Inappropriate Conduct
Chapter Seventy-Eight — Island Inferno
Jamie
The private island off the coast of Palawan looked exactly like the photos—turquoise water so clear you could see fish darting over white sand, palm trees leaning lazily toward the sea, and a single modern villa perched on stilts above the shallows.
They arrived just after sunset on the second day of their honeymoon, skin already sun-warmed from the boat ride, salt still clinging to their lashes. No staff. No schedule. Just the two of them, a stocked fridge, and ten days of nothing but each other.