I’m not really entirely sure of how to feel right now. Everything looked like it was back to normal, like nothing really happened last night. Am I really Brian’s secret girlfriend now? Andy, as an asshole as he is, invited himself to have breakfast with the whole gang and introduced himself as my boyfriend. What the hell? I thought we agreed in ‘breaking up’?

And Brian didn’t seem to have broken up with Michelle yet because she looked happy, eating her pancakes with lots of maple syrup on it, excitedly chattered with her twin and the girls. He on the other hand looked a little bit hammered, but still immersed in a conversation with Matt.

I felt confused for a moment.

“So Addie, last night you two were…ehm..”

I glanced at McKenna and frowned when she pointed to me and Andy.

“What?” I asked, in a monotone voice.

“I saw the sign on the doorknob.”

Oh shit. What sign? I didn’t know anything about this!

“You mean the DO NOT DISTURB sign?” Andy breached in charmingly and made McKenna’s pale cheeks turned red. Yeah, he has that effect on girls.

“Yeah that sign.”

“Well, Mac, consider that everything you imagine is true.”

She blushed even more but chuckled nervously to cover up her embarrassment. I was embarrassed too because that sign clearly wasn’t meant for me and Andy.

“Thank God it’s only you, Andy. I thought Addie brought back some random Cabo hot guy and…you know.”

I laughed bitterly and snuck my gaze to Brian. He was watching me fiercely while sipping his cup of coffee.

“Where did you sleep last night, Mac?” I asked, turning away from his piercing eyes.

She blushed again and I caught her irises darted up – to Arin. Wow! A lot has happened last night huh?

“I slept at my parents’.”

Oh boy I knew she was lying. When I looked at Arin, he kept glancing at our way and I knew he was scanning over for McKenna. Sometimes he would pretend to stretch his back and stole a glance at her again.

“You guys were awfully quiet last night.”

“Hey Mac, can we not talk about this?”

I cut off her sentence as Andy chuckled slightly. Screw you Andy! We can be loud as fuck, it’s just I don’t want anyone to hear us!

“Who’s up for beach today?!”

Suddenly Zacky got up and started stripping himself off his buttoned down shirt revealing his tattooed chest and belly along with his beach shorts. They all yelled in agreement and everybody was stripping from their normal clothes to beachwear right in the middle of the beach restaurant/bar. Everybody was looking at us but I don’t feel embarrassed at all.

“Addie! I know there’s a bikini under there…just pull off your shirt!!” Lacey came up to me and started to grab the hem of my tshirt.

“Ohh hey hey! Lacey, calm down! I’ll be there in a sec. You guys head first, okay?”
Lacey shrugged and slapped my ass before following her husband and the rest to the beach shore.

What was left at the table were me, Andy, Brian and Michelle. Michelle got up from her seat, gave a hawk-like glare at me before went away without looking at Brian. I wonder what really happened between them. Brian pulled out a cigarette from his Marlboro pack and stood up lazily but went another way. Maybe back to his room.

“Shit, Brian is alone. I gotta go Andy.”

“Oh man, Addie. Just once in a while, hang with me. Don’t think about work. Just once.”

I stared at him in disbelief. I can’t believe he was the one saying these things.

“Andy, you know I’m here to protect him. I can’t let him out of my sight!”

“Yeah, you’re here to protect him. Not to fuck him.”

I froze and rendered speechless. What’s wrong with this guy?!

“Damn it, Andy. I gotta go.”

I sprang myself out of the chair and went towards Brian’s way. My mind still buzzing with questions about Andy’s behavior. Last night he clearly agreed to break up, and today he acted otherwise. What the hell, man?

And where the fuck is Brian? He was out of my sight only for a few seconds and now he’s gone? The path that he took didn’t lead to his room or my room. It led to a backyard beach – a little more hidden from public’s view and basically it was the pathway to the pillars underneath our rooms. The beach was surrounded by big giant rocks and it was a bad idea for me to only wear flip flops to walk on these rocks.

