Retrieving memories (2)

Author's note: this is from Seraphina's point of view

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I wanted to run away, but Duke was emerging from the water and walking toward me. His toned body was caressed by the droplets that slid over his slightly tanned skin and my legs refused to budge.

"Come on, Sanya…", he coaxed me. "I know you have a swimsuit under those clothes."

"How do you know that?", I asked breathily as he was only a step away from me now, and his impossibly blue eyes kept me locked in a spot.

He smiled smugly and reached for the back of my neck. I held my breath as he touched the string of my bikini top that was sticking out of the collar of my t-shirt and a drop of water fell from his fingers, sliding down my spine and making me shiver.

"Today is raft-making and considering that the competition ends with us riding on those rafts, it's expected that everyone has a swimsuit on.", Duke responded, and I knew that he enjoyed my flustered expression.