[Third person POV]
Heath had been on the edge since the whole Fiona falling overboard incident. One because there was no footage to show who pushed her in the water, two Carl had been acting very weird since.
“What has gotten to you?” Gian asks, he had worried as he saw Heath keep staring into nothingness.
“Oh, it is nothing,” Heath replies still looking deflated.
“Don’t blame yourself, we will find who hurt her, besides if it's the Fiona, I know she probably will not blame you too much.” Gian reassures.
“You speak so highly of her.”
“Of course, she is like a sister I never had, and I know my wife wouldn’t be here and happy with me if it wasn’t for her, she is my family,” Gian says.
“Can I ask you a question?” Heath asked nervously, Gian nodded his head yes.
“Well, did you know she and Carl were a thing?” Gian nodded with more curiosity in his eyes now.
“Well, I spoke to Carl last night and might have alluded to
[Third POV] Selby stood on the balcony looking at Lucas not knowing how to answer him, wondering who even told him this, she had only told Fiona about this, and Fiona hadn’t had any time alone with Lucas to tell him this, and she wouldn’t betray Selby at all. “Who told you that?” Selby says before bursting out in laughter, “come on Lucas this is just fun why break the rules we agreed on?” “But we didn’t really agree on any rules when this started, we just did,” Lucas reasoned. “So? We both know this was casual and we will keep it that way, right?” Selby defended; but the soon she finished her sentence tears started rolling off her cheeks. “Selly? Please be honest, are you in love with me?” Lucas asked firmly. “What if I was? What are you going to do about it? Lucas?” Selby calmly says with tears flowing nonstop, “nothing, you can do nothing about it but discard me, so stop asking questions you don’t the answer to.” “I will not
[Third person POV] He was sure he was dreaming; it couldn’t be, Carl knew very well that Heath Duncan was not a man to want to be tied down. It is not what Heath specifically told him, but he had detected that his lifestyle was of a man that wanted to play around for long. But now he is not so very sure, maybe, maybe Heath fooled him, fooled him to break up with his girlfriend so he can steal her. “What did I tell you?” He hears a whisper; he has been busy staring at Heath Duncan flirt with Fiona all tour. “How did this happen? Like they are not really a thing, right?” Carl asked frantic, he was lost, he loved Fiona, she was an awesome girl, she loved him when he had nothing and built him to what he is now. But when he met Heath, he had admired his free lifestyle and Carl being a man that had never had women flock over him, he longed to be like Heath for a short while. “I don’t know, I think since this whole cruise started, ugh, bummer, I was thinking I could snatch Heath up, bu
[Third person POV] Everything sucked, he hated how he told the truth, but he was glad he did at the same time. He has been rejected multiple times, the reason he even pursued her was how she challenged him in the most intellectual way. He truly liked her as a person, he could have loved if she was his friend, which is how he wanted to approach it at first, until he found out she hated her, then his approach became rather blurred. “Ah… boss man, you decided to come to the club tonight, that is a change, since we stepped on this cruise ship you have been scarce,” Carl chimes as he sees Heath approach the bar table. “Yeah… I have been busy with some stuff,” he says bitterly. He never thought he would hate Carl, he was aware he was a bit annoying and quite an ass-kisser, but from the day he met him he never thought he would hate him like this. “Whiskey?” Carl asked and Heath just nodded yes. “So, what brings boss man here? Problem with love?” Carl asked bitterly, though Heath and F
[Fiona POV] I was woken up by Carl’s screaming, it seemed he and Heath had a little brawl, I had closed my eyes tightly hoping to sleep and not hear what they were arguing about, but it was no use as Carl’s idea of communication was yelling. The more dreadful thing to know was knowing that they were arguing about me, this is what I feared from the very beginning, though I owe Carl no loyalty, I didn’t have to cause this rift between him and Heath. I chose to ignore it, maybe if I do not acknowledge them, they will not confront me besides Heath clearly told me that he just wanted to play me from the very beginning so why should I help him. “Do not talk about Fiona like that you will regret it Carl, I am letting get away with talking to me like that because you are a very important person to me, but do not talk about Fiona like that ever.” I hear Heath roar. Just the sheer determination to get Carl to stop calling me names almost pains me, who knows if he is saying that to get me t
