Athena's POV

I can't just sit here for the rest of the day. I'm in Positano, so I have to go explore. I might as well get dressed in something cute and go around. I can even take some pictures for my Instagram because I haven't posted in like a month.

I just finished taking a bath which was very relaxing, may I add. Putting on the cute white shirt, which I tied up and I threw on a pair of my favourite jeans.

After finishing getting ready, I made my way out of the room and knocked on the door beside ours. It opened revealing Ethan. "Miss Demetrius," Ethan said as he saw me. "Ethan, please call me Athena. Also I want to go explore," I said as I did my best puppy eyes, in case he would say no.

"Yes of course Athena, whatever you desire," he said, making me smile brightly. "Let's go then," I said as I grabbed his arm and pulled him out. After closing the door, we made our way down the massive amount of stairs.

"This place is so beautiful," I whispered to myself as I looked at the view of the sea. That place is just magical. I was walking with Ethan walking behind me. "Why are you so behind Ethan? It's not like I'm going to eat you," I said. Just as those words left my mouth, I cringed at myself. Why did I think that it was funny?

We were now walking for a few minutes now when I decided that I wanted pictures. "Ethan, can you take my picture," I asked as I handed him my phone. In short, that is what we did for like the next thirty minutes as we roamed around.

"I'm hungry. Let's go eat," I told Ethan as I heard my stomach growl. Well how embarrassing. "There is a restaurant there, Athena," Ethan said as he pointed at a building to my right.

As we got in front of the little restaurant, I saw a cute little sign saying 'Max ristorante'. We got in and a nice woman welcomed us in. I took a seat but didn't see Ethan. Looking around, I saw him standing behind me looking all intimidating.

"Ethan, what are you doing? Come sit, we are going to have lunch," I said. He was about to decline but I insisted. "You didn't have to do this Athena," he said, making me roll my eyes. "Oh shut up. We are friends, aren't we," I said and he nodded.

Ethan is a very nice guy. We were now talking about his family. He has two kids who are so cute and his wife is so beautiful. "Sarah would love you," he said as we were talking about me meeting them. "I know right, I'm such a lovable person," I said. He just chuckled and continued eating.

I was eating when something caught my eyes. I felt like I saw someone familiar coming in. I kept on staring at the person to make sure if it was the person I thought it was. He pulled the chair for the woman who came in with him. As he walked to his chair, I saw his face. I gasped as I saw Max sitting down. He couldn't see me because there was a pole just in between us. Plus we were quite far away.

He had absolutely no emotion on his face as he talked to the woman in front of him. Looking around, I saw the other four bodyguards including John standing outside.

At that moment, I don't know why I felt this heavy weight in my chest. "Athena," Ethan called out, pulling me out of my thoughts. "Is there something wrong," he asked and I just shook my head.

As we were nearly done eating, I started to wonder what will happen when we leave. Is Max going to see us? I don't need to care about this. Will he make as if he doesn't know me?

"We should get going," I told Ethan as I paid the waitress. "Uh excuse me, can we use your back door to leave," I asked the waitress politely. Ethan looked at me with a confused face but didn't question me.

"Athena," I heard the voice of the man who I was trying to avoid. He was standing right in front of us. When did he get up?

"Hey Max, what's up," I said. Oh God that sounded so lame. I mentally cursed at myself. "What are you doing here," he asked me as he looked back and forth between me and Ethan.

"Well I got bored so I decided to roam around. Anyways we are leaving. You can go back to your seat," I said as I was about to leave. "Wait Athena," he started. "Max I thought you were going to the washroom," the lady who he brought here said.

Wait! She is Amanda Reed aka Max's ex-girlfriend. I felt my heart drop as I saw her. She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. As she saw me, she gave a sweet smile. "Amanda go back, I'll be right there," he said sounding all frustrated.

"We better get going. I have a lot more places to visit," I said as I have him a weak smile. With that I made my way out of the little cozy restaurant.

As we got out, John and the other bodyguards greeted us. I had to get out of there. "Athena are you okay," Ethan asked me as he was walking right behind me. "Yea, obviously dummy, why won't I be," I said. "Afterall I'm in Italy," I said as I tried not making eye contact with him.

After a few minutes of walking, we reached the beach. I walked towards the long chairs while Ethan was standing in the shade. There was not a lot of people around which made me feel more at ease. Taking out my sunglasses from my bag, I put it on and laid on the chair.

Now that no one is talking to me, these pestering thoughts of what happened earlier came rushing. A single tear slowly slid down my cheek as my eyes were hidden by the sunglasses. I tried holding it in but I felt my heart constrict as I realised that how stupid I was to even think that there was actually something between me and Max.

The water bead was followed by another one and another one and another one. The stream did not seem to want to stop. The pain that I felt was slowly killing me inside. "I'm so stupid," I whispered to myself as my lips trembled.

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