Page 59 of More Than Just Friends

I couldn’t believe that after we’d left, they’d carried on.

Just proved how little respect Adonis had for me.

‘You know?’ Sammie’s eyes widened.

‘Yeah. We caught them fucking. I’ll explain later.’ I tried to signal with my eyes that I was trying to have a moment with Noah, but Sammie missed the cue.

‘Oh… right. I would say I’m sorry, but, I’d be lying because… anyway, we’ll chat once we’re back at the port. I’ll have to tell Petros as part of our serious incident protocols, and he’ll need to report it to the Love Emperor. They’ll want to have a meeting with you too.’

‘Really?’ I asked. The last thing I wanted was dredge up the embarrassment across a desk.

‘Yeah. And obviously we’ll be kicking those cheaters out of the hotel,’ Sammie confirmed.

‘Good,’ Noah said.

‘I’ll keep you posted. Anyway, the reason I originally came to find you was because the sun will be setting soon, so I thought you might want to find a good place to watch it. There’s a nice spot for two over there.’ She pointed and winked.

‘Okay, thanks,’ I replied.

We’d been interrupted before, but maybe once the sun had set, Noah and I could talk properly.

Even though I’d never act on it, because the consequences would be catastrophic, I still wanted to know whether there was any truth in what Kayleigh had said.

And the sooner I knew for sure, the better.

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NOAH

What a shitshow.

When I heard shouting and went below deck to investigate, I thought that maybe the toilet bowl had overflowed and they were screaming with disgust.

The last thing I expected was to see Kayleigh getting railed by Adonis.

And even when I saw what was going on, I still couldn’t reconcile their reactions. Neither of them were apologetic. They were so casual about the whole thing that I was half expecting them to ask if they wanted me and Ali to join them. Then again, Adonis basically did by asking Ali to finish him off.

Unbelievable.

But like I’d said to Ali, I wasn’t upset about it. I’d had a lucky escape.

And ultimately, Kayleigh had saved me the trouble of telling her it wasn’t working, which was what I would’ve done later this evening anyway.

It also meant that I was officially a free agent again.

Now I was able to fantasise about anyone I wanted without guilt.

If I was being honest though, there was only one person I was interested in thinking about. I’d basically said as much to Ali a moment ago, when I said that I’d only truly felt that spark with one woman, but I didn’t think she’d picked up on it.

I was sure that we were having a moment. I could feel the sexual tension in the air. And for a second I even thought that she was about to ask if I had feelings for her, but then Sammie had interrupted to tell us about the sunset.

Then once Sammie had confirmed that Kayleigh and Adonis had been moved to the other side of the boat and the toilet was free, Ali excused herself and went to the bathroom.

Maybe it wasn’t a bad thing that she did because it gave me a moment to gather my thoughts.

If Ali did ask how I felt about her, would I tell her the truth?

Right now, I wasn’t sure.