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Athena's POV

Sitting on the balcony, I admired the beautiful scenery in front of me. Sometimes, it feels like it's all just a dream.

I was shortly brought out of my reverie when I heard Max's voice. "Mais c'est terrible.... Je vais devoire annuler la rencontre," he says to the person on the other end of the line. He was talking but I couldn't understand a single word.

"D'accord. Au revoir," he said. Oh I know that word, it means goodbye in french. "Oh yeah we love a multilingual man," I thought to myself. Sometimes I cringe at my own thoughts.

"Everything okay," I asked Max as he came to join me in the balcony. "Well there has been a shooting in France. And I feel like it would be dangerous to continue the meetup," he said. My eyes widened as I heard about the shooting.

"A shooting? Again? That's horrible. Has there been any serious damages," I asked him worriedly. It leaves me in so much anger just thinking about how many innocent people lose their life in such unexpected ways.

"There were some injured people but nothing too serious. Unfortunately, the suspect wasn't caught. So there is no way we are holding the meetup. So we decided to postpone it," he said. I nodded in acknowledgment.

"So we will be going back," I asked Max. Having him sitting right next to me, I inhaled his woody mixed with mint scent. I find myself wanting to nuzzle into the crook of his neck and just smell his addicting scent.

"We still have till the end of this week. I can take you sightseeing if you want," he said. I looked at him with a big smile and started nodding excitedly.

He looked into my eyes, sending shivers throughout my body. His eyes was filled with a plethora of emotions. He started leaning in. Well you know everything was going right but that could never last long enough now, can it?

We were immediately rudely disturbed by the opening sound of Friends which was my ringtone. Quickly picking it up, without even looking at the caller ID.

"Hello," I said as I felt his burning gaze on me. I gulped down as I started to suddenly feel hot. "Athena, this is Amanda, Max's ex-girlfriend," the person on the other side said.

For a second, it felt like my mind stopped because I didn't understand why she would call me. Just then, Max caught my hand in his, complete catching me off guard as I pulled away as if his touch burnt me.

"Yea do you need something," I asked as I watched Max play with my fingers. I mean this is truly so cute. He started playing with my engagement ring by sliding it off and putting it back on. "Yea can you please meet me? I really need to tell you something," she said making me want to roll my eyes. But I know nothing about her and I don't have anything against her so I shouldn't be judging her.

"Of course," I said. She told me to meet her in the hotel's restaurant later today and I agreed. I just didn't want Max to know about this, for some unknown reasons.

As I was talking to Amanda, Max made his way inside the room. So after hanging up, I decided to go in. There is this fire inside of me which is fueling the desire I have for Max. I have the strongest urge to pull him and kiss him with all I have, that it is so painfully to suppress.

I should just do it. Yea I should just do it. I walked up to him as he looked at phone. I grabbed his face in my hands and pulled him towards me. Without even thinking, I crashed my lips against his. He stood frozen for a second but quickly slid his arms around my waist.

He slowly deepens the kiss as our lips started moving in sync. The tingling feeling sprawling all over my body was not going unnoticed, making a loud moan escape my mouth. It was the first time that I have initiated a kiss and I must say I won't be stopping now.

Pulling away, he started trailing down to my neck. Unconsciously, I threw my head back as I tried catching my breath. Feeling his teeth grazing my skin, I started getting some unknown sensation churning in my stomach.

Pulling away, he paused a minute and just stare directly at me. I saw his lips lift into a smile as he eyed my neck. I have a hickey, don't I?

"You are so beautiful," he said as he caressed my cheek with the back of his hand. I could feel my heart melting as I registered these words. To top it all off, I started blushing like crazy.

Quickly, I hid my cheeks as I felt the heat radiating from them. Max started laughing as I looked down.

About half an hour passed and we were now cuddling in bed as we were watching Friends. "I feel like we are wasting time. Maybe we should go and roam around, don't you think," I asked Max who had his arm wrapped around my waist.

"But we are all comfortable and cozy here," he said making me look at him with a frown. "Oh says the man who supposedly hates cuddling," I said as I shook my head at him.

"I used to. Anyways why don't we go grab food at the restaurant near the beach," he said. "That's a great idea. I'm starving," I said as I sat up. Wait but I should be meeting Amanda shortly.

I should just text her and let her know that I'll be meeting her later because Max is the priority. I sent her a text as I got into the bathroom. Just as I looked in the mirror, my attention was quickly focused on the redness on the left side of my neck. I gasped as I leaned closer to the mirror and examined the hickey.

Coming out of the bathroom, I stood at the door with my hands on my hips. Max looked at m from the bed looking all confused. "What happened? Did I leave the toilet seat up," he said, making me want to smack my forehead.

"What have you done to my neck," I said as I pointed to the hickey. "That's an artwork honey," he said. Rolling my eyes at him, I threw my head back in frustration.

"You are impossible," I said as I went back into the bathroom. After taking a shower, I threw on my robe and started getting ready while Max went to take a shower.

After putting on the cute simple white dress, I put on some mascara. Just then, Max came out of the bathroom. He had his towel tied around his waist, exposing his abs and torso. Looking at his face, I saw the droplets of water drip from his jet black hair onto his cheek.

Slowly, the droplet glided down his neck and onto his chest leaving a trail behind. "Seeing something you like, my little dove," he said. My eyes left the droplet of water to now focus on his piercing brown eyes which were staring at me.

Feeling completely embarrassed, I quickly looked away. I suddenly felt his presence behind me as I was smoothing my dress. "You can stare as long as you want," he said before playing a small kiss on my cheek. I started to feel the temperature rise as I tried keeping my composure.

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