From then onwards, we became the best of friends and I was no longer bored at the villa. He would take me to places that I’ve never visited before and all I could say was Christian had been the best tourist guide slashed friend slashed bodyguard.

Lucia voiced out her concern about my closeness with Christian but I assured her that I and Christian were just friends. I also told her that she shouldn’t worry about it.

“Have you heard from Kevin?” Lucia asked me one morning while we’re having our breakfast, and I had to shake my head in response.

I just realized that Kevin had no intention of...