"Wake up, live your life and sing the melody of your soul." 

– Amit Ray

Hailey POV

I wake in the comfiest bed I have ever laid my butt on, and I can honestly say I have never slept so good in years before.

The sound of the waves from the room made me sleep faster than I had expected last night, waking up to the same sounds has never made me feel so good and wake up in a great mood before, it takes me a second to actually process where I am and who I'm on the island with.

I'm on an island with Asher, in the Bahamas.

This seems almost insane.

The room is gorgeous, everything is beautiful is perfectly well made for my arrival, Asher must've made some adjustments for me because I can see there are products already here for me with a note that has my name on to use whatever I want in this room.

I can't believe Asher would bring me here, the fact he said this island was special to him makes me think that our.. relationship is getting serious, and for him to openly invite me here means that he wants something to happen.

He has mentioned multiple times he wants to see where this goes...

I grab my phone from the nightstand and see that's it's currently 9 AM in the morning, and I can't believe I slept this long, I can't remember the last time I actually slept so late, I always had to wake up early for class or work.

I wonder if Asher is awake? 

The thought of spending four days with him makes me all giddy inside, like a girl on Christmas but Asher is the gift I didn't ask for but want.

It scares me, how close we are getting, it wasn't that long ago that my heart was completely broken by a man I trusted, who I thought I had a future with... But something inside me tells me that Asher is not going to hurt me.

But I have been wrong before, many times in fact.

There's no need in overthinking anything, I want to enjoy the time I have with Asher and get to know him, after all, I owe him and myself a chance to move on and be happy, right?

I get out of bed and open my suitcase, taking the first dress I see and slipping it on before I open the door to the hall, Asher's door is closed so I don't know if he's still asleep or awake, but I hear someone moving around in the kitchen and the smell of eggs and bacon is filling the air and making my belly rumble.

I follow the amazing smell and what I see has me drooling, and not for food.

Asher stands to his back facing me with only swim shorts on, his hair is wet and he's frying up food on the stove. I have never noticed until now but his back is filled with beautiful black ink tattoos, not just his arms, legs and hands, I don't have enough time to properly admire and figure out what is tattooed on his back as Asher turns and grins at me.

"Morning, I made breakfast." He says with a handsome smile.

Why is he so handsome without even trying? I haven't even brushed my hair yet so I know I look like a crazy witch right now.

I walk to the seat near the kitchen and sit. "Morning, this smells amazing." I say looking down at the food hungrily.

"You didn't need to do this." I smile up at him and he shrugs.

He puts food onto my plate and puts the plate in front of me, he grabs his own and comes to sit next to me. "Nah I wanted to, this is a chance for you to taste my good old British breakfast fry up." He chuckles huskily.

On the plate are eggs, sausages, toast, mushrooms, and slices of bacon. "Wow, you're spoiling me." I say.

He grins and begins to eat, a knowing smiling on his face as if he knows something I don't.

We both eat in silence and enjoy each other's company, with the sound of the waves in the background, once we are both finished eating, Asher insists he cleans up because he doesn't want me to lift a finger whilst I'm here with him.

I walk outside and admire the view, it's so beautiful here, there's not a single building in view, there's the only ocean as far as the eye can see and it's perfect, peaceful, and just what I needed.

I see tan long tattooed fingers wrap around my waist and I turn to see Asher smiling down at me. "Hi." He says with a smile. "I have a surprise for you." He says, taking my hand in his and laced his fingers with mine.

A surprise? "You really need to stop spoiling me Asher." I say with a smile as I keep up with his pace.

He turns and looks at me with a sparkle in his eye. "You will love this, I promise." 

I simply nod my head amused and follow him as he leads us both to the beach, my hand still in his, but I don't mind... if anything, I can't help but feel loved when he touches me, it messes me up inside, everything he does around me gives me butterflies and giddy vibes.

Once we make it to the beach, I see what Asher was talking about and I couldn't help but laugh as we get close to my 'surprise. That surprise is nothing other than two sun loungers, a side table with freshly squeezed orange juice with ice cubes, and a book I was eyeing last night.

"Wow." I say grinning eyeing the scene. "You really do surprise me sometimes." I say with a laugh and look and Asher to see him smiling at me.

He sits on the lounger opposite me and I can't help but miss the feeling on his hand in mine. "What do you mean?" He asks, leaning back into the seat, watching me closely.

