Chapter 5 - Kindness

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NICOLE'S POV

            "This looks more like a rave than a birthday party." I hear Avalynn say when we arrive at the beach.

            "This is a lively party to boot," I say while astounded by the wildness.

            "Most of Veronica's friends are the same age as her. Same age as you. I see, hmmm .... will you be as wild as them when you attend a party? I would love to see that."

            I playfully push her away. "Don't count on that. I won't go as low as to be drunk in front of you."

            To my surprise, my mother and father in law are dancing in front of us. On second thought, I don't think that it's even considered as dancing if they both are grinding on each other like that. I hear Avalynn laugh. "Well, they both are party animals to begin with. This type of party is a daily routine. Either they host a party themselves or they just dance inside their room alone  if you know what I mean." This is the first time I've ever witnessed parents like those two.

            "Where are you going?" I ask when she leaves me alone.

            "The bar. I'm parched."

            I grab a hold of her arm so we won't get separated. I don't even know why I want to cling to her like this.

            "This is new. Why? Scared you might be a target?" She asks.

            I don't answer her because I don't know the answer to her question myself. Why did I grab onto her like this? Is it because I don't want to be separated or ... because I feel the intimidation of the girls around us with their big breasted chests? I notice most of the girls here took a gravure shoot for a centrefold. Basically, they're so not in my league.

            Avalynn orders our drinks and we sit on the bar stool. We talk for a little about random things until someone calls out for her.

            "Avalynn, hey! I thought you were skipping this party." To my surprise, it's the world famous actress, Emma Gordon. She won countless awards for her brilliant acting skills.

            "Emma, and here I thought you were in London for your upcoming movie. How long has it been? Two years?"

            Emma chuckles.  "Three actually. The last time we met was when I broke off our relationship."

            Hold on. They were together? But, Emma has a fiancée now .... a male fiancée.

            "Yes, I remember. You ended it all because you had fallen for that boy who's walking towards us."

            Emma suddenly turns her gaze to me. "Is that the Mrs?"

            I feel Avalynn's arms around me. "Yes. This is my Mrs. Beautiful isn't she? I'm such a lucky woman to have her." Somehow I think she's using me to make her jealous.

            "How about that? Someone who can use Avalynn's influence to her liking? Good for you, little girl." Ahhh, she's pissed. "Good for you, huh. Well I'm going now." Emma waves at us before Avalynn laughs.

            "She's pissed. Well, it's her own wrong doing that made her stuck with a man like her fiancée. She was blinded by his charm three years ago." Avalynn removes her hands from me, and somehow, I miss them already. Ugh! What am I saying! I don't miss anything about her!

            "Nicole, the people you'll meet today will mostly come from my past. I hope you will follow my lead, so no one will question the legitimacy of our marriage, okay?"

            Did she just be nice to me? I've never heard her ask for my help properly. "Sure." I reply.

            "Good, now here comes another group of well endowed women our way."

            Ugh, she's right. Is this what we will always face if we decide to go out together? Wait, why would I even consider going out with her!

            It seems like these girls didn't go out with Avalynn, but they worked together before. They've been asking a lot of questions about me, and I am grateful that I've managed to answer them perfectly.

            Avalynn seems impressed as well. "Did you prepare an answer card in advance? I never knew you had those answers ready for their questions." Avalynn smiles, genuinely.

            "I figured that if we will be meeting your family and friends we need to make it as legit as possible, right, so I asked Mary to help me come up with the answers. It worked!" Mary has been helping me a lot while we're alone in the dorm.

            This is the first time I've had a decent conversation with her. She's quite charming if she's being polite.

            "Oh, did you bring some evening wear? Turns out the after night party for the company is a go."

            My eyes widen. "What?! Evening wear? I don't have any of some sort."

            She shakes her head. "It's my fault for not telling you sooner. Never mind. Since we wear the same size, you can wear my stuff that I had brought. Is that suffice enough?"

            Wearing her stuff?! For real? Her stuff is usually worth thousands! I smirk. "Are you sure? I mean, like you said before, my body doesn't deserve extra attention."

            "My bad. Your body needs attention since you're married to me." She caresses my cheek before smiling lovingly.

            I am so entranced until a series of flashing lights invades my eyesight. When I turn to the origin of the flashing lights, I see a few people holding their cameras, and taking our picture. Ugh! This is all just acting!

            "Don't worry. What I'm doing now I've been wanting to do since the first day I met you. You may think it's all an act but believe me Nicole, it's not." She whispers into my ear.

            When she lets go of me, I can't help but to blush at her statement.

            "Oh sister, you made her look like an octopus." Veronica jokes.

            I immediately turn my attention to Veronica and wish her happy birthday. "Your gift is in our room. I hope you like it though."

