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“When?” His tone is downright offended.

“Earlier. When you were trying to break me.”

Now he’s the one chuckling. “You actually think I was trying?”

Another kick sends water his way, only making him laugh harder.

“What were you doing then?”

All amusement gone, he says, “You know what I was doing, Silver.”

Instead of facing that truth, I dive under, letting the world above disappear. All except…him. I feel a pull toward Khaos. It’s nothing I can see. It’s invisible. Innate. Impossible to ignore.

I’m drawn to him, like one side of a magnet attracted to its opposite. We are definitely opposites.

I end up under his body, swimming upside down as my fingertips trail along his stomach.

This time he does catch me, one hand around my wrist, and pulls me up.

Even after I surface, he doesn’t let go, keeping me close.

“Curious, are we?”

“Isn’t that why you did it?”

His focus solely on my lips, he doesn’t bother with an answer.

“You were curious to see how far I’d let you take things.”

“I’ve given you several warnings to stay away from me,” he says.

“So have I.”

“Either we both have hearing issues.” Those gemlike eyes lift to mine. “Or we just don’t like what’s being said.”

“I don’t like you.”

“I don’t like you either.”

I drop my head, then gaze. Even with the cold and the blurriness of choppy water, Khaos’s erection straining against his thin shorts is noticeable. Extremely noticeable.

“One part of you likes me,” I whisper.

Khaos’s forehead brushes mine, our breaths mingling as we both stare between us.

“Curious to see how much?”

I swallow, the sound louder than either of our words.

It would be so easy to let him pull my bottoms down, or to the side, or off completely. In this moment, they are an unwelcome barrier, the only one I seem to have the more he keeps chipping away at my restraint.

But just because we don’t like what’s being said doesn’t make it not true. Guy is my boyfriend. Khaos is not. Khaos is…chaos. In the best and worst ways.

“If it’s anything like your first performance, it’ll be quick.”

“Not for you.”

In one swoop, his arm brings my back forward, mashing our fronts together. My legs automatically wrap around his torso, keeping my ass mere inches above his stiff dick.