21. The Last Picture

“Thanks for nothing Ash,” I mocked him as I returned back to the bonfire. Ashton was unconcerned and just stuck out his tongue at me. Did he think I didn’t notice him setting me up with his brother all the time? He just took advantage of the fact that I never said anything to him. “So where did you learn to climb trees?” Pelin asked me. I looked up from where I was looking at my hands as Emre came and sat down next to me with a sigh. “Oh, my dad taught me when I was little,” I replied “Pity he didn’t teach you how to swim too,” Zerrin put in with a sneer, “Emre lost all that time teaching you when he could’ve enjoyed himself instead. Oh the knives were out…and they hurt. I gave a tight smile, “You’re right, it is a pity. Unfortunately my dad died before he could.” There was silence then, Zerrin’s face was pale. “I..I’m sorry, I didn’t know.” She stammered, clearly she’d been taking her lead from

Last Updated : 2021-05-11

22. Kiss and Tell

This game sure seemed like more trouble than it was worth, I thought as Ashton asked me if I wanted to go next.“Sure,” I said. I had a few ideas I wanted to try out myself.“So who are you choosing Sarah?” Eric asked me and although the question was simple, his words made me wonder if he was asking me something else.“Mert,” I tilted my head at him and gave him a smile reminding him he still needed to pay for that position he’d put me in earlier.He nodded, accepting responsibility.I wasn’t going to be subtle, I wasn’t going to hold back, he’d assumed too much about me and less at the same time.“Alright, truth or dare?” I asked him.I had a plan… he’d been planning to out my feelings but now I wanted to turn the tables on him.Let us see what Mert was made of.“Truth,” he replied, a little cautiously…“

Last Updated : 2021-05-13

Chapter 23. On The Lips

It seemed like everyone was holding their breaths to see what Eric would do. The tension crackled in the air. A part of me was curious too. Eric had been essentially been called out on his shit.However embarrassing it seemed for Pelin, it really was a pretty clever thing she’d done, called out Eric like that.Eric really seemed to be in a bind. He kept throwing me looks as if he expected encouragement from me which was insane. Did he really think he still had any control on me?Did he still want both me and Pelin in his hands all at once? Wow, what an asshole?Pelin had apparently realized the same thing because she looked like she was about to cry.Zayn spoke up, “Hurry the fuck up man! Make up your mind,” his tone was harsh, unlike what he usually sounded like.Looks like Eric was stepping on a lot of toes with his behavior.Pelin put her hand on Eric’s shoulder and he suddenly stood up.He looked at

Last Updated : 2021-05-15

Chapter 24. Switching Rooms

“Hey Melisa?” I was sitting on the bed with Melisa in our room and we were both rubbing the hand cream that had been on the dressing table. It smelled so good, Emre never disappointed, “Thanks for opting to share a room with me. You saved me from Eric.” “It was my pleasure, he creeped me out today,” She said touching her lips. “Me too,” I replied, “I hope he’s gotten the message that I’m not interested in him.” Melisa’s phone rang and she picked it up on the first ring. I deduced from her side of the conversation and the blush creeping up the side of her face that it was Mert. I smiled and went into the ensuite bathroom to give her some privacy. I made a bun on top my head while I waited for her to finish and tried not to listen in on her conversation. When I came out, she was waiting for me. “I want to ask you a favor,” she said and bit her lip. “Anything,” I encouraged her. “Um it was Mert,” She pointed to her phone,

Last Updated : 2021-05-18

Chapter 25. Framed

I came back to the present realizing both Emre and Ashton were staring at me.“Okay, explain,” I told him, “How are you to blame in Emre firing me?”“I didn’t fire you,” Emre retorted, “You resigned!”“You didn’t trust me!” I replied, “You didn’t believe that I was not involved in the funds that ad disappeared from the company account.”“I believed you!”“You didn’t, you had one doubt and that’s why you told me to take a few weeks’ vacation. Do you think you do that to someone? You don’t even do that to just an employee and I was more than that.. or that’s just it.. I wasn’t..I wasn’t anything to you” I ran out of words.“I wanted to investigate what had happened without you in all of it” He ran his hands through his hair.“So, you took me out of it, out of my off

Last Updated : 2021-05-26

Chapter 26. Next to Him

I couldn’t believe the extent of my disappointment, sadness and disbelief. It was as if a dam had burst and I was suddenly remembering everything and crying my heart out to the ocean.Great ugly sobs tore out of me while the wind whipped my face around my face, like the wind and the sea were angry with me. Everything hurt, my heart, my soul, everything was in tatters. Who would have thought that a fun trip would end up so tragic as I slowly slid down and leaned on the upstairs deck.Heartbroken again, how did I let one person break my heart again and again? It was pathetic, I thought as I closed my eyes and thought of everything that had happened to me since Emre had come into my life.And now both brothers were in my life again, wrecking it.I felt someone come and sit next to me and I looked sideways at Emre. He looked tired and almost as empty as me.I couldn’t believe the extent to which those people had gone to

Last Updated : 2021-06-05