            Veronica smiles. "Of course, sister-in-law! I would never hate gifts."

            "Veronica has loved receiving gifts since she was a little girl." I freeze when I feel Ava's hands on my waist. This swimsuit doesn't help at all in concealing my trembling skin. Every touch she gives me feels like electricity. "What's wrong?" She asks as she leans in.

            I lean back while instinctively pushing her away. "I'm fine. Let's enjoy the party shall we."

            She nods. I don't know why, but I'm beginning to think she's going to make me fall in love all over again.

***

            "Who would've thought you were such an intolerant alcohol drinker." I hear Ava say when I wake up from my, let's say headbanger moment with Veronica and the others last night. "My parents were astounded when you went wild at the evening party." She chuckles as I hold my throbbing head.

            "Can you please just get me something for the pain." I ask weakly.

            "Here." That was fast. She gives me a pill and a glass of water.

            I lean my back against the headboard and just close my eyes for a minute.

            "Here."

            I open my eyes just to see a tray of breakfast on the bed. I am speechless at her gesture. "I figured you wouldn't have the strength to go to the resort's restaurant to have our breakfast, so I had them send us food."

            The first thing I do is smell the rose.  "This is suspicious. You never this nice to me. There's something going on, am I on camera or something?" I was being skeptical.

            "There's no trick, I just thought you would be too lazy to go down for breakfast." She says before she goes to sit by the window and have her own breakfast.

            She took the liberty to have this made, and yet she didn't even join me for breakfast.  I sigh. Hold on, what am I saying! I never, ever want that to happen! Oh God, I'm losing my mind. I start my breakfast with a sip of the juice. I don't know what happened, but my eyes land on her while she's drinking her coffee and  reading the newspaper. As the sunlight hits her face I think I am seeing an angel descended  from the heavens. I wonder if she's wearing something else or going commando under that robe.

            "What is it?" She asks while looking at me.

            I didn't even noticed I was staring! "Nothing. It's just ... nothing."

            She squints her eyes but lets it go in the end. "If you want to have another set of breakfast I'll call the staff for you." She says when she places her newspaper down.

            "Oh no... it's fine."

            She smiles before continuing with her breakfast. "After you feel a little better, why don't we explore the island? Most of the guest from yesterday probably flew back last night or this morning. Besides, you haven't been on an island before right?" She asks.

            I shake my head as I swallow my waffle. "Is it okay? For you to skip work like this?" I ask.

            "It's fine. Kelly got it cover for me. I need some alone time myself." She finishes her coffee before she removes her robe in front of me.  She is naked under the robe! She goes to her suitcase and puts on a bra before she bends down and shows me her womanhood like I'm not there at all!

            "We all know you have a great body, you don't have to flaunt it around." I say while looking away.

            She chuckles. "I like the breeze." She says before she puts on her underwear. I watch her get ready, and I think that even if she's wearing the worst clothes ever, she would look amazing in them.

            After she's done putting on a little makeup, she goes back to the table where she had her breakfast and sits back down.

This time, she takes her iPad out.

            I continue to eat my breakfast and rest a bit more before I get up from the bed and go to the bathroom. After I'm done, I come out wearing my robe and take my suitcase inside the bathroom, so I can change.

            "You know. it's alright to change in the room." I hear Ava say through the door.

            "And for you to look at me changing? Not in a million years." I shout back.

            I can just imagine her smirk after I said it. When I get out, Ava is waiting for me while looking at her phone. "You done?" She asks.

            I nod. "Let's go have fun." I follow her out from behind. I'm actually enjoying her scent invading my nostrils.

            When we're outside the hotel, I thought she would drive around with a rental car, but when she tells me that we will be using our feet instead, I start having a second thought. My hopes  that she would use her money to have fun and relax shatters to a million pieces when she's being all serious about walking towards the local market.

            "Oh, come on. It's not that far to begin with." She chuckles. "See? You can see the market all the way from here." She's right. I can totally see the busy street from the road here. "Come on." She offers her hand to me. I am reluctant, but when she takes a hold of my hand, she smiles. "I don't bite."

            We walk towards the market hand-in-hand honestly I am enjoying this side of her. She's so ... caring and such a gentlewoman. Is this really the woman I was forced to marry two weeks ago?

            "Oh look! Souvenirs. Don't you want to buy some for your friends?" She asks.

            She's right. Maybe I should buy some for Mary and Christopher .... Chris... I haven't called him since I arrived here. I don't know how to explain it, but, there's no need for me to tell him howI am doing here. I mean, having Ava here is enough. Why am I thinking this way? I have no idea. For the first time, I don't have anything to worry about. I don't have to worry about money, bills, Chris's problems, my assignments, nothing. Is it because Ava took care of everything instead?

                        "Yo! You've been dreaming. Should we get it?" She asks when she brings me back to reality.

