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“And?” Ayaan asked cautiously.
“And that’s okay.”
Ayaan blinked, clearly surprised. The other men looked equally relieved, though none of them seemed completely convinced yet.
“Yeah,” Siya added, her smile still in place. “We trust you.”
Raghav looked at her for a moment. There was something in her tone that suggested she didn’t mean what she said. He knew his wife well enough to recognise it, but wisely chose not to question her.
“More importantly, we know our husbands,” Simran added, turning towards Vishnu. “I’m sure it was just a complete coincidence that the four of you happened to stop running at exactly the same spot where a group of beautiful women had also decided to take a break at exactly the same time.”
Vishnu slowly raised an eyebrow. He wanted to ask whether she genuinely believed him or was simply being gracious enough to let him survive breakfast. One glance at Simran’s perfectly innocent smile told him that some questions were better left unanswered.
He wisely reached for his coffee instead.
“Besides,” Siya added with a grin, “it’s not as if we women sat here quietly waiting for you four to come back.”
Raghav immediately raised an eyebrow. “What does that mean?”
“It means that while you four were busy admiring the beach beauties…” She deliberately looked around the table, enjoying the sudden change in their expressions. “…we had some eye candy of our own.”
The men went noticeably still.
Meher took another casual sip of her drink before saying, “There was this guy near the pool. Really good physique.”
Ayaan straightened in his chair. His head turned towards her with a warning look that clearly said he did not appreciate this conversation. But Meher simply smiled and ignored him.
Siya hid her amusement behind her glass. “And remember that handsome guy I saw at the buffet counter? I honestly didn’t realise this resort had this much… hotness.”
Raghav’s expression hardened almost instantly.
He stared at his wife, trying to process the fact that she had apparently been paying attention to another man, had found him handsome and, worse, had apparently noticed his physique too.
“But neither of them compares to the one I showed you,” Simran added.
Vishnu’s head snapped towards her.
“The guy jogging near the other side of the resort when we were coming here,” she continued, completely unfazed by the look on her husband’s face. “Remember him?”
Meher and Siya nodded immediately.
“He was so tall,” Simran added thoughtfully. “And so very fit.”
Vishnu stared at her but Simran calmly picked up her glass. Krish covered his mouth, trying desperately to suppress his laughter. Vishnu shot him a murderous warning look which lasted all of two seconds and Krish finally lost the battle and burst out laughing.
“This is getting dangerous, guys,” he managed between laughs. “But I have to admit, this is turning into the best breakfast I’ve ever had.”
He looked towards the women, clearly enjoying himself far too much.
“Were there any others, or are these the only three unfortunate men whose existence we need to worry about?”
“Oh, I saw one too,” Trisha said.
Now Krish’s laughter stopped.
“Actually, I saw him while I was coming here.”
Krish’s expression became suspicious. “And?”
