25. Care for a swim (2)

Veera shot him a small smile and dogded his question.

"I actually wanted to apologise to you?"

Ares raised a brow at her surprised with her sincereness from her voice. After she came out like this she thought she was going to rebel with him and snap at him. But she was acting very calm and collected with him. This was new. What did his sweet Apsara have to apologise for suddenly?

"Why do you? You haven't done anything wrong?" Ares said looking at her closely.

"But I did. The other night at your castle? I was about to tell you who I was by the pool, and Gina showed up and then I freaked out and pushed you in the pool..."

Ares smirked and nodded his head. How could he forget? He was hoping to do that to her too tonight, he sly thought.

"I see. Well you didn't mean to push me in did you?"

Veera shook her head at him, and Ares knew she was telling the truth.

She bravely stood up and casually dipped her legs in the cool water, looking inside the pool. Ares could stand easily, but her eyes then looked towards the deeper slope inside, which was no doubt the deep end of the pool.

As she saw Ares getting near her, she quickly pulled her legs out of the water and started walking, away. She glanced back at him cautiously and he stood still once again watching her carefully.

**She's playing hard to get.**

A: Quiet Troy, she's just nervous.

Veera walked towards the other end and sat down watching him like a hawk, putting her legs in the water once more.

She quietly sat and smiled at Ares who came near her once again.

Veera suddenly splashed him with the water with one of her legs.

Ares got the message and backed away giving her personal space.

"Why don't you come in the water Veera? I can teach you how to swim?" He offered.

Veera thought about it for a second, and she knew that Ares was not going to give up trying to get her in the water. She sighed and looked at him carefully.

"You promise you won't do anything in-approriate to me?" She asked nervous as heck.

"Is that why you've worn those clothes?" Ares asked looking her dead in the eyes.

"To be honest, I'm really shy showing you alot of skin. I just feel so..."

**Tasty, juicy, sexy, wet and down right eatable..**

A:Troy calm down, we need to control ourselves remember?

"Uncomfortable."

Ares smiled at her and asked her..

"Why?"

"Well, I don't want to show you my body for many reasons." Veera cleared her throat and looked at him suddenly glowing his eyes pink at her. He didn't care if she was fully clothed, she was still hot with her floaters on.

"You don't have to be shy it's only me in here Veera." Plus, I've seen you naked alot of times in the shower, but you don't need to know that, Ares kept his sly thought to himself.

Veera let out a nervous breath and looked at Ares who was casually standing in the pool waiting for her. She knew that there was no way in hell he would let her go without getting her in the water. She already read his face that said 'Get in the water before I drag you myself.' Veera did not wished to be dragged in nor pushed either.

It wasn't like she hadn't been in the pool before. Last time she was in the pool was well over five years ago in highschool. It wasn't the best experiances she had, since she almost drowned that time.

Looking back at Ares, she looked at him once more, finding her confidence back in her voice.

"Fine, there are some rules I like you to agree to when I come in the water."

**Anything baby**

"Go ahead."

"1: I will stay in the shallow end. 2: You can't touch me."

**Boo!**

"3: I want my bracelet back that you took from me, and 4: I would like to make a phone call to someone to say that I'm ok?"

'You want me in the pool you got to stick to the rules.' Veera said folding her hands over her chest.

Ares knew, she was a clever girl. She always liked to bargain, before she said or did any thing risky with him.

He got out of the pool and Veera's heart skipped beats when he did so. She nervously got up to her feet, not trusting his next movements. Ares did not walk in her direction though. He went to were his table was and pulled out a small locked box.

Ares pulled out her bracelet and dangled it before him.

"Ok. Come in the pool whenever you like." Thats all he said when he dived back in to the pool.

Veera stood there in shock for a moment as he carried on swimming the butterfly, looking so powerful, like an olympian.

He was giving her time to come in to the pool herself.

Veera was surpised by his agreement. She didn't know what it was, but she knew he was up to somthing.

Veera carefully got into the pool and stood near the edge. Her body was now imesersed by her waist. She slowly bent her knees untill her chest was in the water, and then she quickly stood up, releasing a nervous breath. The water was quite cool.

Ares came back after completing his stroke and smirked at her devilishly.

Her white wet shirt, revealed the bikini color she was wearing inside and he couldn't wait to tear it off her.

Ares carefully neared her, and Veera's heart skipped a beat as she looked at him.

