Sisters’ Secret Talks - I

Seraphina, who had been blowing bubbles in the bath, nearly choked on the water. 

Her body instantly became hotter than the steam, her hands flailing in panic, her voice off-key as she cried out, "Mmmmarli!!! What are you saying? Have you gone mad?!"

"How so?" 

Marlina asked with a hint of amusement, her teasing gaze piercing through the steam to land on her flustered sister. "Don't you like Mr. Ansel?"

"It's not... not that I don't like him! It's just that I haven't... I haven't..." 

The young girl hesitated, her limbs flailing in the water, both suppressing her shyness and expressing her delight.

Seraphina's response left Marlina slightly puzzled. "Then how..."