Not the only one

Alex searched for her and to his relief, he finally saw her.

He swam towards her and caught her waist as he brought her to the surface.

"Are you okay?" he asked, his hands on her bottom lifting her up. But Abi blinked at him as he looked at her.

"I'm fine. Why did you… wait… you think I drowned?" Abi questioned and when Alex realized that he did something unnecessary, he cleared his throat and averted his gaze.

However, his reaction made Abi chuckle and without thinking, she reached out and held his face, pinching his cheeks lightly. "Geez… you're such a worrywart," she said but she soon realized what she just did and her smile slowly faded.

She attempted to look away and pull away from Alex but the man didn't let go. He instead held her tighter as he brought her to the shallow part of the lagoon where he could stand up.

Abi realized their position. She was being cradled by Alex.

"Uhm… Alex, you can now put me down," She told him when…