The sun burned on her naked skin. Her drinks were within easy reach, soft music played around the steady rhythm of the surf. They lounged on their comfortable chaise longue and giggled like teenagers, while they tried to catch short kisses again and again.
Crete was beautiful! Even Theo and Thula, who preferred to stay on the shady terrace near the house and the pool, enjoyed their new freedoms.
After the waves had calmed down and the revelation of their love affair had turned out to be much more undramatic than anyone had expected, Roswitha too had gradually calmed down. She still held it against Adolé that she had not kept her agreement and kept her relationship status secret. After many energy-sapping conversations, Adolé had finally been able to convince her that the performance in Hamburg was not a cunning plan on her part, but a desperate solo effort by Michelle, for which she was really grateful in the end.
Even Roswitha had to admit in the end that the emotional performance also had positive aspects and did not only attract critics.
Michelle's love life was also publicised in France and was generally well received. Matthieu's half-hearted attempt to keep Michelle away from her children was mercilessly blocked by Roswitha's lawyers. Finally, under the threat of various lawsuits for mistreatment and bodily injury, Matthieu even agreed in writing to waive custody of the children and transferred it to Michelle, grumbling.
The game of hide-and-seek came to an end, the synchronization of their appointment calendars was no longer a problem, but was generally taken for granted. So unexpectedly this slot of 8 days came up, where Adolé together with Michelle and the children could spend a relaxed holiday for the first time in her career.
It was fantastic. Although their fans and those of Michelle knew roughly where to look for their holiday home, they enjoyed a relative peace and quiet. This was a completely new experience for Adolé, who was usually hunted by paparazzi without any consideration and whose personal fate, especially on vacation, apparently played no role whatsoever for the newspaper and TV audience.
All in all, a completely new life opened up for them, which they enjoyed to the full from now on. They had fought for it and never wanted to let it go again.
Could there have been a greater happiness?
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