"What?"

"You look beautiful." He complimented her and watched her blush.

She was amazed that he said that, even when she looked like a clown with these big floaters on.

"Um..Thankyou?" She kept her distance, but then she saw him come near her dangerously.

Veera's breath hitched in her throat when he suddenly trapped her with his large hands with them going on the pools wall.

He took in a deep scent of her dry head and growled next to her ear huskily. Veera froze as she looked up at him worriedly, seeing his closeness with her. She bit her bottom lip worriedly and gulped.

"Wha..what are you doing?" Veera asked with her nervous stutter looking into his dark eyes.

"Don't worry, I know your rules baby. I won't touch you at all." But there was no guarantee that she wouldn't touch him, Ares winked playfully making her heart skip more.

He pulled his hands away and stood infront of her. At one point, she thought he was going to go on Master mode, but to her surprise he backed away from her.

Veera relaxed and tried to make general talk with him, to kill her sudden nervous tension with him.

"So you have a really nice hotel..." She started and Ares nodded, thinking of ways to lure her towards him.

"Do you have parents?" Veera suddenly asked getting him out of his lustfull thoughts for a second.

"Yes, I do." Ares smiled liking the fact she was intrested in his family.

"Oh, thats nice." Veera said shooting him a genuine smile. She suddenly remebered her parents and almost got a lump in her throat. Ares could sense a little hurt behind those words and Troy just wanted to pull her into his arms and hug her. Ares wanted too, but resisted the urge to do so.

"Parents are great aren't they?" Veera hid her heavy sigh. She missed them alot.

"Yes they are Veera." They started to walk in circles very slowly looking at each other.

"So where are yours?" Veera asked, curiously.

Ares smiled telling her about his parents. How they grew up in troubled times when there was war going on with the hunters and Veera stopped walking listening to him deeply. He told her how they started their business with one restaurant, and it grew gradually over the decades. He had his co-operation that were a now a group in which his extended families ran.

"Well, my mother and father are well over a three hundred years, and they wanted to travel more, so they gave Me and Nico to manage things on their behalf and soon they will be coming back once we open up another hotel in Sicily."

"Another in Sicily?"

"Yes, this time it will be run by Franko."

"Oh..thats nice. His a really good brother. Franko." Veera smiled at Ares and he couldn't stand his brother's name coming out of her lips.

"So you can't swim huh?" Ares walked towards her slowly and Veera's heart leapt.

She shook her head, and her legs moved back, but Ares now grabbed her floaters, playfully.

Veera gasped as she looked up at him.

"Ares, please! You're not allowed to touch me!" She said glaring at him.

"I'm not touching you. I'm touching the floaters. You see Veera, your floaters, are not part of you." He said as a matter of factly and now, he gently pushed her floaters back making Veera walk back hesitantly.

Veera gasped and tried to stop her legs from moving backward, and then she put her hands on his hard rock chest. As soon as she did that, Ares felt tingles on his body, and so did Veera. Veera gasped again and let go of his chest, as he growled lowly at her in an almost excited way.

What the hell?! How can my hands feel these silly sensations when I touch him?! More importantly, Ares is not stopping and is pushing my weight back.

He was making her walk towards the deep end, and the water leval was now comming up towards her shoulders and now almost towards her neck. Her ears were now half dipping inside the water and Veera started to freak out, keeping her head held high as possible.

"Stop! You're breaking rule number 1. I need to stay in the shallow end!" Veera suddenly grabbed on to his powerful muscular arms and sudden sparks flew all over her body. This was no time to blush, her life was probably on the line. Ares momentarily glowed his eyes pink with her as he felt the sparks too but seeing her worried face he quickly controlled Troy.

"Don't be afraid Veera, i'm not breaking rule number one. You're toes are still touching the floor, and you're still in the shallow end with me." Then he suddenly pulled out his claws and squeesed, bursting her floaters like balloons that went *POP*

"Oops." He slyly said that with a big smug on his face. The air deflated from her floaters and Ares now broke his second rule with her. He took the deflated floaters from her hands quickly and held her gently by the waist, making her gasp, worriedly.

She was now in the big bad wolfs hold, and there was a dangerous play in his eyes as he looked down at her closely.

Veera's mind was racing with wild thought as she looked at her captors wicked preety face. The villain was planning something.

The bigger question floated on her mind.

What the hell was he planning to do with her in the water?!