KARA’s POV
"Hey, don't ruin this trip for me. It has been great so far,"

I glared at him and he gave a cheeky grin in return. And then he walked away.

What an absolute big jerk. I wanted to...

Wait. He returned with one of the crew members who gave me some ginger ale.

Oh. He had actually gone to get some help. I took back my words inwardly.

"You're as pretty as a mermaid anyway. I think I should just throw you off into the sea," Julian was holding my shoulders threatening to throw me in at one point.

I laughed and slapped his hand away, a little bit nervous. What if I fell in! He was much taller and bigger than me anyway so he could easily push me in.

"I would murder you, I swear!" I told him. "I heard mermaids are ugly by the way" I added adjusting my shirt.

"Nope. I heard there are very beautiful ones, just like you."

Did he just call me beautiful?

I felt him lean closer as he whispered to my ears, "You'd look so pretty sitting in the mouth of that whale. Let's do an experiment?"

I smacked his arm and he laughed rubbing the spot I had hit.

Thankfully, I didn't get sea sick as I had presumed. The dolphins we saw totaled over a hundred and we saw a few California sea lions as well as sea birds.

We didn't miss a whale baby with its Mom. They were so cute.

We saw some humpback whales surface several times before it was time to head back to shore.

It was a 3.5 hour tour and we were given discount coupons for a future trip after disembarking. Over all it was an exhilarating experience!

Julian's crazy idea wasn't so crazy after all.

We stopped at a brewery tour afterwards and were lucky that it was the time they offered free brewed drinks to try out.

We were strolling on the road looking out for a means of transport home. And then it started raining.

Crap. We were already drenched before we took shelter under a closed stall.

"If only you had a car, we would not have to waste time here," he remarked.

I folded my arms and looked at him. "How about you? Why don't you got one?"

"I just arrived here. Allow me breathe first."

I scowled at him and then turned my eyes back to my phone. It didn't have much signal and I could not even reach Joey. His line wasn't reachable and it was already dark. The time was past 7pm already. He ought to have been back from work or maybe on his way because of the rain.

"Why don't you try to reach out to your brother?" I asked in an impatient tone.

"My phone is dead," he said nonchalantly as he looked through his camera.

He was so annoying.

Good heavens. I started shivering as my dress was light. Besides that, my thighs and legs were exposed.

If I had known, I would have brought a jacket or something.

He must have noticed me shaking a few minutes after and I could feel his eyes on me.

"What?" I snapped and he didn't say anything but started taking off his shirt.

"Why are you going naked?" I asked further with astonished eyes.

"I'm not going naked silly," he said and I saw him finally take off this shirt with his arms out stretched. "Come,"

"Me come? Come where?"

"Closer. Body heat?" He paused. "A once in a lifetime offer. Take it or leave it and freeze to death."

This guy was really something. I didn't know how I felt about cuddling up against my husband's brother.

My husband's jerky brother for that matter.

I contemplated on it for a while and reluctantly went over to him.

That was the first time we were having such close physical contact and I could not deny that his arms wrapped around me felt pretty nice and comforting.

"You're as stiff as a museum piece, loosen up" I heard him say. I relaxed few seconds after and I thought I was gonna fall asleep at one point.

"I'm not your pillow. Don't get too comfortable," he was saying again.

Could he just shut up?

"Can you just shut up?" I said out loud.

Ten minutes after, the rain finally stopped and we were able to get a taxi back home.

Julian was already home and worried since he couldn't reach our phones. I explained to him everything that happened before going over to set him up some dinner.

That night after I had showered, Joey and I were making out when he stopped mid way saying he wanted to get some sleep and we would continue tomorrow.

Ouch.

Joey was unpredictable. Sometimes, he came to me even while I was asleep when he needed some. Other times, he was too worn out.

"Don't worry, we'd have the whole weekend to ourselves babe," he told me and kissed my cheek. Then his head hit the pillows and in just a few minutes, he fell asleep.

It sucked. There I was, already getting wet from our heated make out session.

I sighed and found my way to the bathroom to wash up.

I desperately needed to be spooned but I got nothing. I closed my eyes and forced my eyes to sleep while recollecting the events of the day. My mind drifted to the fun time I had with Julian.

And when he held me..

Ew. Scrap that. I only thought about that because I really wanted to get some cuddles at that very moment.

Oh wells. I had Joey to myself for the weekend.

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Weekend came but I didn't have Joey to myself as I thought. He decided to spend time showing his bro the whole of San Diego.

I was not all that mad though because Julian was going to be out of my hair very soon. He was supposed to leave the following week. Ah. Peace at last.

I got a new wedding to plan and the duration was about two months because it was going to be a small wedding.

I had tackled the budget and venue selection. It was 5 o clock on Sunday evening and the boys were out since morning.