Olivia’s POV A lump formed in my throat as my eyes met his while my arm was still wrapped around Joshua. It was not the way I wanted him to find out about Joshua even though what I was doing was nothing but being friendly. However, judging by his words, he could sense that there was something more than friendship going on between me and Joshua. “So, it looks like I have some competition for you, huh?” Sam’s words echoed in my head. Suddenly I felt guilty for leading both of them on, especially Sam even though I was doing no wrong. All I wanted to do was be sure about my feelings before I committed to one of them. Honestly, if Joshua had never walked back into my life and that too as a changed man, I would have already been dating Sam for about a month. But, that did not happen. Instead, my worst nightmare walked back into my life and changed ever

Olivia’s POV My pathetic reflection stared back at me through the mirror, judging me based on what I was wearing at how I looked. It was Monday morning and we had to go to Ms. Preciozo’s office to sign the contract. Honestly, if that wasn’t scheduled for that morning, I would have called in sick. But, since it was inevitable, I forced myself out of the bed and into clothes that described how I was feeling. Over the weekend, I transformed from a sad, pathetic state into a f*ck it all, boss babe state. Don’t get me wrong, I was still sad and upset that I had screwed up my life and theirs, but I guess everyone eventually reached a point where they don’t have the energy to go on anymore. That was exactly where I was. Dressed in long black slack pants and a loose gray blouse, I tied my hair back into a ponytail to stop it from disturbing my face

Olivia’s POV My hand trembled slightly as I held the phone in front of me as it dialed Joshua’s number. Even though I was already emotionally drained after talking to Sam that evening, I had to get it done, so that I could finally sleep soundly. To be honest, there was a small part inside me that hoped that Joshua said all the right things to convince me to lean more toward dating him even though it was still a little hard to wrap my mind around the idea of dating Joshua Taylor. Not even five seconds passed when he immediately answered the call and his deep, husky voice filled my room. “Via, hey.” F*ck! His mere voice churns my stomach! “Hi, Joshua. Are you free to talk?” I asked as I placed the phone on the bed on the loudspeaker and nibbled on my fingernails. Joshua remained silent for a while before he continued, “Sure. Just give me a minute.” Now, how do I begin? Unlike Sam, I had something to start the conversation with since I was so insistent and impatient to tell him ho

Olivia’s POV Darkness enveloped me as Joshua’s motorcycle moved forward. It was already scary enough to be a normal seeing passenger on his sport bike, so being blindfolded as we cut through the wind was terrifying and I couldn’t help but wrap my arms tighter around Joshua’s waist. Occasionally, he would tap my arms to comfort me and I scooted forward to make myself more secure. Still, it was turning out to be an interesting date and things were going well so far even though I didn’t know where we were heading. “Are you okay?” Joshua shouted out and gripped my knee when we stopped, probably at a traffic light. Oh, even his touch gives me tingles.  Lifting the visor on my helmet, I moved my head closer to his ear. “Yeah. Are we close?” “Yes, we should be there i

Olivia’s POVJoshua looked at me with shock and hesitation after I demanded that he kiss me. But, that was expected since I went from rejecting his feelings to complete silence to suddenly kissing him when he was right on my lap. Honestly, I still couldn’t believe I did such a thing. It was just that when he got up to walk away, it felt like he was walking away from me and I couldn’t bear for that to happen, so I did the only thing that flashed through my mind—kissing him.Everything I had told him was right. I was so close to revealing everything that he had done, but it didn’t feel right since I had forgiven him in a way and vowed to move forward. Plus, I was worried about what would happen to him if he found out what he did to me in the past. The new Joshua didn’t deserve to feel that guilt that might drive him to do something stupid.So, I stayed silent for some time as I stared at the crashing waves and thought about everything deeply. Obviously, I liked Joshua a lot, possibly mo