Page 61 of Viral Affair

“Great, so are you going to tell me where we’re going?” I asked, taking my blue bikini out with my favourite green dress that I’d bought last summer.

“We’re in the open sea now, and we’re probably going to be sailing for another twenty-four hours before we get to our next destination. Don’t worry, sunshine, you’ll love this place. Come on now, let’s eat, so we can play some more later…” he said in a velvet tone.

This man looked like a god. And to him, I was a goddess. My heart tightened. I kept reminding myself that I had to protect him from Vincent.I would do anything to protect him from that arsehole.

“My vagina is officially broken, and I never thought I would say this, but now I understand Laura,” I said, knowing I had to call her at some point. She was having the time of her life with the man who was maybe grumpy but also very possessive, and I bet no other man was able to go anywhere within a few feet from her. They were so funny.

“What about Laura?” he asked.

“She told me she’s exhausted because Spencer keeps her up all night and she can barely walk.” I smirked, wondering what had happened to sweet and shy Laura who’d sworn off men for good.

Rupert shook his head and got up.

“Spencer is crazy about her. He’s also a crazy motherfucker for a PM. I have no idea how he even got elected. It’s probably because of his good looks. All the women voted for him. But I really don’t want to know anything about his sex life, so quit talking about my brother and his nanny,” Rupert muttered.

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes.

“All right, all right, Mr. Grumpy Pants, let’s go and eat,” I said.

I got dressed and put some makeup on because I was still a little self-conscious about my looks. I want to accept my freckles, but I don’t even know where to begin with them. I am not the biggest fan of them. I’d been a little obsessed with makeup and never let any man see me without it, including Rupert. I was wary of going into the water because I didn’t think he would still be attracted to me looking all natural. Maybe I was being silly, but this was something I had to work on.

Suzanne left us a wonderful breakfast of eggs and fruit, then Rupert took me out to the deck. We were surrounded by the blue ocean, water as far as the eyes could see, and it was scorching hot. Then Suzanne showed up to ask if we needed anything else. I said hello to her, trying not to look her in the eye, embarrassed about yesterday’s shenanigans in Rupert’s bedroom.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing and sunbathing on the deck. As the sun slowly disappeared behind the horizon, we had a delicious dinner in the main dining room. In the evening, Rupert prepared me a bath, then he gave me a massage after finally admitting that his stunning cock was sore, too.

So we went to bed, and Rupert made sweet, tender love to me until I finally drifted off to sleep in his arms. When I woke up during the night, in the quiet, I thought I could easily fall in love with such a wonderful man. I was so relaxed and happy being with him, and I wished I could be honest with him about my past. If I couldn’t be honest about that, what made me think that I could even bring up the things that Vincent was planning? These thoughts sent my anxiety through the roof. Slowly, my thoughts turned to the future. I began thinking about my career ahead of me and how lucky I was to meet Rupert again.

But then, menacing thoughts about Vincent back in London spiked my anxiety, again. Laying there, sweat forming on my brow, I tried so hard to keep my breathing under control. I can’t wake Rupert and he cannot know what is going on. I keep telling myself that I can protect him, protect Maja, protect all the Banks’. But, could I? Was I really going to do what Vincent wanted and ensure that everyone would be safe? This is so burdensome, but turning my head and watching Rupert breathe evenly, eyes closed, so relaxed, I knew that I had to do whatever it took to ensure that Vincent would never have a change to hard him nor any of his family. That night I made a decision, knowing that sooner or later I would have to sacrifice what I’d built to protect Rupert … because Vincent was determined to ruin my happiness.

“We are sailing slowly into Mykonos, sir. How long do you think we will stay here?” I overheard Suzanne asking Rupert the next day after I’d only just woken up.They stood just outside the bedroom.

My heart instantly threw itself over my ribcage.

“A few days max, so you can stock up, but later I think I’d like to explore a few other places around Greece,” Rupert replied.

This must have been the huge surprise he’d talked about when we’d boarded The Dreamer. We were going back to Mykonos, and I suspected Rupert was going to take me back to Ornos, the same place where we’d first met. The place that Clara took the video that shook the internet and changed my entire world. He was so romantic. I stared at my reflection in the mirror, wondering if this was happening for real. I squealed like a little girl while I imagined going back to the bar where everything had begun. If so, I needed a mojito to celebrate the occasion. So exciting.

He had done so much for me already and I was having the best time, but I was worried about how fast I was getting emotionally involved. I didn’t want to disappoint him, and I was too scared to reveal the truth about Vincent. Fucking Vincent, always creeping in to ruin such a wonderful time.

I quickly put some makeup on and went out to meet him on the deck. Rupert was on the phone then, so I sat and helped myself to the delicious food Suzanne prepared for us.

“Have you gone through all the CCTVs?”he barked into the phone.

Rupert’s unexpected question garnered my full attention. Was he talking about the CCTV recording that Vincent needed so desperately? He smiled at me when I glanced at him, so I smiled back and continued to eat.I knew that I had to play this off, but how, within twenty-four hours, can this continue to hound me? My anxiety is never this bad, but I can feel my heart picking up steam again and things are starting to not make sense. Maybe I should just be honest about everything and not build our relationship foundation on distrust. But, how do I even begin to bring this up to him? Oh, Rupert, my ex id doing something illegal near your property, you caught it all on camera, and he is threatening to kill you. Yeah, that will go over well.

“I need to figure out who’s behind it, so you’d need to hurry up, James,” He continued, this time sounding more and more annoyed.

Fuck, so Rupert was talking to his brother, the one who owned the security firm. Well, that complicated things a lot. Had he given him the security footage? That would make perfect sense because why would he be dealing with it on his own? His brother handled this kind of thing on a daily basis, why not go to the expert?

I continued to eat, at the same time trying to listen in.I can’t act suspicious, I just needed to know what was happening.

“The princess is giving you a headache?” he asked, laughing. “Anyway, how come you’re assigned to her? I thought you were done protecting high-end clients?”

Rupert laughed again, then squeezed my thigh while I chewed on my pancakes.

“Don’t tell me you’re not attracted to her? She’s a stunner and exactly your type, brother,” Rupert pointed out. Then he glanced at the phone and narrowed his eyes.

“The bastard hung up on me,” he muttered before leaning over to kiss me.

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