(Anj’s POV)An hour on the beach with everyone exhausted me already, but my children never seemed to run out of energy. I had to sit on the mat Sky placed on the sand before we all immersed and enjoyed the water.Either one of us was a traitor for extending or recharging my kids because they never lost the energy to play in the water. Now it was already Dylan’s and Anya’s turn to play with Leyanne and Lyra Helene on the water. When I came out of the water, Selene clung to me and continued to play, digging in the sand as she tried to follow the small crab she found a while ago.Sky emerged from the water, and as he walked toward me, water was dripping off his body. Biting my bottom lip, I couldn’t stop following his every step, and though I knew he would be coming my way, I still smiled and waved at him.“How did you manage to raise these three kids?” He laughed as he sat beside me. “They seemed to have lots of energy.”I chuckled and handed him the towel. “I don’t bring them to the be
(Anj’s POV)“You and the kids, what were you talking about before their party?” I could not help asking him. They looked serious at the swing this afternoon, and my instinct told me I was part of their whispering and chatting.He shrugged. “Just sharing our secrets.” He raised his eyebrows at me, and his lips curved a wicked smile as if he expected I would be curious about their topic.“What secret?” My eyes widened as I waited, hoping he would share it with me. They are my kids, and I deserve to know about them.“Geez! Angela, have you heard him? Secrets… not meant to be shared without your kids’ permission,” Anya clucked her tongue and shook her head. She clapped her hands. “You used to do that, talking to Uncle Jesse.”I rolled my eyes at her. “Anya, you know it’s called confession, right?”She ignored me. “Okay, listen, people. I have thought of one, and we call this getting to know each other.”Dylan moved slightly away from her, furrowed his forehead, and laughed. She hit him in
(Anj’s POV)Sky and I ran excitedly like crazy drunk teenagers to the shore. This was not the night I was planning for because Anya and I wanted to play in the water so badly, but we couldn’t because our hands were tied in looking after the children. Yet this was much better. Way better.I grinned as my feet welcomed the white foam from the waves approaching me and did not mind the ripple of water rocking as my body immersed in the seawater. I held on tightly to Sky’s arm, and as the water became more profound, he caught my hands.“My feet can still touch the sand, you know,” I said, trying to sound confident, but I could already taste the salt water.Sky was taller than me, so I was sure he could still touch the ground, but he stopped moving forward. He took my hands, placed them on his shoulders, and let me decide what to do, maybe whether just to hold or move closer to him.I chose the latter, moving to him and intertwining my fingers at the back of his neck. My body shivered when
(Anj’s POV)“Do you love me, Sky?”I repeated the question louder this time, and if I relied on what I felt for him right now, I would settle even for a vague answer.“No.” He uttered the word so clearly that it seemed to echo the open sea.Although I expected this already, his one-word answer was sharper than a knife, shattering my heart into million pieces. My tears rolled down my cheeks before I could turn my back on him. A broken heart is overrated because what is a broken heart compared to what I am feeling right now.“Angela, listen to me,” When I didn’t turn back, he grabbed my upper arm, turning me and pulling me to him. “I love Lalaine,” he whispered as he pressed his forehead into mine.“I’m not asking if you love her, Sky.” Because I know, I wanted to say, but I didn’t. “I am asking if you love me?”“I don’t want to be unfair to you, Anj. I already snatched your future, killed your dreams, and made you unhappy,” He uttered in a sad voice.“Then make me happy!” I screamed, p
(Anj’s POV)The pain in my chest was melting away, and the throbbing on my foot was forgotten as soon as Sky went on top of me and molded his lips to mine. His tongue parted my lips, and as he taunted mine, I moaned, allowing my tongue to play with him. My hands curled in his head, gripping his hair as he left my mouth, his lips tracing and nipping my neck toward my ear.“Ending our relationship with a blast, Sky?” I murmured, gasping as he bit my earlobe and licked me like sweet ice cream on a summer day.“Yes,” His raspy and sexy voice answered as his fingers trailed along my stomach down to my inner thigh. “I’m so mad at you right now, Anj,” he whispered in my ear, but his fingers were creating magic, making me float that I gasped, letting a small moan escape my mouth as he touched through the fabric of my bikini. “What did…” I sucked for little air. “I do to you?” I managed to ask despite his fingers working under the fabric. “Aah!” I gasped when he pushed his fingers inside my w
(Sky’s POV) It was the thud and a brief cry that woke me up. When I opened my eyes, I saw Angela on the floor. My brain was not functioning fully yet, but when I saw her crawling and reaching for something, all my senses woke up. “Angela, are you hurt? Are you okay?” I panicked, climbing down from the bed to get and carry her back on the bed. “This stupid foot woke me up,” she said, hissing. I checked on it, and I could understand her pain because it was swelling. “Wait here,” I went to the bathroom and took my purse and bottled water. “Take this,” I gave her a pain reliever, and I was just glad Angela took it in her mouth without throwing a fit. “You should have woken me up.” Instead of answering, she put the bottled water on the side table and snuggled closer to me, resting her head on my chest and her arm on my waist. “Why were you crawling?” I asked curiously, tilting my head to look at her face. “You threw my top far from my bikini,” she craned her neck and chuckled. “Sorry
(Sky’s POV)How to be a super parent when you want to sleep more?I wanted to wear sunglasses as the sun’s rays hurt my head, but I chose not to because if I did, I would fall asleep. I had to pretend I was okay as I volunteered to watch for the kids and Nitro while they played in the sand. I could not believe Finn added a new baby to Anj’s life when she could hardly find time for herself, but maybe Finn was also smitten with the kids.Angela was with us, sleeping on the chaise lounge; her swollen foot saved me from steering a sailboat since I had promised the children last night that if they behaved, we would sail today. I thought there was no hangover, but the Tequila, the game, the accident, our hunger in bed, that scene in the hallway, and my kids fully charged was never a good mix. I wish I could tell Angela to scoot over and lie down beside her.One of the servants found the possible culprit on the shore, and when I showed it to the children and told them their mom stepped on it
(Sky’s POV)“Pfft! Pilot,” Angela teased me as I left the cockpit.I sneered, walking toward her on the couch. “Tease me all you want, but I’m not flying this plane with a hangover.” Not ever when my children are inside the plane.After last night, nothing from my plan A to B happened. I had to call my pilot to fly us back to the city, and we had to leave earlier because her swollen foot worried me. Leyanne and Lyra Helene were sitting and reading a book about sea urchins, the one I asked Gen to buy to bring for the kids. Selene was just with her Mommy, lying on top of her mother with her tiny arms around Angela’s neck.“What’s with her?” I asked worriedly.She shrugged and tilted her head to see our youngest daughter’s face. Selene was not interested in doing anything, not even reading a book with her sisters. She just wanted to be in her mother’s arms.Before sitting, I kicked Anya’s seat, causing her to get up and pull up the eye mask on her face. She scowled at me. “Wait until th