Is this destiny?

Sarah was in her room. She didn't feel like going out.

"Come on... let's go." Aiden urged her.

"I don't feel like it." Sarah pouted. She does not like these parties. And now it's for her birthday, which means people will be paying attention to her.

"I know you don't." Aiden sat next to her and held her hand. "But it's just these few hours. You can do it... after that it will be just the two of us. And who knows, you might have fun."

Sarah leaned on him. "I look forward to it... the just the two of us part."

Aiden kissed her gently, making her shiver and crave for more.

"If you want me to go, you should not kiss me like that." She whispered in his lips.

Aiden smiled when he felt that she is clinging onto him tightly. "As much as I love having you just to myself, your family put effort into this. With a heavy heart, I need to share you with them for a bit." Reluctantly, he urged her again. "Time to go. Is Eve ready?"

"Always." Sarah proudly confirmed. She sighed and stood up. "Let's go."

…

They went into the playroom and found that the wall between playroom and the swimming pool was raised. More than thirty young people were there, enjoying the party already.

"Oh, a pool party!" Sarah got excited and headed to the dressing room to change. Aiden followed, happy to see that her mood improved.

When Sarah got out of the dressing room, she was wearing a white semi-transparent swimsuit cover which did a poor job in covering up her body shape. Her eyes landed on Aiden who was in swimming trunks, his top was exposed. She rushed to him. "Put something on top!"

He laughed. "You can't be serious..."

Sarah frowned. "Look around you! Do you see that everyone is looking at you? Do I need to beat all of them up?"

"You know that most of them are looking at you, right?" Aiden smiled thinking how Sarah is silly.

"Oh, please... like you two are the only ones worth looking at." JoAnna was sitting nearby, next to Jeff. JoAnna could not help herself when she heard their conversation. Sarah didn't notice JoAnna until she spoke.

Sarah observed her sister who was dressed in a t-shirt and shorts. "Why are you not wearing a swimsuit?"

JoAnna shrugged. "I can change later, if I feel like going into a pool."

Jeff nodded in agreement. He liked that his Anna is not in a swimsuit, exposed, for all these people to feast their eyes on.

"Oh..." Sarah didn't think about it. The moment she saw it's a pool party, she just changed.

Aiden's voice came from behind Sarah. "There is one way we can prevent people from looking."

Sarah didn't get a chance to respond. Aiden lifted her in his arms and jumped into the pool with her.

JoAnna laughed seeing Sarah's outraged expression just before they plunged into the water. She stopped laughing when she saw that Sarah and Aiden are kissing. Then, it was not as funny anymore.

JoAnna looked at depressed Jeff and felt her patience running thin. "Can you, please, stop sulking! Tell me what is going on!"

Jeff wanted to tell her, but he didn't want to admit that at that point, he feels inferior to Felix. "I feel that I'm not good enough."

JoAnna had difficulty believing what she heard. 'Isn't this almighty Jeffrey White?' But she can tell that Jeff is troubled and decided not to tease him. "Didn't you tell me that if I'm lacking, I need to improve myself? Does that not apply to you?"

Jeff was happy that she remembered his words. At the same time, he was surprised that he got into a situation where she can return those words to him. "The thing is that I don't understand where I'm lacking."

JoAnna slightly tilted her head and rested her chin on her fist. "Then... shouldn't you find out?"

Jeff felt as lightning struck him. 'Of course! Why am I playing a victim here?' He stood up and looked at JoAnna with a renewed vigor. "Thank you! Even I need a reminder sometimes! You are the best!" Jeff leaned and kissed JoAnna before walking out.

JoAnna looked after him and smiled thinking how he can be silly. She leaned back into the pool chair and observed that Sarah and Aiden are still kissing. JoAnna took a ball and threw it toward them.

Ball landed close to them, splashing water in their faces. Sarah and Aiden looked to see who threw it and met JoAnna's reprimanding gaze. "Hey, you two are making this a steam room!"

Sarah and Aiden laughed and swam to the other side of the pool, away from JoAnna, where they continued kissing.

Shortly after, Sophia came with Felix. Felix helped Sophia sit on the pool chair which Jeff previously occupied, next to JoAnna. He sat next to Sophia's legs which he kept in his lap.

"I see they are having fun." Sophia told JoAnna while glancing at Sarah and Aiden.

"Yeah. Party or not, those two are the same." JoAnna rolled her eyes.

"Where is Jeffrey?" Sophia noticed Jeff's absence.

"He went to find out what he is lacking."

"I don't understand." Sophia admitted.

"Neither do I. But Jeff does, I guess that's what matters." JoAnna looked at the door and her mood dropped. "Oh, look who came... again."

Sophia followed JoAnna's line of sight and rolled her eyes. "A normal person would think that they will not come back again." Two of them looked at Klark sisters, Andrea and Clara, who made unsuccessful passes at Aiden and Felix previously.

"I would watch over Jeff carefully if I'm you." Sophia teased JoAnna knowing that Andrea and Clara are all over guys who are new to the circle.

JoAnna didn't continue in her cheerful tone. She was serious. "I would watch over everyone... they know that they are not welcome. I suspect that those two are not here for the party, but for revenge."

Sophia realized that JoAnna is right. "We should warn Sarah." She faced Felix and placed her hand over his. "Felix, dear... can you go and let Sarah and Aiden know that Klark sisters are here?"

Without a word, Felix lifted Sophia's hand to his lips, kissed it gently and stood up. In one smooth move he removed his top revealing his chiseled body and jumped into the water without a splash.

"Wow..." JoAnna could not hold her surprise to herself while looking after Felix.

Sophia smiled. "Wow, indeed."

"He looked fine when we went camping... but it seems he looks much better now." JoAnna still looked after Felix.

"Are you looking at my man?" Sophia was proud that JoAnna praised Felix. She knows that JoAnna is not interested in Felix romantically, but is genuinely praising his physique.

"With that body... can you blame me?"

"No, I can't." Sophia laughed. "Just make sure Jeff does not see you."

"Is that what fatherhood does to a man?" JoAnna was still looking after Felix who was now talking to Sarah and Aiden.

"Maybe." Sophia could not stop laughing. "Stop ogling at my man!"

"Sorry, sorry... but if you want to avoid trouble, get him to cover up as soon as he comes back. Not only Klark sisters, but there are many others here who would not mind feeling out that piece of hunk you got there."

They both laughed, but Sophia could not help herself from looking around to see who else is stealing glances of her Felix.

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