            "Sure. Mary would love it."

            She smiles. "What about that boy you love?" She asks with annoyance.

            "Maybe, just for today, let's not talk about Chris, okay?" I smile. NO! Why does my mouth talk on it's own!

            "Really? That means we can be a couple for a change?"

            I nod. NO! Why am I nodding! I don't want this! Why is my heart taking over my body! What is going on!

***

            "Just how many yachts do you have?" I ask when we're on a different yacht than before.

            "The one we used in Santorini belongs to my parents. It's for private use when we have our vacation there. This belongs to me. Well, belongs to you as well since your my wife.... for two years." She says without looking up to me.

            "What are you reading?" I ask.

            "A book I used to read when I was a child. This brings back memories."

            I can't believe the book she read when she was a child is about nuclear power plants.

            "I always wanted to be a scientist when I was a child. I don't  know what happened when I was growing up and made me choose my profession now." She chuckles.

            Please don't tell me she was one of those aspiring girl geniuses when she was a child.

            "Oh I remember. I saw my mother walk down the runway and how beautiful she was. That's how I came to choose this profession. Besides, wouldn't it be weird to have their oldest as a scientist while the family has a company for entertainment purposes." She laughs it off.

            "But, I'm sure your parents don't care if you want to be something else right? Why not pursue it?" I ask.

            She seems like she's thinking for a moment. "I like my job now. It reminds me of what my parents love to do. I know it's weird, but, seeing them put a smile on their client's' face made me want to do the same." She smiles.

            Putting a smile? What does she mean by that?

            "Anyway, how do you like this trip? You get to see an island for a change."

            Hmmm, do I like the trip? Honestly I love it. A change of scenery has made a lot of difference for me. "It's okay." I can't tell the truth. She might think I waltzed into her trap! It's enough I think of her differently.

            "Hmmm. Next time we should go to Japan. Flower viewing in the city of the rising sun is the best."

            Eh, hold on. If I recalled correctly, I wrote something about Japan In my ..... bucket list..... it's impossible for her to know that I wanted to see the Sakura blooming unless ... she took my diary. That's impossible. My diary has been with me the entire time. There's no way she could .... maybe she found a way and read it! Come to think of it, I always wanted to go to an island. This is too weird to boot.

            "Excuse me. I was talking to you." Her voice brings me back to reality.

            "Yes?"

            She sighs. "I was asking you if you wanted to buy something before going back to the dorm."

            Buy something? Hmmm. Let me think. I think ... maybe some food for a late night snack. "Can we go grocery shopping before going back to the dorm?" I ask and she nods.

            "All right." Is all she says before she reaches for the remote and turns on the television.

            "Do you always watch the news? Don't you watch real television?"

            She turns to me with such intensity. "I don't particularly like to watch nonsense news. I'm just watching for the stocks and current economy." Spoken like a true businesswoman.

            "Don't you like to watch movies?"

            She nods. "I love movies. Especially the ones with ghost."   Ahh, she's one of those horror freaks. She turns off the television before standing up from the couch and starts to strip off her clothes in front of me.

            "Jesus! What's wrong with you!" I look away.

            "What? We're married and most of the servants on the yacht saw me naked countless of times." She smiles before she goes out to the outdoor pool.

            Then, it hits me, she didn't wear any undergarments from the start. She went full commando since we left the island!

            I watch her jump into the pool and start to swim around. I go to sit at the end of the pool and soak my feet.

                        "Aren't you going to join me?" She asks.

            "As if. You may enjoy yourself."

            She chuckles before she pushes herself to the middle of the pool. My eyes widen when she really floats using her breasts! Such a lucky bitch.

            I look down at my own flat board chest and sigh. "When are you going to grow up like hers!" I mumble, but she hears me.

            "They will grow... maybe..." that's very assuring Ava.

            The maids suddenly appear beside me.

"Lady Nicole, you have a phone call from Mistress Aaliyah."

            Huh? From my mother-in-law? I take the phone from the maid and go to a secluded area. "Mother?" I ask through the phone.

            "Nicole, I believe you're on your way back to Maestropolitan?"

            "Yes we are, Mother. Do you need something from me?" I ask.

            "Actually, I do. Will you be free the day after tomorrow?"

            The day after tomorrow? Let me think ...."I'll be free that day. Why? Do you need to see me?" If she wants to see me that means business!

            "Yes, I do. Please meet me at this particular place at noon. Okay? I'll be waiting."

            "Yes, Mother. See you the day after tomorrow."

            She says her goodbyes before we hang up.

            Seconds later a maid appears again with a piece of paper to present to me. This place... how am I suppose to go into a gentleman's club?! I'm only 19! The proper age to be inside the club must be over 24. Why a gentleman's club of all places?! What is my mother-in-law planning?

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