The Office Curve

Our Private Paradise, pt. 2

((Author's Note: Thanks to B3autifulBitchez for making me this lovely cover! I really appreciate!!))

I wanted a phone.

I needed a phone.

I wanted someone on this resort to give me a phone to make a long-distance call, and I wanted one now!

This was madness.

This was insanity!

This was absurd!

Ms. Bradley said what? She said that were we married? And that this would be the perfect make-up honeymoon?

Mind. Blown. Just what the hell was going on here? The questions wouldn't stop running through my head. Did she know about us? Did we let it slip that we were dating around her? Or did she know from the beginning.

Would somebody please get me off this golf cart and give me a freakin' phone!

"Zara, it's going to be okay," Kaim said in a quiet, soothing purr. I could feel his amused stare as a million and one thoughts run over and over in my head. Definitely not the way to start a luxury vacation. "Don't let it get to you so much. We're here to enjoy ourselves, remember?"

"We are so screwed!" I hissed under my breath. "She knows about us, Kaim! I don't know how she knows about us, but she does! She sent us here to let us know that she knows about us!"

"Yeah, she sent us to a luxurious vacation to punish us for breaking the rules," Kaim said with a chuckle. "Wow, what a horrible boss we have. The lowest of the low."

"I'm serious, Kaim!" I fought the urge to hyperventilate. "She told that guy that we were married and that we were here to celebrate our honeymoon! That's just not normal."

"Well, she did ask us to act like we were a married couple while we're here," Kaim pointed out.

"Yeah, while keeping things professional!" My nerves were shot to hell, and I refused to listen to reason. "Telling that man that we were already married and that this is a real honeymoon for us is not professional!"

"Maybe not, but we're already here, and there's nothing we can do about it now." He slinked his arm around my waist, pulling me closer. "Besides, there's really no reason for us to hold back, especially since the manager himself told us to have a good time."

"How can we have a good time with this looming over our heads?" I felt like my heart would come bursting out of my chest. "This is crazy! This is all crazy! Don't you think this is crazy?"

Kaim sighed. I knew I must have frustrated him, but I was too manic to pay it any mind. "Maybe you're right - maybe it does sound crazy..."

"Thank you!" I cried out. "At least I know I'm not being crazy now."

"As I was saying," he began, shaking his head, "maybe this does sound crazy, and maybe Ms. Bradley knows more than she's telling. But I'm not going to worry about that now, and neither should you."

"And why not?" I pouted, putting my hands on my hips.

"Because..." He cocked his head, urging me to look out into the distance. My jaw dropped as the villa appeared before us, the warm orange sunset and a sparkling, sun-tinted water its splendorous backdrop. Never had I seen anything so beautiful or amazing - I thought I was dreaming. "We've arriving at our private paradise, and I couldn't be happier to get here."

"Oh my..." I wanted to cry, it was so beautiful. "That's ours? That's where we're staying?"

"Looks like it." I could already see the sexy little plans running through his head. "And whether or not Ms. Bradley is on to us, I'm going to make sure I enjoy every moment I get to spend I have with you, no matter what happens when we get back."