Chapter 91 – An Old Friend

(Aya’s POV)

Gino!

I blinked many times and reminded myself to breathe. My eyes swept at him from head to toe, and I swore to heaven he looked better... much better than before. As I stared at him, I wished he had gotten ugly or plain, but he got taller, more handsome, and sexier. Why would I have to see him again at the beach? My memory of him without his shirt, he was not as hot as he was now. I swallowed hard when my eyes pinned on his abs, wishing it was only my imagination.

Heat crept through my cheeks as Gino swept his dark eyes over me. Like me, he must have forgotten to breathe.

“Aya,” He murmured my name like the way he would whisper in my ear when he put his arms around me.

I closed my eyes, squeezing them tight as I felt a deep stab in my chest.

“Boss!” Leslie cleared her throat, taking his attention away from me. “Let me explain...” She bit her bottom lip and looked anxiously at her partner as if asking for help.

Gino didn’t look interested anymore in the reason she had wri