SPLASH

Everything seemed to have slowed down. First, she was walking peacefully with Shane beside her while staring at the pool and now she was falling inside it.

Laleen's eyes widened as she felt herself lose her balance. Someone had pushed her. Who?

A cry tore from her lips before she knew it as she pressed her eyelids together in fright.

It took a few seconds for her to realize that she was still dry and hadn't fallen into the dreaded body of water.

Peering her eyes open, she was immediately colluded with Shane's familiar scent.

He smelled like expensive cologne and something else. Like wet earth.

Looking upwards, she saw his handsome face masked in a taunting smile as he looked down at her.

"I thought you loved the pool, Troublemaker" he commented, his hands securing her waist as he pulled her close.

Laleen's grip on his shirt was tighter than expected.