*** I couldn’t remember half of their names, yet I knew their faces from the party last weekend. They all laughed and gossiped around the large round table, telling stories about their previous trips. These were just normal people doing the normal things, leading normal lives, lives that differed
MARIELLA We were ready to head to our hiking spot when Eros appeared in the foyer with an all-serious face. No one seemed to notice the way he searched the faces, except Malcolm and me as we stood near the main entrance. Mal hovered toward him. That expression wouldn’t have bode well on anyone. Er
“Do you hear that?” “Hear what?” He clicked his tongue at my tone and said, “The sound of water.” “I’m not so sure about following you right now.” “So you want to return alone?” I could sense the hint of warning in his voice as he added, “Do you know the way back?” I snapped back, “Do you?” “A
He had fully settled himself in the water. His chest up was above the water, which meant it would be till my neck or chin. I put my bag over the same boulder Eros had used and took off my crop jacket. With my back to Eros, I held the rim of my sports bra and pulled it over my body. My hands halted
MARIELLA I wanted to ram Eros’s head into the wall. It was a feeling too open to be unexpected. I bet Eros could see it written all over my face. There had been no use of taking our clothes off for the swim, since we were soaking wet under the rain. I wanted to yell at the top of the splattering s
I walked out of the bathroom in nothing but my briefs and watched her as she lay on her side of the bed, shivering. Taking her to the waterfall had been my way of bonding, of bringing her out of her shell and also to make her comfortable around me. But the way she had been shivering since getting ba
MARIELLA I wasn’t sure why my heart had been beating so loudly until I walked into the banquet where our reception was being held. I had felt normal for the past few days, both alone and around Eros, with no prying eyes watching every move I made, but it was time to be back in the Mob world. My wor
I stood up hastily, shoving the chair back, hitting the person sitting behind me. I didn’t care who. Turning my head around, I glared at the women dressed like they had all the money in the world. Only because their husbands were wealthy. These women had nothing to live for, no ambition, and no expe