Chapter 119 The Necklace

• Ava
• I wiped the water from my eyes, my heart still pounding from the leap Chris and I had taken into the glowing pool. As I gasped for breath, pushing tendrils of damp hair away from my face, I caught sight of Ophelia and Leonard still engaged in a splash war across the pool.
• Chris emerged beside me a moment later, rivulets of water cascading down the sculpted planes of his chest and abdomen. My gaze lingered perhaps a moment too long before snapping back to his face, my cheeks flushing hotly.