(Frank’s POV)“Frank…”I blinked, hearing Sky’s voice from afar, but I was like a ship floating in the stormy Pacific Ocean. I could still hear Lexa crying and begging me not to tell Lexi, especially Finn, everything that had happened between us.We made love at almost every part of the beach house… The home I dreamt of for my future family and the place I wanted to surprise Lexi with. The magic was overwhelming that I could only think of making love with Lexa, claiming her as mine until it was time for us to part ways.I could not believe I had cheated on my girlfriend and deceived Finn. “Frank?” Sky rested his hand on my shoulder, waking me up from the nightmare I had created.Sky chuckled but pressed his lips, suppressing another laugh.“Is everything okay?” he asked worriedly when he saw I only blinked at him.Meeting!I gasped, remembering Sky had an appointment. I shook my head as if trying to throw everything on my mind, opening my drawer, unsure what I was looking for. Cathe
(Frank’s POV)Almost a dozen of empty cans of beer were scattered on the sand. I knew we were drunk already, but I was not worried about how Sky would get home because Angela’s driver had come, and he was now sleeping in his car, waiting for what time Sky would decide to go home.Sky breathed out, blinking as he opened another can of beer and shook his head.“I’m drunk.” It was the third time he said it.I chuckled, drinking the last drop of beer from my can before crawling to the powdery sand and picking up the other cans.“What’s so special about this place?” He asked, lying on the sand.We finished several cans of beer, but Sky never asked me what was bothering me. Instead, we were like in a loop, talking about him and Angela, how they met, and what made him realize he couldn’t live without her. I pointed at the dock. “Lexi jumped there, and we fought while on water, then…” I smiled, tapping the sand. “We made love here the first time.”“Ooohhh!” A wicked smile curved his lips as
(Lexi’s POV)Fighting Finn was a waste of time and energy, so the conversation was over when he said Joko would go with him instead of me. It had been decided, so I didn’t need to argue with him. Besides, pretending Lexa was useless when I could not even swim in the river Joko showed him in the brochure. I have no idea how to rappel down just to descend faster from the higher ground.It was already past six when the main door of the cabin opened. Finn came in with a half-smile, looking tired from his adventure. For one long second, he gazed at the laptop, tablet, and planner with my colorful pens and sticky notes scattered on the dining table.“I told you to rest,” he pursed his lips, looking at me with dismay.I ignored him and continued to work on his schedule, moving some of his meetings to other days and noting the documents for his approval. I spent almost the whole day in John’s office using his telephone and Internet to confirm the changes in their appointments, and during lunc
(Lexi’s POV)“Wait!” I pushed him lightly away from me, catching my breath after our passionate and searing kisses. “What sign?” I asked curiously.Instead of answering, he parted my lips and kissed me slowly, taking his time to nibble my lips playfully, licking the corners of my mouth as if I were ice cream. When I brushed my tongue to the tip of his tongue, Finn deepened the kiss and glided his palms from my arms to my hands.I moaned, but I was afraid to shut my brain down because Finn liked doing this, making me love what he was doing but leaving me hanging in the end.And I was right!He moved away from me, sitting upright and smiling as he took the ice cream tub and gave me the spoon.“Let’s not get this ice cream to waste. Don’t eat everything.” He stood up, giving me a peck on my lips. “Wait for me, okay?”Sneering at him, I dug the spoon into the ice cream tub, scooped the dessert, and moaned as I filled my mouth with ice cream, making sure to melt it on my tongue.Finn did n
(Lexi’s POV)I never told anyone this, not even Lexa, but I was always afraid of heavy rain because it reminded me of the night I lost our mother and home. But tonight, I was thankful for it because as it noisily tapped the roof of the cabin, it was also drowning my cry.My brain went haywire as Finn continued to pour me with the ecstatic feeling I had never felt in my life. At this moment, nothing mattered to me except Finn and me.“Finn…” I sang his name as his fingers slowly and gently stroked my bundle of nerves. The pleasure he gave me was swinging me to the clouds as he continued to caress me. As if his delightful torture was not enough, he lowered his head to my breast and sucked my rosy peak.Once again, I gasped a sharp breath when his finger slipped down to my core. I moaned at the sudden and intense pleasure he did, and as he pulled his finger out and pushed it again, I set aside my embarrassment, arching and rolling my hips slightly as if running after his finger.My nails
(Finn’s POV)The plan was to stay longer, but when Joko knocked on our cabin door, waking us up to relay a message to call home immediately, Lexi panicked, and if I had not stopped her, she must have run to Hoffman’s office only wearing a bathrobe.Elenita could not stop Aliyah from crying, not even Sky or Angela, and when they could not contact Lexa, their last option was to call us here.From behind, I wrapped my arms around her waist and rested my head on her shoulder as I listened to her sing Can’t Take My Eyes Off You for Aliyah. She sang sweetly, soothing my heart, and wishing she was singing for me, not for her little sister. She stopped crying after hearing her voice and her promise that we were going home.As we drive away from the site, the fears Lexi could not voice out to me must be growing. I glanced at her, fidgeting her hands in the passenger’s seat.“Are you worried about Aliyah?” I asked her, taking her hand and intertwining our fingers.She smiled nervously. “I’m not
(Lexi’s POV)The beautiful hundred-red roses bouquet waiting for me on my table was the first thing I saw when Finn and I stepped out of the elevator. My heart hammered in my chest, thinking of the bouquet as something very romantic, but my instinct told me something was wrong.“What’s happening?”I looked at Finn, hoping it was his idea, but we were together, and heaven was my witness that we both struggled in expressing our emotions, and the death experience had to happen for us to deal with our feelings.When Finn shook his head, I walked toward my table but halted abruptly when Frank came out of Finn’s office.What was he doing in there?I wanted to clear my throat, hopeful this was just one of those dreams that would wake me up thinking. But then it happened…Frank knelt on his left knee and raised his hand, offering me a small box with an engagement ring inside, saying hello to me. “Will you marry me, Lexi?” Frank asked.‘Is this some kind of joke? No way!’ My mind screamed so
(Lexi’s POV)When Angela said home, I thought he was talking about the mansion, but she brought us to a penthouse, and as she walked us to the poolside, I had a glimpse of their family portrait on the wall.Of course, the couple would not dare bring us to the mansion where the kids and my little sister would know the conflict between us. A few minutes after we arrived, Sky came with Frank. Then Finn came.He sat at the chaise lounge quietly, glancing at me and then at Lexa before lowering his eyes again.“You’re all grown-ups here. So, please, talk about this rationally,” Sky said, looking at Finn and then at Frank.As I stood at the edge of the swimming pool, my eyes wandered as if this was my last day on earth, memorizing each of their faces.My sister sat at one of the loungers, far from everyone. She had stopped sobbing as soon as we reached the penthouse, but tears from her eyes still flowed down her cheeks. My heart was crushed, seeing my sister hurt from what Finn and I did.An