15. VANYA: A SHOCKING DISCOVERY
Another night with barely any sleep. I tossed and turned until the early hours of the morning when the sun started to rise. Only then did I manage to fall asleep but it was short-lived.
I was woken by a roar.
A sound so fucking scary that I almost peed my pants. I shot upright in bed with a heart about ready to jump out of my chest. My eyes darted around my room which was already bathed in bright sunlight. Curiosity had me throwing back the sheets and racing towards the window.
Pushing the curtain aside, I gaped at the scene that greeted me.
Their house, I discovered, was built near a clearing with a huge ass waterfall merely a few feet away.
I stared at the water, glistering in the sunlight like a thousand diamonds, for a few seconds before looking around at the surrounding trees. There was a slight breeze, that much I could tell by the way the leaves swayed on the trees.
My eyes darted to the waterfall again.
The urge to go out and get a closer look, and maybe explore it was too strong to resist.
After changing my clothes and pulling my hair into a ponytail, I headed downstairs.
Nobody was home.
The dirty dishes from our late-night sandwiches were still in the sink, but there was no sign of the men.
I walked out of the house but paused a few feet away to turn back and look up at the place that was going to be my home for the next couple of weeks.
It looked much smaller from the outside. The whole house was made out of big logs, except of course for the windows. How had they managed to get all the building supplies out here?
Shaking my head, I spun on my heels and walked around the side of the house towards the back.
Confusion filled me for a moment because the view from the ground was a lot different from the view from my bedroom window.
I couldn’t see the waterfall at all, but after walking a few feet deeper between the trees I could hear the faint roar of the water. There was a footpath I found that led right to the edge of the pool beneath the waterfall. The water was so clear that I could see the sand and small pebbles at the bottom of the pool.
A sound had my head snapping up.
My mouth fell open when a very naked Ezra suddenly stalked out of the trees and towards the pool. Without glancing around, he just jumped into the pool.
There was a ripple in the water as he disappeared underneath it. I watched and waited for him to resurface, but he didn’t. Panic hit when a few minutes passed and there was still no sign of him.
Had he hit his head when he dived in?
Without thinking it through, I kicked off my shoes and hurried into the water. Obviously, I misjudged the depth of the pool. One minute my feet were touching the sand at the bottom of the pool, and the next, the water swallowed me.
I did the stupidest thing you could possibly do in such a situation—I panicked.
Arms flying, legs kicking, and mouth wide open.
A figure moved towards me through the water, and seconds later an arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me against a hard body.
I sucked in a breath the moment we hit the surface and instantly regretted it when I started coughing.
“Vanya,” Ezra muttered. “Are you okay?”
I nodded as I sucked air into my lungs. When my coughing died down, I blinked away the tears and stared at him.
So he didn’t hit his head.
We were close—so close that I could see the golden flecks around his irises.
“You shouldn’t be out wandering around,” he scolded, “especially since you don’t know your way around.”
My hands shot out to grip his shoulders when he suddenly moved.
“I s-saw the waterfall from my window and I wanted to get a closer look.” I swallowed. “Then you dived into the water and you didn’t resurface after a few minutes. I—”
“Vanya,” he interrupted. “We can hold our breath for a long time.”
“Oh.”
He smiled, but it quickly faded. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I just didn’t expect it to be so deep.”
“You can’t swim?”
“I can.” Colour flooded my cheeks. “I’m just not a very good swimmer.”
The colour in my cheeks intensified when his eyes dropped to my mouth and stayed there. I licked my lips and watched as his eyes darkened.
“Vanya?” His eyes darted up to mine. “I really want to kiss you.”
What? I blinked at him. Was he serious? He looked pretty serious. My eyes dropped to his lips which were only a few inches from mine.
“What’s stopping you?” I breathed.
Ezra swallowed. “I. . .I don’t know how.”
His words left me completely speechless, but it only lasted for a few seconds. I blinked at him and tried to stop the smile from slipping onto my face.
“Never, huh?”
Ezra shook his head. I reached up and pressed shaky fingers to his flushed cheeks.
“How?”
He frowned at me. “How what?”
I blew out a breath. “How have you never kissed anybody before?” My eyes dropped to his chest, just about visible above the water. “You’re super hot.”
He blinked and then looked away from me. A thought hit, but I pushed it aside, but only for a second before it filled my mind again. I voiced it without a second thought because curiosity was getting the best of me.
“Have you ever had sex before?”
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