AlexanderForty-five seconds. Her eyes were still locked on mine, steady and confident. A full minute. My chest was screaming now, but I'd be damned if I surfaced first. Olivia's lips quirked into a smile underwater. Then she kicked off the bottom and shot to the surface. I followed immediately, breaking through with a gasp. "I win." "Barely," she panted, clinging to the pool edge. "You were about to pass out." "But I didn't." I swam over to her, caging her against the side with my arms. "Which means you owe me a kiss. Anywhere I want." Her breathing quickened, water lapping between us. "That was the deal." "It was." I studied her face, wet hair plastered to her head, lips parted slightly. Fuck, she was gorgeous. "Where?" she breathed, her chest rising and falling rapidly. "Start with my neck." She rose on her toes, water streaming between us, and pressed her lips to the side of my neck. Soft, tentative at first. "Lower," I instructed. She kissed down to where my neck met
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