I could smell the scent of chlorine and freshly mowed grass surrounded us. My feet slapped the wet concrete as I nervously eyed the water markings showing pool depth.
There was nobody but us.
Good that we were alone. It felt like I was on display, watched and judged by others, by groups of people at the beach. Here at the pool, it made me a bit comfortable to take off the long kimono I was wearing to reveal the swimsuit I borrowed from Katrina underneath
Leif rose from the slatted wooden bench he was sitting on and took an unconscious step towards me.
"You know, Cassandra?" Leif's tongue flicked out, tracing the seam of his lips, outlining the shape of my body with his gaze, as if the picture in his mind made him hungry. "I've been watching you lately."
I raised an eyebrow. "And?"