My mind reeled. I couldn’t imagine what another event might be. To me, personally, I was still trying to recover from the previous events, including the treasure hunt on the island where I had fallen into that pit as well as the social event with the merfolk that nearly ended in an international incident.
However, this was the nature of the competition. Events were commonplace. It wasn’t as if I could back out simply because I was tired.
Nicholas and I acknowledged that we understood Nathan’s direction. As Nathan walked away, Nicholas walked with me to the stairs.
There, holding his shirt for me to see, he said, “I’m going to change. I’ll meet you out there.”
I smiled at him and nodded. It was very difficult not to kiss him again. I so very dearly wanted to. But with cameras, other can