[Heath’s POV] Though this development is a good one, I still feel scared, scared to lose her, I had lived my life paranoidly, unable to be comfortable in my happiness. When I thought mom and dad were finally happy together, it ended up being a hoax, when I thought father was finally over mother, he had to end his life, it was always a patten that I had feared being happy, because I feared my happiness would manifest into pain. “Please don’t hurt me,” I hear Fiona mutter in her sleep, she was crying, I hated that. It seemed like me she was also afraid to be happy, ‘seem we are much alike that I thought’ I tell myself. I look at her peaceful face, “I will not hurt you, I promise, and I will protect you from all hurt,” I see tears fall down her delicate cheeks. I gently wipe the tears, first love, this is my first love, quite unbelievable for a man my age, but here I am falling in love in my late 20s. I really hope this doesn’t go like mother and father’s love story; I hope this b
[Fiona POV] Do I feel insecure about my body? Yes, I had dated bums that had told me how disgusted they were about my body. Do I have a praise kink, also yes, who doesn’t like being told their gorgeous? Did Heath satisfy my kink, definitely, the man is passionate about loving my body, and I feel really secure about it. Sure, many would have liked it if I waited a bit before sleeping with him again, maybe take it slow like Selby and Lucas, you know, start with the dates, and take it slow, but you didn’t hear how that man moaned my name in his sleep so shut up. “What are you smiling at?” I am startled by Selby who catches me smiling at myself. “Nothing,” I say clearly embarrassed, I hear Heath chuckle happily. “So, anyone seen Carl?” Esther asked, completely draining my happy mood. “No, I haven’t, why are you asking,” Heath says annoyed. “I was just worried about……” She doesn’t finish her sentence as Carl joins us. “Morning,” he coldly says, his face bruised up and still smelli
[Heath POV] A date, the first I have ever been on, well excluding that prom date I was forced to go because father wanted me to date more as he worried, I would die single, but that wasn’t officially a date, so I don’t count it as one. Though it is my first Fiona have been on more dates, she has been impressed by a lot of guys and my attempt might just end up being underwhelming. “Can you stop stressing already,” Lucas chimes, “I spoke to the ship’s crew, and they will help you out.” “What if she hates it?” “Then you will try again, I am sure Fiona is not the type to cut you off just because you planned one awful date,” Lucas reasoned, but it didn’t stop me from worrying, the Fiona Lucas know is a different woman from the Fiona I know. The Fiona I know wouldn’t stand for anything short of impressive. And I wouldn’t let her, I wouldn’t let Fiona Lennon settle for less, because she should never, she should always get the best, because she deserves the best. “Come on tell me how y
[Heath’s POV]Last night was a true dream come true, not only did I get to be with the woman of my dreams, but I also get to wake up with her in my arms.Though it was rather presumptuous of us to sleep on the floor of the restaurant, I held her cold trembling body gently, “Fiona, I think it is time to wake up,” I whispered to her ear.“Let me sleep a little longer,” she grumbles in her sleep.I guess her sleep is worth more than the warmth of her bed, I chuckle as she snuggles closer to my chest, “you will get more sleep when we get back to your room Fiona.”She ignores my plea and continues to rest, though I wouldn’t mind her sleeping a little longer, the cleaning staff had already started entering and they were getting ready to clean.“Fiona, this is someone’s workplace we cannot stay here any longer as they need to work,” I whisper gently.“Ugh…... Fine,” she says rubbing her cute eyes. I could watch her act bratty all day long while feeding unto her ways like a fool.We started p