Justin’s POV"Are you sure you want to join this?" | whispered to Ayva as we entered the lounge. I had my doubts. If it were up to me, when Eleanor extended the invitation, I would have declined, but I stayed silent and let Ayva make that decision. In the lounge, there were approximately twenty men, each accompanied by a partner. The manner in which many of the men eyed Ayva as we walked in, as though she were a piece of meat they desired, bothered me. My jaw clenched in anger, and my hands tightened into fists at my sides.I couldn’t let her partake in the game with them. It was obvious that they had other intentions. It was always like that with drinking games, I knew how it always ends. Since my high school days, I never saw the appeal of engaging in activities meant for private settings in front of a crowd.Moreover, weren't we all too mature to be engaging in such games?"Yes," she nodded eagerly, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "I've never played any drinking games before,"
Justin’s POV"Do the dare! Do the dare!" The room's chants echoed, filling the lounge with urgency and expectation.Ayva's nervous swallow was audible, her pulse raced under my touch, and her hands were as cold as ice. I had never seen her tremble so visibly, I had never seen her appear so bewildered."Are you gonna do it or not? It shouldn't take you a hundred years to decide," a guy nearby mumbled in Greek."This isn't the time to act modest," another guy commented."Ayva," I called when her quivering fingers started to push the strap of her dress down. Our eyes locked, and I could sense her hesitation.She didn't want to do the dare; she wasn't comfortable. However, the pressure from the crowd weighed heavily on her, compelling her to comply. And as the people-pleaser that she was, she found it difficult to say "no."Well, I’ll be damned before I let those disgusting pieces of shit see any more skin than what she'd already shown. I shot a fierce look at the guy to my right when his
Ayva’s POV“OMG! He’s hot as fuck!” Exclaimed Sabrina, one of Eleanor’s friends said. “I heard that he and his wife are looking for a girlfriend to spice things up in their relationship. I’m considering approaching them because, damn! I’ve got to have a taste of that bloke.” We were gathered in a cabin on the upper deck of the yacht. After I walked away from Justin, I bumped into Cassie, another English-speaking friend of Eleanor’s. She told me that Eleanor was looking for me, leading me to find myself in a room with five other women, gossiping about the men on deck whom they found appealing or unappealing. “And where do you intend to place your boyfriend in this arrangement?” Eleanor asked Sabrina. Sab shrugged. "He doesn't need to know about it. Who knows, maybe he'd be open to a foursome if I bring it up. He's unaware that I'm aware, but," she leaned in and whispered, "He's into orgies and such."“That could actually work. I’d say go for it.” Claudia encouraged. “Ayva,” Lauren
Ayva's POV It'd been almost ten minutes of searching and I still couldn't find Justin anywhere. He wasn't in the lounge where I'd left him and neither was he at the poker table where many of the men were gathered. I couldn't ask anyone around if they'd seen 'Justin' because I didn't expect anyone around to know who he was. I left the upper deck for the middle deck and after searching through and couldn't find him, I went down to the lower deck and when I still couldn't find him, panic settled in me. I couldn't help but think about what Claudia said. 'Wild vixens are lurking around ready to pounce on him.' The cabins were the only places I hadn't checked and I couldn't help but think the worst. What if he was in one of those cabins? What if he wasn't alone? My heart suddenly skipped a beat and my palm started to get clammy. ‘No no. It can't be. Justin wouldn't do that to me. I trust him. Maybe I just didn't search thoroughly enough. Yeah, that's it. I just need to do o
Ayva’s POVI was restless.It’d been almost two hours since the party ended. I kept tossing around the bed, trying to find the right position to fall asleep, but I couldn’t find it. I glanced at the little wall clock for the time. It was just a few minutes past 4 AM. I couldn’t tell if the reason I was finding it difficult to fall asleep was because of the grunts and moans coming from the cabin next to ours or if it was because the queen-sized bed felt too big for me alone. Justin was in the living room on the couch. He’d refuse to share the bed with me because he’d made a promise not to touch me and ‘he didn’t want to be tempted.’ I’d scoffed when he said that because that was my intention. I wanted to tempt him and get him to do the deeds with me. I tried to make him understand that I was fine now but he wasn’t fully convinced. His words were,“I might hurt you again. And I’m afraid of that.” His voice had sounded so raw and filled with guilt that I knew then that there was nothing
Justin’s POV“Where are we going?” Ayva asked for the umpteenth time that night and again I replied,“You’ll find out soon.” My eyes were set on the road even though I wasn’t driving. With Ayva seated next to me, the road was the best place for me to stare unless I was trying to lose my composure and make her see how jittery I was. Ayva had always been beautiful all the years I’d known her but that night, there was something different, something more out of this world about her beauty. I’d taken her to a beauty salon earlier where she had changed her hairstyle and got her makeup done. The long white dress she had on added an elegant touch to her soft, angelic look. Her hair was up in a hairdo that displayed her neck and sexy collarbone adorned by the star necklace I’d given her years ago. A necklace she never took off. Ayva suddenly placed a hand on top of mine that was sitting on my thigh. My heart skipped and as I stared down at her smooth, silky hand, I started to wonder if she’
Ayva’s POVMy heart skipped a beat as Justin went down on one knee. I felt all color drain from my face and I was so sure that there was no difference between me and a ghost. A series of emotions passed through me. I was flustered, shocked, confused, and dumbfounded. What the heck was going on?Why was he on his knees? Why was he looking at me like that? What was the ring in the box for? Who was it for? Me? Why? I blinked multiple times with the thought that if I was dreaming, it should wake me back to reality but, it wasn’t a dream. Justin was still on his knees, he was still holding the black box, the shiny jewelry sitting pretty in the box was still staring at me!“Justin what is… I mean is this… no, how can I… this can’t be… I mean, what is going on?” I spluttered, my mind was a jumbo mess. I was utterly shocked and dumbfounded. ‘Why is he pro… I mean is that even allowed? When he’s still legally married to someone else?’ He chuckled, “I’m not proposing, Ayva.” “You’re not?”
Ayva’s POV “Is something wrong? Are you okay?” Justin asked as I stared out the window of the plane after landing at LAX. There was a shift, and I felt different, unlike when we arrived at Santorini, I wasn’t excited. “Yeah, I’m fine,” I replied, though not completely true. I was fine to some extent, but a lingering sadness hung over me. The past week had given me a break from reality, but now I had to face it again, picking up where I left off.Why couldn't life always be like it was in Santorini? Why couldn't I stay carefree forever, without any worries?“Something is wrong, Ayva, I can tell,” Justin said. I turned from the window to look at him. He searched my face, a bit unsettled by my expression. “It’s me, isn’t it? I did something to offend you, didn’t I?” I shook my head, he couldn’t be any more wrong. He’d shown me a different life, a happy, stress-free one I never thought possible. Perhaps the reason I felt that was way because I was selfish for wanting to stay in that p