Nevertheless I had to find him. The killer is on the loose. He can’t be left alone. I dug out my phone to call him, but fuck, it didn’t have any signals here! Oh shit! What if I’m the one in trouble?

Suddenly I felt an arm pulling my waist back and a palm cupped tight on my mouth, bringing me close to a body heat behind me. Shit! I didn’t scream because I was trained not to. Instead I reached for the shoulder of the attacker with my hand to slam them down the rocks. But then a familiar voice whispered next to my ear;

“Looking for me, baby?”

I gasped and quickly spun around. “Brian!”

He quickly buried his face on my neck and kissing it softly. His arms roamed to my sides as I tipped my head back and his kisses trailed up to my lips. He didn’t kiss me at once. Instead he searched my eyes first and tucked the strands of my hair away from my face.

“I miss my girlfriend.”

My cheeks were burning from his stare and I couldn’t resist biting my lip. “Which girlfriend?”

He chuckled and pulled my waist closer to his hips. “I only have one.”

“Not two anymore?”

Please say yes. Please say you’ve broken up with her!

Brian sighed and let my waist go. He leaned against the biggest rock there and ruffled his slicked hair in a mess.

“What about you? How did your precious boyfriend get here?”

I didn’t know why, but my lips grew into a smile when I heard his jealousy tone. I can’t help but chuckle either. He looked at me confused, his brows furrowed.

“What’s so funny?”

“A jealous Brian is funny. I’ve never seen one.”

“Are you fucking kidding me Addie? I’ve been burned with it so many times but I didn’t have the right to tell you that. But now that I do…”

He walked up to me and locked his arms around my waist, bringing me closer to him again.
“Tell me why is he here, Addie? I’m going out of my mind thinking about it.”

I can’t tell him that Andy’s here for work purposes! Shit. What should I tell him?

“Um, I don’t even know why he’s here. Probably he wanted to surprise me or something.”

“So I guess you didn’t break up with him yet?”

“I did. But he didn’t listen. I’m sorry Brian. I tried.”

He pulled me closer and embraced tighter. “I’m sorry too. I tried telling Michelle that I can’t be with her but..”

I can’t listen anymore. I reached for his perfect jaw and kissed him softly on the lips. God this feels so wrong but so right at the same time. We’re both cheating - at least for him – and we don’t wanna get out of it. As I was about to beg for his entrance, he slid his tongue inside my mouth and sucked mine gently. I got lost into the kiss that I actually forgot my main mission here; to protect him.

~*.*~

“MARL…BORO..” I read aloud as our fingers latched and I was leaning against his front, drinking the ocean view before us. He smiled into my hair, and I looked up.

“Really, Brian? You thought that a cigarette brand is the coolest thing to be inked on your skin for the rest of your life?”

“Yeah, it got them to sponsor me for a few years.”

I narrowed my eyes at him and continued to study the tattoos on his arms.

“We never got to know each other, don’t you think?” he murmured right next to my ear as he planted soft kisses there.

“I thought we already did?” Yeah, I know him from top to toe. Only he doesn’t know me.

“Well, I know your body, I don’t actually know your heart. Tell me about yourself, Addie.”

I smiled as his lips found its way on my neck. He pushed away my hair to the front to get full access to it, sometimes licking there, making me feel ticklish.

“I’m waiting Addie.”

“You distract me!” I laughed when he found my ticklish spot again. His legs wrapped tighter around me and I can feel his palm snaked in under my tshirt and rested on my naked belly skin.

“Okay, okay I won’t distract you. For now. Tell me where are you from?”

“Um, LA.” Shit, why can’t I fucking lie?

“LA? That’s..not very far from me. But I thought Mr Tyler loves ships? Surely he’s not from LA?”

Mr Tyler? Oh shit who is Mr Tyler?

“You know…Mr Tyler..your uncle?”

Ohh yeahh!! That mysterious uncle of mine. God knows what does he looks like!

“Yeah you’re the only one calling him with his last name.”

He chuckled and continued kissing my cheek down to my neck again. “So should I call you Miss Tyler?”

