A new friend in Hawaii
Hillary POV
I yawned for the umpteenth time that morning. After arriving at the hotel, I slept off and woke up early in the morning to see Loukas beside me. I had no idea how he got on the bed, but I knew that it must have been pretty uncomfortable for him. The journey was too long and it was my first time traveling such a distance. I could barely keep my eyes open, but I had to because Loukas was meeting the investor set up by Rotimi in one of the meeting rooms. “Quit yawning, will you?” Loukas said.
I cleared my throat and struggled to force myself not to yawn, but it came out and I yawned pretty loudly. I rubbed my eyes. “I am tired.”
“Tired? Why am I not tired? ” He asked, and I had no idea what he meant by that. “The last time I checked, we both had the same trip and here I am wondering how I am not tired.”
I shrugged. “I have no idea,” I admitted, and he rolled his eyes. “It’s my first time traveling a long distance,” I said. “You can’t blame me for that, Loukas! ”
Loukas chuckled. “You have no idea how I survived last night, do you?” He reminded me about last night, and I bowed my head in shame. I played with the ring on my finger with our initials on it and pretended as if I was appreciating it when in fact I was ignoring Loukas. “Why aren’t you saying anything, dear wife?” He asked. “Hillary,” he called when I didn’t respond.
“Will you look at the time?” I pointed to the watch on my wrist. “I’m sure your investor is waiting,” I said as I grabbed my purse from the dining room table. “We should go meet him,” I told him, and instead of replying to me, he pointed to a brown folder on the center table in the living room. “You want this?” I asked, and he nodded in response. I picked up the folder from the table and handed it over to him. I tucked my hair behind my left ear as he collected the file with me.
Loukas stared at me for a while before looking away. He cleared his throat, and I nodded in response and wheeled him out of the room. We took the elevator down to the lobby, and luckily for us, we were the only ones inside the elevator. When we reached the lobby, I took my time looking around because I couldn’t see much when we arrived. The lobby had a great design, from the beautiful chandeliers to the vases at every corner. It was exciting to watch. One of the hotel workers, a woman who seemed to be in her late thirties, approached us, and once he saw Loukas, he bowed his head.
“Mr. Whitemore?” She asked, and Loukas nodded in response. “Please follow me,” she said and took us to the left side of the lobby. We headed through a door and walked through a long hallway until we reached the front of a golden door. “Mr. Jaden is waiting for you,” she informed us. “Let me know if you need anything,” the woman said and turned to leave.Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.
“You can tour around the hotel while I speak to Mr. Jaden, and I’ll come to find you,” Loukas said to me as I pushed in through the doors.
“Alright, I understand,” I replied.
Mr. Jaden turned out to be a bald black man with a charming round face and beautiful obsidian eyes. I had no idea why I was thinking about him, but I have a weakness for beautiful men and Mr. Jaden was one of them. He has amazing muscles and abs that ripped through his suit. If Loukas had not touched my hand, then I wouldn’t even remember that I was standing in front of him with his hand stretched out to me.
“Your name must be Hillary,” Mr. Jaden said, and I nodded and shook his hand. ‘s so nice to meet you.”
“Pleasure,” I said to him, crouched down to Loukas’ level as if I was about to kiss him. Loukas furrowed his brows at me, having no idea why I had done that. “I’ll be in the pool,” I whispered into his ears and then pecked him on the lips. “Call me if you need me,” I said as I walked out of the door.
Before I walked away from the doors, I heard Mr. Jaden compliment me. “You have a beautiful wife with an amazing personality.”
I chuckled at that comment and hugged my purse as I walked down the hallways. It wasn’t hard to find the pool because it was just outside the hotel. The smell of the sea filled my nostrils as I walked outside, and the natural breeze made the hairs on my skin rise. I was happy to be in Hawaii. I removed my phone and took pictures of the sky. The sun was bright enough to blind me because I forgot to take my sunglasses, but I was happy that I could at least take a picture of the sky.
The place was filled up with a lot of people of different races, and it was calm and soothing. I found an empty pool chair to sit on and rested my back. “This place is surely amazing,” I said as I took pictures of the people swimming and also did a video of myself as I showed the area.
“You must not be the pool type,” I thought to myself as I heard a deep, sexy, powerful sound beside me. I removed the phone from my face and turned to my right side where a half-naked man had come to lay. I cleared my throat as my eyes roamed around his naked body, dripping wet as if he had just come out of the pool. His skin was tanned and damn, he had beautiful brown eyes with curly dark hair. His muscles and abs were on display as if the man was born with a six-pack. He was everyone’s dream woman, except that I already had a man to myself.
“Hey miss,” he said, waving his hands.
“Sorry,” I apologized, I had stared too much, forgetting that the man that I was drooling over was right by my side. “I didn’t come to swim, “I answered his previous question.” I am waiting for my husband here, “I informed him, and he nodded in response as he stared at my ring. “Nice ring,” he commented, and I smiled, staring at my wedding bands as if I had won a trophy. “First time in Hawaii?”
I nodded in response. “Let me guess, you are here on your honeymoon?” He asked.
“Yes,” I replied and wondered why he was asking too many questions. He couldn’t be a stalker, could he? I thought as I stared into his eyes.
“Amazing. Have you gone on the sunset cruise on Maui Island? ”
“No. ”
“Then you are missing out. It’s great to see the sunset and also see the whales. ”
My eyes widened at the mention of whales. I had never, in my entire life, been to the sea. “I can see the whales?” I asked, and he nodded in response.
I forgot to introduce myself. “Pardon my manners,” he said as he extended his hand for me to take. “I am Andrew,” he introduced himself.
I placed my hand in his and he didn’t let go for a few seconds until I yanked my hand free from his. “Did you come with anyone?” I asked him, but he shook his head in response. “You are here on your own?”
He nodded in response. “I stay here in Hawaii, and once in a while, I come to the Ritz Carlton for peace of mind.”
“Awesome,” I commented.
“What do you do, Hillary?” He asked.
“I am a physiotherapist.”
“Cool!” He clapped his hands. “You’re a genius,” he said, giving me a thumbs up, and I smiled.
“What about you?” I was enjoying where the conversation was heading because he was friendly to speak with.
“I am into building and construction,” he replied. “But for now, I am jobless because I got fired from my job.”
“Fired? I am so sorry about that, “I told him, and he forced a smile on his face.
“It’s okay,” he said, rising from the chair and facing me. “I’ve been searching around for jobs everywhere but no one is ready to take me.”
I scratched the back of my head feeling sorry for him about losing his job, but then I remembered that Loukas’s new company was a construction company and he was recruiting new people, which meant that Andrews could get a job if I linked him up with Loukas. I jumped to my feet, but because I was overjoyed, I slipped and almost fell, but Andrew came to my rescue and I fell into his arms. We both stared at each other, and he held me closer to himself.
“What the hell are you doing with my wife?” Loukas’s voice sounded beside us. I pushed Andrew away from him and visibly gulped when I saw Loukas’s hazel eyes glaring hard at me. “What is going on here?” He demanded an answer.
Oh no, I thought.