a glass of good scotch in his hand, which drives his ultra-wealthy, conservative parents to distraction. To force him to take life more seriously, his father threatens to name his cousin the CEO of the company Archie helped build from the ground up if he doesn't marry a girl of their choosing. To appease his parents, Archie proposes to Leticia and gives her the family heirloom ring. Archie's best friend Josh thinks he's making a big mistake and invites him for a week's holiday in Ibiza, telling him it's a stag party. With his boyfriend Charlie, Josh aims to convince Archie to face his true self and his long-buried truth. Archie initially clashes with the outgoing, gregarious Charlie, but soon finds himself drawn to him as Charlie returns the attraction, pushing Archie to explore this connection even at the risk of losing Josh's friendship. But Archie's return to the real world makes him realize that his love for Charlie could cost him the CEO position and the love of his parents. Forced to choose between a chance at true love and familial loyalty, Archie makes the ultimate decision, but either one will destroy lives and hearts.
View MoreLeticia POV Archie has been weirder than normal, he is not eating properly, and he is agreeing with everything that I want for the wedding; it is like he has no life in him. I am starting to worry about him, and I don’t like where this is going, but I think that only one person can help him. Josh. I roll my eyes at myself in the mirror as I think about how Josh can help Archie. This is unbelievable. I am gonna have to contact that excuse of a person and get him to talk to Archie and see what is going on. I am not a total bitch, and I do worry about Archie. Sometimes. I grab my phone that is sitting on my vanity table, and I press Josh’s name. On the second ring, he answers his phone. I look at my reflection in the mirror. “What can I do for you, you shrew”, he says I contain myself, so I don’t tell him to fuck off straight away. I pass my hands through my hair, preparing myself for this conversation. I know it is not going to be pleasant. “Stop being a dickhead for once; your fr
Archie POV “Arch, I have to go. I’ll call you later, mate”, Josh says, and I can’t help but worry about him, he is meeting that guy, and I don’t know if it’s jealousy taking over or if it’s just me worrying for my best friend. He was just jumped by some creeps because he is gay, and then he goes and meets someone like this. “Josh, mate, you alright?”, I ask, and I can hear Josh telling me he will call me later, he ends the call, and I can’t help but feel my heart shatter into small pieces. What the hell is going on with me? I pass my hands through my hair as I sit back on my chair. I close my eyes taking a deep breath. Memories from when we were younger come crashing down, how he only wanted me until I decided I couldn’t tell my parents, I couldn’t come out. I remember the disappointment in his eyes as he looked at me. He walked out of your room and didn’t come back for two days. I couldn’t find him, and he was
Charlie POV My tour is finally over, and I can go back to London to finally meet Josh, we have been talking for a while, and he has become quite important to me. I can’t really say I fell in love with him, but I sure as hell want to get to know him. He doesn’t see me as just a guitarist. As a famous musician, he sees me as me, and that is something I have been looking for for a while now. My friends say I am crazy to drop the holidays. I had planned to go meet Josh; I was going to spend two months in Hawaii. I was gonna spend my time surfing and reading, relaxing and trying to make some music. I have been trying to finish a song since last year, and I thought that it would be perfect. But then Josh walked into my life. I was only looking for some fun, but I think he might be a little more than that. As the plane lands, I take a deep breath, grabbing my luggage. I have hired a private car with a driver as I am too tired to be driving around Lo
Josh POVI am tired of being in this hospital bed. I can’t wait to get out of here. Charlie has agreed to come pick me up after my release tomorrow. I can’t even believe this is happening finally. We have been talking for so long. As I lay here waiting for the day to be over and it is finally bed time so time goes faster my phone rings. I smile as I see Charlie’s name and photo appear on the screen. I answer the phone straight away not even letting it give another ring.“Hey babe”, I let out as I answer the phone.“Hey handsome, how are you feeling?’, Charlie asks me and I tell him I am bored and I wished he was here with me. His laughter sends a chill down my spine, he has a deep voice that does things to me that I never thought possible. This man is a God and he doesn’t know it. That is freaking dangerous. He has a power over me that I would never let anyone else have.“Ready for me
Leticia POV It’s the third time Archie says Josh’s names during sex. I can’t believe he can do that to me. Why the hell is he calling another man’s name? Why isn’t he interested in me anymore. I am a lot hotter than him, and I am a woman, for crying out loud. After slapping his face, I walk back to the dressing room and lock the door. Such a dick. I sit on the settee that I have in the corner and hug my legs. I never thought I would be so bothered about a guy calling someone else’s name, but I am, I like Archie, and I would like him to like me. I clear the tears rolling down my eyes, and I get myself ready. I put on the sexiest cocktail dress I own, and I put on some light make-up. After I am done, I walk out to find Archie sitting in the front room with a glass of scotch. Obviously. He is going to drink to forget what he’s done to me. Dickhead.
