Who is She to You?

“What are you wearing?”

“What?” Vero looked down to inspect her outfit. Nothing was wrong. Her bikini straps were in place and the outer lace flowed beautifully around her body. It was a bit chilly, considering that the summer in Duradel wasn’t as scorching as in her hometown.

“Bikini,” she said, looking at Lev. “Have you never seen a bikini before?”

Instead of answering Vero’s seemingly mocking question, Lev looked away briefly while grumbling in annoyance. The veins on his jaw clenched as he tightened it.

“Change your clothes,” Lev said then, his golden-brown eyes darkening with emotion.

At first, Vero didn’t understand why Lev asked her to change her clothes. She stared back at him in confusion before darting her eyes around to make sure she wasn’t in the wrong costume.

She wasn’t the only college girl wearing a bikini, and nobody else was looking at her intensely except Lev. “Why?” Vero folded her arms under her breasts and puffed them out. She felt satisfied seeing him looki