Eliana's Pov The sun was already set by the time I woke up, the time reading seven in the evening. Noah was not on the bed with me anymore, instead was in the balcony looking over the beach with a smoke in his mouth.He looked unreal, the evening light casting a golden glow on his face and his naked torso. His muscles flexed as he took a drag from his cigarette.My eyes trailed down to his v-line and my mouth went dry. I wonder how he would look beneath those shorts.I've only felt it through his pants.Noah turned around, catching me staring at him. A sly smile tugged at the corner of his lips."Like what you see?" he asked, the smirk deepening.I blushed and looked away, feeling embarrassed for being caught staring.Noah walked over to me, his hand sliding under my chin to tilt my face up towards him. "Don't be shy, Eliana. You can look all you want," he said, his voice low and seductive.I brushed his hand off my face. "There isn't really much to see."Noah chuckled, shaking his h

Eliana's Pov The silence was thick with tension, the only sound we could hear was Noah's heavy breath, evidence of his anger. He glanced at me, his eyes laced with irritation. Wait, did he think I told her?He sighed irritatedly, his voice controlled as he said, "What nonsense are you talking about, Mia?"She smiled as she got out of the pool, Val close behind her. She wrapped herself in a towel, then sat on the chair at the garden of the pool.I looked at Noah, unsure of what to do. I decided to just follow his lead.He swifly got out of the pool, not bothering to get a towel as he stormed to where Mia was seated."Mia I really am not in the mood for your antics tonight." I got out of the pool too, getting a towel before seating down at their table.Mia took a sip out of her wine, the smile on her face gone as she noticed the mood Noah was in."You are in a fake relationship with Eliana, true or not?" Noah stared at her, his gaze unwavering. She matched his stare with equal feroc

Eliana's Pov Noah was nowhere close when we left the stables, the attenders saying they saw him leave the area, but not in the car. Mia and Val tried his number but it wasn't going through. I called once, but that was it.After many texts, he replied Val, telling him he had some important things to do, all work related. Val wasn't having it, but let it go when Noah wasn't saying the right things.We went ahead with the picnic, Val and Mia trying to include me in their conversations as much as they possibly could. That tried helping to stop my mind from drifting, but wasnt anywhere near enough. That kiss wasn't supposed to happen. The adrenalin caused this, pushing us into thinking it was a good idea to kiss ourselves, making this situation stickier than it already was. It was slow, unlike the first one, this had a lot of words unspoken woven into it.What scared me the most was that I liked it. I don't want to like anything relating to him. Ever. I tried focusing on what Mia was ram

Noah's Pov After our argument on the beach, Eliana stalked away angrily and even though I didn't want her wandering by herself swinging her curvy ass around for all eyes to see, she needed space. I am a lot of things, but sometimes I knew when to stop. I stayed on the beach for a while, watching the waves crash against the shore and trying to clear my mind. But no matter how hard I tried to focus on something else, my thoughts kept drifting back to Eliana.I knew I felt attracted to her in many ways, for one, I wanted to fuck her in different positions of that house and in different positions. From the back, her hands tighted, her eyes blindfolded and my hand on her throat.What a sight that would be.But I felt something else, something much more worse than lust. Something that could be my undoing. I had to do something about my reaction when she met my gaze, or when our hands touched.I felt something else when she bawled her eyes out earlier, I wanted to destroy her pain or take

Eliana’s PovWe left the Villa in the morning and four house later, we were back to the house, AKA prison. The bags were taken up in silence, Noah and I having nothing to say to each other. I guess it was time to go back to hating each other since the trip was over. The trip wasn’t half as bad as I thought it would it would be despite the forced proximity and tension between us , oh and the assult from those hooligans. I enjoyed myself, and I felt relaxed. A while ago, I slept without food in my stomach and now I have so much to eat. Tiana, my sister has been telling me different stories of England, her only issue being the weather. It felt nice to know she was happy without having to bother about anything, to be finally free from the demons that made her unhappy, one being my mum.I always wanted to show her I was deserving of her love, of her pride, but what I didn’t realise is that I wasn’t the one that had to prove anything. I have always been enough. I will always be enough.It