I closed my eyes tight, feeling high with his touch. “No you should call me..”

“Baby.” He turned me around and took my lips hungrily. The hand that rested on my belly was now reached up further under my tshirt to my bikini-covered breasts and he squeezed it gently. I moaned into his mouth and can feel his hard dick poking against my back already.

“Damn, Addie. You make me hard.” He said sharply and kissed me again.

“Hey, what happen to….getting to know..mhhm each other?” I mumbled in between kisses and he slowly pulled my tshirt upwards until I was left with a bikini top and my jeans shorts.

“You can continue talking, I’m listening.” He yanked my bikini top down, revealing only one breast of mine and landed his mouth on my nipple, sucking it hard as I automatically arched my body to him.

“What do you…uh..wanna know?”

“Your favorite band.” He mumbled in between my breasts.

“Arctic Monkeys. But now..ummh Avenged Sevenfold.”

He tilted his head up and smirked. “I knew it. Your favorite song?”

“Of yours? Uhhm Beast and The Harlot.”

“My favorite song to play live.”

I chuckled at his remark. “Hey, you can’t have a favorite among your own! You gotta be fair.”

He pulled away for a bit and raised his eyebrows at me. “Why not? I can have my favorites too. I love pizza, Heineken beers, JD, Marlboro red, surfing, late night strumming, and a certain security girl of mine.”

I felt my cheeks blushed. I knew all of those facts beforehand except for the last one. Damn, how can I not fall for this guy?

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She took a long drag of her own Marlboro red, and exhaled the smoke after. She’d been smoking that brand just to impress him away but she failed at it. Apparently he didn’t even care. He didn’t care what she did; including ignored the hell out of him today. She thought that maybe a little bit of silent treatment could drive him up the wall but boy she was wrong.

Brian really has something to do with his security girl. She’d suspected that even from the early days of their newly fixed relationship but since the girl has a boyfriend already she let it pass.
But now, in front of her eyes – they were making out behind those rocks and Brian was about to undress her – Fuck! I can’t watch this!

She turned around and sucked the cigarette with her trembling lips. She ran out of tears – be it real or fake – that she didn’t have the energy to cry over an asshole of a man anymore. She didn’t want Brian’s love anyway. She only wanted to be Mrs Haner. And to be filled in every photograph he took and every interview he had. That fucking security bitch just being a big lump in her way.

She threw the cig down on the bridge floor and stepped on it hard. A hooded figure came towards her from afar; with big steps stomped their way and eyes watching around.
The figure stopped right in front of her and grunted. She stared at him, before pulling out another stick of cigarette and lit it.

“What?”

“Your boyfriend’s fucking lucky. It was like he had a guardian angel or something.”

“Hmph. Must be Jimmy.”

She inhaled and let the smoke came out from her nostrils. “Wait, did you attempt last night?”

“Yes.”

“Shit, can’t you wait until we’re engaged?”

“I needed money. And how long do I have to fucking wait for you guys to get-”

“I will give you money. Why would you even worry about that?”

He growled and accidentally looked to his left. He caught a glimpse of two people behind a big rock – doing something that they shouldn’t be doing in public.

“Heh, by the looks of it, you won’t get engaged anytime soon.” He flashed an evil grin, watching as those two figures laughing and rolling on top of each other. He knew that the girl was a cop, and they were looking for someone who wanted a ‘throne’ or something. But he didn’t want to mention it to anyone, not even to the woman beside her now. Because even he was curious about it.

“Shut up.” She scoffed. “New target.”

He quickly looked up to her. “What?”

“You want fast money right? Get rid of her.”

“Her?”

“Brian’s security girl.”

“Oh now it’s about jealousy?”

She rolled her eyes. “Not even a little bit. If she’s here then how am I supposed to get myself engaged with Brian?”

“Fair enough. So doubled up?”

“Fine! Your cut is doubled. Happy?”

He grinned widely and bowed. “Consider it done, master.”

Notes

A/N: ahaha. so guys? is it bumpy yet? XD