All of my feelings for Chase were left behind me with the bouquets and I walked out of the staff room with a new mindset. I wasn't going to hold myself back anymore and I wasn't going to care about whatever Ainslee did or didn't do last night. I'm going to get through these next three days and head home with a new outlook. No more pining over Chase. No more going out of my way to make sure Chase is happy. No more putting any energy into a relationship that will never be. 

Eloise also arrives tomorrow night to help with the rehearsal dinner and it will be nice to have a friend here. 

I check my phone as I make it into the hallway and see that the group was not able to book an activity without me there to take charge. They are lounging out by the pool again and I think it's a waste of a day in Mexico. There are so many things to do here and they just want to lay around in bikinis and drink. 

I still have three hours before I have to be yacht ready so I text Logan, Should I come down to the pool? 

Yes, I want you here. He quickly replies and he must not be in the water if he has his phone in his hand. 

I walk the length of the resort to get back to the pool area and Maddie's squeal gives away their location. They booked another cabana and half of the girls are sprawled underneath while the others are hanging in the pool with drinks in their hands. 

"Stella, Stella," Tory calls out to me when she sees me slide around the cabana. "How did it go last night?" She bounces her eyebrows up and down and my face floods red. I forgot she knew exactly why I left last night. She chucks a loud laugh out at my embarrassment and thankfully changes the subject. "Okay, I don't want you to burst into flames. How did the florals go?" I lean against the cabana's wooden post as my blushing calms down and answer. "They are stunning. The whole wedding is going to be." 

"I know, it's still so weird that Ainslee is getting married. No one thought she'd be the first one of us to get hitched," Tory confesses and I look at her.

"Oh?" 

"I mean, we are twenty-five. We're hot, I kinda thought we'd slut it up a bit longer before settling down. And she was the biggest slutty slut of all of us." 

I just told myself I was going to leave all thoughts of Ainslee and Chase behind but that fact piques my interest. 

"Is she ready for one dick?" I bluntly ask and Tory shrugs. 

"She has to be, doesn't she?" Tory barks out another laugh and her deep voice makes it sound angry. "Unless they have some open relationship going on. Who knows?" 

"I don't think Chase is open like that," I tell her and she rolls her head over to her shoulder to look at me. 

"The stories she tells me about their sex life...I wouldn't be surprised." She bounces her eyebrows at me and I wonder if she knows what Ainslee did last night. I decide to investigate. 

"Speaking of anyone's sex life but mine, how'd it go with you and Alex?" Logan mentioned Alex left with someone but I don't know if that's who he ended the night with. 

"It didn't," Lauren chimes in from behind Tory, who is laying on her back and soaking up the sunshine on a pool chair. Tory swats at her and then looks back to me, "He's playing hard to get." 

"What about the rest of you? What time did you make it back to your rooms?" I watch Tory look at Lauren before saying, "I think we went up shortly after one?"

"How drunk was Ainslee?" I ask with a wince.

"Not bad, she wanted to go back to her room instead of staying with us. I think to go bone Chase's brains out." 

I quickly pulverize that image from my mind. 

"Oh, nice. Anyone hung over?" I casually ask and Tory moans. 

"We all were. We didn't get down here until noon." She waves at someone and I turn to see Alex, Jesse, and Callum standing near the edge of the pool. I don't see Logan, Chase, or Mike.

"Looking for your boyfriend?" Tory teases and I nod, "Yeah, actually. Where are the rest of them"

"Bar," Lauren answers and they must have gone to the inside one that has more options. I feel a cold, wet hand on my back and turn to find Maddie sliding around me giggling. Kaitlyn and Ainslee must still be in the pool. 

"Hey there rock star. I heard you had a good night last night," she says in a sing-song voice as she grabs a towel off the chaise. My blushing has her clapping and as she drops down beside Tory she says, "Spill. We want dick size, stamina, positions..."

"Oh my god," I say while dropping my head into my hand. 

"She looked like she was going to combust when I asked earlier, be gentle," Tory warns Maddie.

"He looks like he could toss you around. Bend you over the balcony," Maddie teases and I can't even look at her I am so embarrassed. 

