Lisa was the first to wake up, and out of sheer habit she placed a kiss on Nathan’s cheek and stood up for a stretch. Now that the alcohol in her system was long gone her head was clearer now.She had spent the night with a stranger that looked exactly like her ex lover. The thought alone should make her sick but instead she revved in the joy it gave her. She had somehow gotten her lover back even if it wasn’t the exact one that she had met in the beginning.All that didn’t matter if they made her feel the same. She chuckled silently to herself as she began to pick up their glasses and empty bottle of wine. It must be the afterglow of their night together that had her light on her feet, or she could blame it on the remnants of wine that was probably still on her system. “This vacation might be the best thing yet,” she muttered to herself as she rinsed off the glasses. She picked their clothes off the floor and was about dumping them in the laundry bag when the doorbell rang. Maki
Breakfast was supposed to be a private affair with everyone he cared about, but as Damien saw the plus one hanging off Nathan’s arm he knew there was bound to be trouble.Despite Lauren’s warning to stay off their situation Damien didn’t want to stay at the sidelines and watch his best friend ruin a relationship that was bound form between him and Jane.It was easy to deny his feelings but Damien knew better for he had been in those shoes before. The way Nathan had sprang off when Jane joined them on the beach with her brother. Nathan was clearly losing his touch if he couldn’t see that Jane was only trying to make him jealous whilst using her brother, it was epic fail because anyone looking close enough could sense the sibling bond between them. They acted nothin like lovers.Damien blamed Nathan’s lack of judgement on his feelings, he was often too blinded by it.It hurt to leave the smile on his face plastered there but he managed anyway. “Hello dear,” he said and shook Lisa’s ha
It was a moment of silence for the both men. It allowed them to realize so much things had been left unsaid between them which had ultimately led to the havoc that had brewed between them. Damien regretted it deeply that he hadn’t realized how Nathan had felt for Lauren earlier. If he had he might have backed off and let him have an equal chance with her.But looking at her and Harry from the corner of his eye he realized he wouldn’t give them up now, not for anyone or anything. “You should have talked to me about it,” he said to Nathan. “That you loved Lauren, you should have told me.”A humorless laughter falls from Nathan’s lips. “Let’s be honest Damien, you would have punched me straight in the face. The words will barely be out of my mouth before you’ll punch them back in.”“I don’t think I was terrible,” Damien said. “I promise I would have understood,” he insisted.“Not with the way you loved her, you were totally smitten. I’m not sure you would have let me see another name.”
Everything had seemed easy to do. Make Jane jealous and have her running back to him, if only he knew things never went as simply as that. It wasn’t a walk in the park.No, it wasn’t that he didn’t like Lisa, he had liked her enough to spend the night with her. That was where their relationship should have stopped.But it obviously hasn’t. She had followed him back to his room after Jane had left the pool side with Jonas much to Nathan’s disappointment. He had been sure her contact with Lisa had bothered her but she had left with not a single bother on her face and it worried him.Now he was stuck with Lisa who was currently going over her idea on how to make Jane jealous and ultimately win her back.“I’m telling you she was ready to rip my head off,” Lisa continued, oblivious to the turmoil that was currently making its way to the pit of Nathan’s stomach. “A little move shove and she’ll be falling straight back into your arms. You just have to make sure you don’t fuck it up then.” Li
Lisa could breathe out in relief now that Jane was gone. And if she read the look on her face correctly, Jane wouldn’t be coming back at all. It was annoying that Nathan kept staring even as she disappeared down the hallway way, still rooted to the very spot she had left him in. “Why do I feel like I lost the game even before it began?” Nathan muttered to himself. But that wasn’t what concerned Lisa, if her assumption was right then she had already warn this game between her and Jenny.The girl was heartbroken, Lisa saw that much. She could only hope that it was deep enough for her not to come around anymore.Mine. She put an arm on his chest but Nathan was too worried about Jane to think anything of it. He stared in the space she once stood.“Do you think I should go after her? She must have wanted to talk about us.” Nathan turned slightly to Lisa, who to him seemed like she was some sort of relationship expert.Nathan has never dated, his only relationship if he could call it that
It was a very long time since Nathan had a peaceful sleep where he wasn’t being chase by an unknown man or his clones that had gone out of control. He exhaled deeply and snuggled closer to Lisa whose arms were tightly holding onto him. Like she was afraid he’d slip out before she would wake up. Truth was that he wasn’t ready to go yet. He was afraid that once his eyes opened he would be thrust back into his not so appealing reality.So he waited, kept his eyes shut and tried to match his breathing with Lisa’s. It gave him something to do until she woke up. When he could no longer bear it his eyes slipped open. The first thing he saw was Lisa’s piercing eyes as she lifted them to him. Talk about being I’m sync with one another. He watched her instead of speaking. He needed to know what she felt about what they just shared and how much of it he was willing to admit himself.If she wanted them to put it behind them then he wouldn’t object, beside they didn’t know much about one anothe
The pasta was perfect. It wasn’t too soft in the mouth and it wasn’t hard either. It was the perfect texture, melting in her mouth like cheese under the hot sun. Perfectly.Lucas had taken her on many dates but he never paid attention to her like Nathan was doing at the moment.It was like being with an upgraded version of him. A more caring, more loving, version of Lucas. It was a dream come true for Lisa. “Are you enjoying your meal?” She asked him despite her attempt to hold herself back. The need to hear him talk even if it was over something so vain as their meal overrode her senses.Nathan considered the pasta he was chewing momentarily before answering. “It’s actually not bad. I’ll have to admit that you made a good choice, I can guarantee you I would have chosen something so vile you would have thrown up at first bite if you had left the choice up to me.”“I guess it’s a good thing you have me then. I’ll take it upon myself to make you have a favorite food before we have to le
Two broken hearts stared into the night, their body numb and broken to the wind. Lisa watched Nathan as he stared into the dark. His feelings for Jane ran much deeper than she thought possible.Of course this was often the case with most men like Nathan. They seldom loved but when the eventually did, it would be with all their heart and soul. It would be so intense that it ended up destroying them as with the case of the man in front of her.Still, she couldn’t give up hope for him. He was hers first, he was her Lucas more than he was Nathan for Jane. With careful steps she moved to him, putting her arm him to try and comfort him but he pulled away and instead looked at her with the scariest expression she has ever seen. “Nathan…” she tried to reach him again but he pulled away, groaning in the process. “I’ll like to be alone,” he said, his voice barely recognizable. Lisa’s heart broke for him. “At least let me help you back to your room,” she said. But he was far gone beyond reas