Asher is without a doubt a man, a manly man, full of tattoos, he's handsome and charming, but one look at the guy and I assumed he was this completely different person in my mind, I feel guilty I even thought of him like that, that he was just another rich guy with a new girl on his arm every week, after all, I would hear girls in my classes gossip about actors and musicians hooking up with different flavors of women every week.

"You're just so.. amazing, this is honestly one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me." I say as I try and not admire how perfectly sculpted his muscles are right now as they glisten in the sun.

He raises his brows slightly then laughs. "Stop, my ego can't handle it." He jokes.

"Seriously though Hailey you are the amazing one, I'm just happy you're here." He says standing up and looking down at me with a smirk.

I look up to him confused as to what he's up to, he moves forward and picks me up from the chair. "W-Wait, what are you doing?" I cling to him. "Asher!?" I call out panicky as he starts to walk into the water.

I have nothing under this dress other than my panties and this dress is totally see-through now that I think about it, and he's walking us into the freaking ocean, oh my god.

"A-Asher, I don't have a swimsuit on!" I squeal out as I feel the cold water hid my back.

He laughs huskily and wraps both of his arms around me as I wrap my legs around his waist, he looks up to me and shrugs, going further into the ocean with me still in his arms.

I can feel my dress beginning to get wet and I can definitely start to see it becoming see-through, before Asher can notice I panicky put both of my hands over his eyes before he could advert them down to my breasts.

He chuckles and stops walking, the water is now up to my chest, he moves my hands from his face and brings me in closer to him, if that was possible, I can feel every single hard muscle of Asher's body pressed up against me.

"Never hide from me, babe." He says quietly as he leans in, pressing his forehead against mine as we stare into the eyes of each other, my cheeks are beginning to feel warm from his stare and I'm completely under his control right now, just from a simple look from him. "You're beautiful." He says quietly, his eyes staring into mine with awe.

He sighs out softly and groans before I hear him mutter something before he presses into me and captures my lips in his, he kisses me with so much passion and needs that I feel like I'm burning up in the cold ocean, his kiss makes me lightheaded from how much I love the sensation of his lips on mine.

He pulls back slightly and stares down at me breathless. "Couldn't help myself." He says quietly before he kisses me again, but this time it's softly and only lasts a few seconds. "I've been wanted to do that for a while now." He says with a cheeky grin.

I snort-laugh nervously and hide my face into his shoulder as I cling onto him, my whole body feels on fire but I'm shaking, not from fear or regret, but with anticipation because as those words left his lips, I felt the same.

I had been wanting to kiss him ever since we went shopping together in Portland, I just didn't think that he would ever feel the same, we are complete opposites from different worlds, I didn't think this would be possible for us, but here we are, on the same page.

He breathes me in as he wraps his strong tatted arms around me as I move my head from his shoulder and plant my lips on him, with one of my hands through his wet hair and the other on his strong shoulder as I kiss him as he kissed me.

"I want this too." I say breathlessly as I kiss him. "I want this, and you.. I-I trust you Asher." I swallow hard and say honestly as he stares at me with wide eyes.

He smiles handsomely at me and leans in to kiss me roughly on the lips, his large hand on the back of my head, pushing me further into him, deepening the kiss as he slips his tongue inside my mouth, we both kiss each other with our tongues sensually caressing each other in our mouth, both breathless and kissing each other like our life depends on it.

We are both breathing hard and clinging onto each other as our hands explore each other's body, his hands rest on my ass as he raises me slightly until I feel just how much our kissing has turned him on.

He's huge and definitely bigger than my ex-boyfriend.

"Fuck I want you so bad Hailey." He groans out into my mouth. "You're so fucking perfect." He says through his kisses as I kiss him back with need. 

I'm grinding myself over his length and I can feel just how wet I am for him even in the ocean, we both want this, and we both want to see where this will go, but right now.

We both want each other.

I break away from his kiss and lean into his ear, out of breath. "I need you, now Asher." I whisper out with a moan as he grinds his rock-hard length against my folds.

Asher looks at me and nods his head, he's walking us back to the shore with me still wrapped around his waist and his hands still on my ass, his eyes never once break away from mine as he rests his forehead on mine.

"Are you sure?" He asks, his voice husky with need as his eyes search mine.

I nod my head and kiss him on the lips. "Yes, I'm sure."