MANUEL'S POV It was unexpected. This was all crazy. What the fuck had I done? She was a bloody virgin!! How could I be her first?!! I looked over at her naked body snuggled into mine in the middle of the morning, and that was when the whole daze cleared off my eyes. What the hell had I done? This was... this was a mistake. Horrible mistake! Fuck! I carefully detangled her naked body from mine, and stood up from the floor. I looked around for my clothing and I saw them piece by piece, lying at different angles of the hut. Last night had been crazy, no doubt. With a sigh, I made for my clothes and put them on. Where was my phone now? Looking towards the table where the candle cup that had almost burned out sat, I saw my phone just beside it. 4:47am. It was already close to dawn. I made to walk out of the hut, but found it difficult to move my limbs. Fuck! My eyes directed its way back to her sleeping figure, and I felt that pang in my chest. Christ! I hated being in such comprom

BIANCA'S POV I quickly increased my pace and caught up with him. We both walked a reasonable distance in silence. It was a comfortable silence. That was the way our nightly walks normally were, so it didn't bother me in anyway. I was much more suprised when he tried to strike a conversation. "So you are the only child of your parents?" "No, I'm not." I replied. "We are two. My elder sister is Amara. She got married and relocated to Florence with her husband a few years back. They have a daughter now. Anneliese." "Nice." He muttered. The silence ensued between us again. This time it felt awkward. Maybe, I had been thrilled that for some reason, he was interested in knowing more about me. Maybe I was wrong. After a few minutes, he spoke up again. "I hope you do not mind me asking?" "Shoot." I rushed out, already happy he was asking me yet another question that was most probably about myself. "Uhhmm..... yesterday, while on the call with your parents, I heard you crying

BIANCA'S POV I was extremely excited the moment I dropped the phone after the call with my parents. "Eleanor it's just two days left!" I screamed in excitement. I had not really realized how much I missed home until recently. I guess hearing that my sister and her family had come visiting, only me made want to go home already. "You seem so excited to leave. We wouldn't be seeing each other in a long while. We might never even see each other again." Eleanor muttered and immediately, my excitement tapered down a bit. It was true. I wasn't going to be seeing Eleanor again, neither was I going to have the opportunity to be within such close proximity as Manuel again. These past three weeks may have been crazy, but it wasn't so bad. "Heyyy..." I slumped my shoulders, feeling bad for being so excited. "You know I would miss you, right?" "I know." She sighed, a small smile making its way to her face. "But I understand you too. I know you would want to see your family. Come her

LAURA'S POV I was so excited when Mr Russo had informed me that Bianca was going to return today. Yes, the boss himself had told me. I'm sure the man was probably going to fire me from work the moment Bianca got back. I had the nerve to always go to his office, demanding to know when Bianca was gonna return from wherever he said she was. That was even what made it harder for me. I had no idea where she was! The first time I had stepped into his office to make an enquiry about Bianca was the fifth day after he returned from the conference, and I was still unable to reach her phone. I remember reaching out to her parents the day before, to know if she was okay, but was shocked to hear that Bianca hadn't been home for days. According to them, Mr Russo had reached out to them just once, to let them know she had misplaced her phone. But after that, he never answered their numerous calls or replied their many text messages. That was definitely when I had started suspecting something fis

BIANCA'S POV "Stop looking Bibi." Laura whispered to me, but I couldn't help it. I was suprised whenever I had the opportunity to look at him. Suprised at how sad he always looked these days. Most of all, suprised about his actual feelings towards Laura. "Christ! Bibi that's embarrassing." Laura whispered once more and I rolled my eyes. "For God's sake, he doesn't even notice I'm looking. He's so caught up in his thoughts, that he doesn't." "Hmmm." Laura mumbled, looking at the meal in front of her. It had been a month since she had stopped working under Ricardo and so far, she had given the man such a tough time. Initially, I was very pleased she was finally standing up to him and putting him in his place, until he had asked to privately speak with me yesterday, and I reluctantly agreed. It's safe to say that after our conversation, my heart melted a bit. I wasn't commending him for all the wrong things he had done to Laura, but then, I could clearly see the love for her