Hey you 🌙
I just got back to the room
Finally stretched out, legs a little sandy, hair still smells like saltwater 🌊
And I had to write to you before sleeping 💤
I was just about to ask where my sun girl disappeared to ☀️
How was your evening?
Unexpected
Sweet 🍯
A little… quiet in that heavy way?
The kind of quiet that feels like it means more than it says 🤍
Tell me everything. Slowly 🕊️
I want to hear your voice in my head while I read 🧠👂
Okay 😌
So after the beach, the boys suggested tea, like real tea, not cocktails 🍵
We found this tiny stand with vines growing over it, and they had these old ceramic cups that looked like they belonged to someone’s grandma 🌿👵
Charming already ✨
Keep going
We sat down
Me in the middle, of course 👑
Patrick made fun of your beach volleyball “skills” 😂
Bill defended you 🛡️
Said you were “athletic only when unobserved”
I laughed so hard my tea nearly spilled 🤭
I told you never to believe Patrick’s sports stories 🏐
He exaggerates every dive I made. And every fall 😅
It was cute 💗
And then… the conversation softened
Like, really softened 🕊️
Patrick looked at me and said, very gently
You don’t pretend to be someone you’re not. That’s rare
…what did you say? 👀
I froze ❄️
I mean, I thanked him, kind of awkwardly 🤷♀️
But it hit me
Like… I’d spent the whole day dancing between being myself and accidentally becoming something more visible 💫
You know? Like… a version of me that people look at 👁️
And then to hear him say that, it felt like being seen anyway 👓
I do know 🧡
And I love that version
Because it’s still you, just a little sun-touched and radiant 🌞
Bill said something too 🌼
He said
You’re here fully, but never trying to take space
And then he got all flustered like he wasn’t sure if that was a compliment 😂
Sounds like Bill 😂
Stumbles into poetry, then panics 📉
Exactly 😅
But they were both… respectful. Sweet. Curious 🌸
I didn’t feel like they were trying to get close, not that way 🚫❤️
It was more like they were trying to understand what makes me… me 🤍
And honestly?
That made me melt more than if they’d flirted all evening 💧
So what did make you melt? 👀
Patrick said…
Henry doesn’t trust you because no one wants you. He trusts you because he knows you decide where you belong
💬 And I swear, I wanted to cry 😢
Right there, in the middle of a mint tea 🍃
I’m not sure whether to hug him or punch him for being that honest 🤔👊
Maybe both 🥺
I felt warm all over 🌡️
But not because of them
Because of you 💗
Because I knew they were right ✅
That’s why I never worry 🧘
Not even when you’re glowing on a secret beach between two half-naked guys 🏖️😏
They were half-naked 😅
I was trying not to stare too 👀
Wait,
you were staring? 👀😳
Just… occasionally 🙈
Bill has these freckles on his shoulders and Patrick’s tan lines are hilarious 🌞😄
I couldn’t help it
But don’t worry. I kept it polite 😇
You can look 👁️
As long as when you close your eyes at night, it’s me you see 😴❤️
Always you 🫶
Especially now
I’m wearing your shirt again 👕
The one I packed secretly 🤫
It smells like you 👃
And it helps me remember who I really belong to 💘
You’re going to make it impossible for me to sleep 🥵🛌
Nina got comfortable in bed and relaxed.
Then, two minutes later, she got another message
Then, two minutes later, she got another message
Can’t sleep
Mind won’t stop spinning
You okay?
Yes, I’m here 💗
What’s spinning?
What’s spinning?
You
You in that bikini 👙
You laughing at Patrick’s jokes 😂
You glowing, and telling me everything…
and me not being able to kiss your forehead goodnight 😔
That’s not a bad thing to spin about
It’s kind of beautiful 💗
It is
But it makes me ache 💭
I love that you’re blooming out there 🌸
But I keep picturing you sitting between them
shoulders bare, smile soft, eyes full of salt and light 🌊✨
And I wish I could lean in and whisper,
“She’s mine. Gently, world. She’s mine.” 🫶
Oh…
I just teared up 🥺
You don’t need to whisper it
It’s written all over me 💞
Even the waves knew today 🌊
You write like the sea’s still speaking through you 🌙
And I swear, I could read you forever like this 📖
But tell me
what’s the plan for tomorrow?
More queen-of-the-beach treatment? 👑🌞
Not exactly ☀️
Tomorrow, Patrick’s throwing a little party at his place with some of his friends 🎉
His private pool, it honestly feels like a movie set 🎬🌴
We’ll spend the day there
And…
I might have a little surprise for you 💫
But I’m not telling yet 😇
You’ll just have to wait 😉
Your surprises are always dangerous ⚠️
Beautiful. But dangerous 😏
Now I’m officially counting the hours ⏳
Promise you won’t forget, I want every detail 📝
You’ll get everything
In golden light, slow motion, and probably a few scandalous angles 📸
But only if you behave 😌
Now sleep, troublemaker 😴
You’ll need all your strength for what I have planned 🌸✨