Archie POV “Hey mate, how are you feeling?”, I asked walking into the room. Josh has been awake and feeling better for a couple of days now, he still has bruises, and he’s nowhere near free to go home, but I have been coming to the hospital every day. Josh smiles as I walk in and throws me the remote from the tv. “I need Sky. There’s absolutely fuck all on tv”, he says, and I can’t help but chuckle, walking to the chair next to his bed and sitting on it. I pass my fingers through the controller, and he looks at me, expecting me to make some magic and make something interesting appear on tv. “So?” he asks, and I look at him. “Sorry mate, you’ll be able to go home soon”, I say, and he laughs. “My parents are already going insane on how I can not live by myself, on how I need to move back home, mate, they are driving me insane, I’m gonna need your help keeping them away from me. They are insane”, he lets out in frustration. Well, at least
Archie POV "You're overreacting", Leticia says and I can’t help myself and I punch the wall near her head, her eyes go wide opened and she looks at me in shock. I’ve never been an aggressive person but she is pushing all the limits and all the wrong buttons, that’s my best friend and brother in there, he’s fighting for his life and this woman thinks its okay to come here and make everything about her? If I didn’t need to marry her I would be dropping her right now. For fuck sake. What is wrong with her? “Don’t be a bitch”, I let out walking away from her, just looking at her right now is making my stomach twist. I walk to the waiting room where Josh’s parents are waiting for news from the doctors and for my surprise my parents walk in not long after me. They both walk to Mr and Mrs Green and they hit and exchange polite words while I sit in the corner with Leticia sitting next to me. I don’t even want to look at her but I have to say it is nice to have someon
Leticia POVArchie leaves every time Josh gets into trouble. That really annoys me. Why is he always the priority? This is ridiculous. I keep walking around the house, trying to find a way to get Archie to come back to me. He can’t just leave me every time that Josh blinks an eye or breaks a nail. ARGH. Why am I not the priority? I am Archie’s fiancé.It’s been a while since he left, and he hasn’t called me. What the hell Archie, we just got engaged, and you walk away on our engagement night. I don’t like this at all. I can’t shake the feeling that Josh does this stuff on purpose to get on my nerves. He can be such a drama queen.I grab my phone that is on charge on the bedside table, and I start calling Archie. Obviously, his obnoxious assistant answers the phone. I know she has a crush on him. I’ve
Josh POVHe checks in, and the receptionist recognises me, and I offer her a small smile. I usually come here with Archie for lunch, they have the best mushroom Risotto in town, and I am a sucker for it. Once we get to the room, he pushes me against the wall, and I forget all about Archie and Leticia as soon as his lips collapse against mine.He starts to push me harder against the wall while taking my jacket off.“Calm down”, I say between kisses.He takes my jacket off and throws it somewhere on the floor, and after he takes his. Our hands move between our bodies, stripping each other as fast as we can. He’s fast, and I like it. I don’t like guys who don’t know what they want. That brings you to their room and then pretends not to be interested in sex. But then this is going too fast.I break the kiss, and I put both my hands on his shoulders, separati
Archie POV“Archibald Wright, pay attention to your mother” - I hear my father’s sharp voice, and it brings me back to reality. These family dinners are always annoying. I look around, and everyone has their eyes on me. Great. I lower my eyes, and I start fiddling with my glass.“Sorry, mother”, - I let out while I take my scotch glass to my mouth, and I realise it is empty. I click my fingers and point at my glass while one of the servants brings the bottle and pours some more.“Leave the bottle”, - I say, and automatically mother coughs, catching the servant’s attention and shakes her head. I offer her a small smile, and I can see her face change from fear from my mother to the warmth I cause her.I can’t deny that she is one of my favourites. Every time these dinners drag more than I would like, I end up having some fun in the dry store around the corner from the kitchen with one of the many girls m
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