Gabe’s POV
I took my lunch and joined Zeke and Ezra who hadn’t moved from the spot. They looked relaxed, as they chatted to one another, clearly pretending they had been deep in conversation for more than the few minutes I knew it had been.
They both smiled and looked over at me as I sat down ‘Alright?’
‘Yeah, just easily distracted’
‘Understandable’ Ezra smirked, and I had hoped this was not a connotation to me having just been with Chloe.
I silently prayed they wouldn’t ask me about Chloe. I don’t think I could lie. I didn’t want to lie, but I knew being stuck on this boat, nowhere to run or hide, with the whole world on my shoulder and a ton of s**t to shovel, confessing my feelings for her to Zeke was likely to go down like a lead balloon.
As luck would have it, Isla came boundin