"Maddie Jesus, there are other people around," Lauren pleads but Maddie just drops her head back and laughs. 

"It was good. I'll say that and only that." 

"Are you going to bone on the boat tonight?" Tory asks and I vehemently shake my head. 

"Absolutely not, that would be so weird."

"Tory is hoping to bone Alex on the boat, so it's not that weird." 

"Who is boning who on the boat tonight?" Chase asks and I turn to find the missing men walking toward the cabana with drinks in their hands. 

"We don't know, there are so many options," Maddie teases and then snatches her piña colada from Mike. 

"I didn't know what you were in the mood for," Logan admits before handing me a frozen Rosè. Before I am able to thank him, Maddie chimes in, "I know what she's in the mood for." She sexually runs her hand down her boobs and cackles. 

"See why I said we couldn't hide anything," I mutter. "They all knew before I said anything."

"They knew before I even came downstairs this morning," Logan agrees and Chase looks at him and asks, "Knew what? I was late to the party. What have I missed?" 

"Logan and Stella..." Maddie starts singing, "Sitting in a tree...f-u-c-k-i-n-g." 

Chase's smile falters for a split second before he looks at me. He's wearing aviators but I can still see his eyes. 

"What?" Chase asks and I can't tell from his tone how he feels about this. Logan drops his arm around my shoulder and pulls me into him. 

"Yeah man, Stella finally succumbed to my charm." 

"And Stella had Logan succum all over her," Maddie drunkenly says and I want to smack her. Chase looks back at Maddie and thankfully she just pushes herself off the chaise and saunters over to the pool with her drink in her hand. 

"That was the grossest way to explain, but yeah...this is happening," I tell Chase and he takes a drink of his whiskey. Now I see why they went to the inside bar, Chase wanted his top-shelf whiskey. 

"That's uh, that was quick," Chase says after licking his lips. "Kinda surprised here."

"Are you?" I ask in confusion, seeing as we discussed this just last night.

Logan pats him on the arm when Chase doesn't say anything else and asks, "We good man?" Chase gives a slight head shake and then takes a step closer to us. He looks right at Logan as he mutters, "You better not be fucking around, Logan."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Logan asks, stunned at Chase's tone. I look at Chase and hesitantly ask, "Yeah... what do you mean?

"I mean, don't treat her like Tessa."

"Tessa?" I ask but Logan is glaring at Chase when he says, "You think I would? Really? After everything?" Chase doesn't answer him. Instead, he looks at me and snaps, "Whatever happens here, I don't want this shit at work."

"Don't talk to me like that, Chase," I tell him firmly. I wonder what whiskey he's on because he's never cursed at me. "You told me last night I was free to do as I please."

"Why did you need Chase's permission?" Ainslee asks, her angry voice cutting through our snappy ones. We turn to find her standing behind Logan and she's waiting for an answer. 

"Logan is one of Chase's best friends. I didn't want to cross a line. But Chase said there was no line so I went for it." I hate all the attention that's on me and I have no idea what Chase's problem is. "My sex life is no one else's business." I add, "I went to Chase as a friend and he made it clear I am just a co-worker. Who was free to sleep with his friend."

"That's not what I said," Chase snaps but Ainslee is still stuck on what I said. 

"Oh, so you did sleep with Logan?" Her whole tone has changed and she seems hopeful. This is the most attention she has given me since the pool yesterday.

"Jesus, I didn't think this would be all anyone wants to talk about," Logan interjects and he still has his arm around me. "Two consenting adults having a sexual relationship is not breaking news. Tory has been trying to get dicked down by Alex since the airport." 

"This is all killing our vibes, I think we should split off and be done talking about this," Lauren cuts in and I nod in agreement. I look at Logan and ask, "Can we go talk?" He drops his arm from around my shoulder and grabs onto my hand. He pulls me away from the cabana and leads me to two open pool chairs on the far end of the deck. I was so happy to focus on Logan twenty minutes ago and now I am dwelling on whoever this Tessa girl is and the tone Chase took with me.

I wanted to blend in with the gang and have fun with Chase at his bachelor party but I keep finding myself to be the center of attention and the cause of the drama. 

Mexico seems to be bringing out everyone's shit.