SKYLAR'S POVThe midnight weather was unexpectedly cold, and it didn't spare me as I lay in bed even though I'd covered myself with a quilt.Pretending to be asleep, I watched as Luca walked around in only his pajama pants. The light glistened off his muscled torso sculptured to perfection, and my body warmed at the thought of him holding me in his strong arms.Jesus Christ, he was so gorgeous it was illegal. Why the hell hadn't he been sentenced to life imprisonment already?I quickly closed my eyes when Luca turned to look at me.The family had finally decided to call it a night after quite some fun activities ending with a pillow game where the pillow was passed around from one person to another while a song blared from a music box. The one who had possession of the pillow whenever Elliot, the coordinator, brought the song to an end was forced to sing a selected song. Fortunately, my luck prevented me from being chosen to display my horrible voice.We'd returned to our room and ta
SKYLAR'S POV"I can't believe he is gone." Elliot wailed as she was handed the tenth tissue by her sister, one of Luca's grandmothers. "I mean, I knew his condition was serious but not that serious. Oh God, he was such a good person. Always thinking about the good of others. Why did you take him so soon?"We'd come down for breakfast only to meet a weeping Elliot at the table. Apparently, a friend and neighbour of hers, Benito, had died. Everyone looked distressed at her state, especially when she wouldn't stop talking about the life of this Benito.Seeing Elliot like this was pushing every one of my emotional buttons, prompting an unwarranted memory of my mother with a similar tear-stained face after her divorce from my dad.While everyone else commiserated with the old woman, Ramiro was sitting on his chair with a bored look on his face. Meeting his gaze, I threw him a look of pure disgust. Unfazed, he only smiled lecherously at me."Son," Elliot finally sniffed and wiped her runni
SKYLAR'S POVRamiro flashed me a 'think about it look' before walking away, whistling portentously. I swallowed, breaking a sweat despite myself. Even though I didn't want to believe Ramiro, something told me he wasn't joking. I was in deep shit."Earth to Skylar." Anna's voice cut through my fearful daze. I nearly jumped and quickly scrambled to regain my composure. "Are you okay?""Hey, Anna. Of course, I'm okay." I forced out a nervous chuckle. "Why wouldn't I be?"Anna gave her a suspicious look that unnerved her greatly. "I don't know. Just that my cousin knows how to spell nothing but trouble, so I was wondering if he was trying to spell it to you.""Oh, you know your cousin." I stepped past Anna before the woman could see my expression. "Just being his annoying self."Luckily, Anna seemed to swallow that lie. "Well, mum was just wondering where you were.""Oh, let's go then," I said. Anna took my hand, and we strolled to the house together.Only the older ladies were gathered
Author's POVRealizing she was caught between a rock and a hard place, Skylar palmed her face in desperation and rested her elbow on her thighs. How could she have gotten herself into all this mess?Bits from that night begun coming back to her. She remembered Ramiro and his friend begging her for a threesome and how she'd refused vehemently. Ramiro had then pleaded that she let him watch her and his friend getting it on. At that time, Skylar's thought was that the least she could give to Ramiro was a fantasy to masturbate to.Suddenly the memories came rushing through her mind. They'd argued about whose house to go to for the escapade until they'd finally decided to go to a hotel instead. And then it clicked! There was no way Ramiro could've gotten enough time to plant a camera especially since she'd been the one who'd selected the room."Skylar, are you sure you're okay?" Eva, sitting on the couch just adjacent hers, asked tentatively just as Skylar's frantic heart rescued to it's
SKYLAR'S POVLater I stepped into the bathroom. Prying the curtains open, I stepped forward and turned on the shower, enjoying the feel of the warm water against my skin.I soaped myself, rubbing some aching muscles, reveling in the feel of the water so much that when the creak of the door cut through my moment, I didn't hear it until footsteps sounded. I spun around immediately to check who'd entered the bathroom.There he stood, Luca, seemingly frozen as his eyes raked over my naked body. It happened so quickly that I could do nothing but stare back, startled. Until he finally turned, that is."I'm so sorry. I. . . I didn't know you were here. I should've knocked first." He walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.A wave of embarrassment washed over me, burning my cheeks. God, Luca Knight, my boss, had just seen me naked. I suddenly felt self-conscious. What was he thinking? Did seeing my nude make him feel anything? Heck, why hadn't I drawn the curtains?Waiting a minut
"What do you think of my family?" Luca suddenly broke the silence that had reigned for several minutes after his private jet had taken off, heading back to Rockford. "Well, apart from Ramiro, everyone else is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Your mum and Ana are the best!" She answered. He chuckled. She might or might not have rumbled too excitedly, but in that moment she was too plagued with questions of 'what now' to care. Luca placed his laptop in front of him and powered it. But for the non-stop drone of the jet slashing through the air, silence reigned for the rest of the trip with the both of them focusing on their own thoughts. While Luca was busy with his laptop, Skylar took her phone, and using the password-free wifi in the jet, begun watching music videos on YouTube after putting in her earpiece to while away the unnerving silence. At least the unnerving part was for her. Her eyes basically stared at the screen with utter detachment, unable to help herself from wonder
Luca had a terrible night worsened with no sleep. That is, unless you decided to call two hours of sleep compared to his regular five to six hours any sleep at all.He tossed and turned and groaned in bed until finally, he frustratingly got out of bed and headed downstairs. Switching on the TV, he sat down to watch, but his mind wandered from what was being shown, far from the older woman looking all miserable on the screen. It wandered to Skylar, the woman he couldn't stop thinking about.The kisses they'd shared at his parents' house had unleashed feelings he was finding dangerous on so many levels. At least the attraction had been easy to control, but these nameless feelings... they made him restless all over.That was when the fear had rushed through his senses. Skylar was a beautiful woman, sultry and all that, but she was promiscuous. And there was no way he could be with a woman who didn't have commitment in her dictionary.Standing, he walked to the bar cabinet to get himse
"I'm leaving." Skylar announced when her closing time was up, her expression stoic. Just like that, she opened the door and left his office without another word.Luca was left frozen in his seat. Usually, she would add something like "Don't miss me too much" and he would smile and add a remark of his own. Why the hell was she so upset anyways? It wasn't even like they were dating for real.Throughout the day she'd remained hostile. Not in a disrespectful way, just enough to distress him in ways he hadn't thought possible. It was all he'd been able to do to hold on to his control and not give in to the ache compelling him to explain the kiss with Natasha to her, that he hadn't started the kiss.Sighing, Luca decided to stay for a bit longer. He worked for close to two hours until exhaustion crept in. He was driving on his way back home when he spotted her walking down the street.Rich dark hair cascaded down her back, swishing with the way in which she walked. Her figure was hard to m