“Are you a mermaid?” Adrian blurted out, still breathing hard, water dripping from his hair onto the tiles. “How can you be so still under water!?”
I stared at him, soaked, cold, heart still racing from the scare. Of all the things to say.
I rolled my eyes. “Are you blind?”
He scoffed. “I didn’t know anyone was here.”
I let out a sharp breath, irritation flaring fast. “Well, if you had paid attention, you could’ve seen that someone was inside.”
Anger simmered under my skin, mixing with the cold. My teeth threatened to chatter, but I refused to let him see that. I stood straighter, even though every part of me wanted warmth.
He stepped closer, water splashing softly under his feet. “I come here every night,” he said, voice edged with disbelief. “Never once seen anyone. So how would I
