Chapter 7
The water shot up my nose so fast I thought my brain had short-circuited.
When I chose to study marine biology, I pictured sunlit dives and coral reefs…. I never imagined I’d be in the open ocean, hauling a fully grown man like he was my personal charity project.
“Maya! Help!!!” Liam’s voice wasn’t so much a call for help as it was a full-on screech.
I’d expected chaos the moment we jumped into the water, maybe huge waves, deafening wind, the kind of storm you only see in disaster movies. Instead, the water was… calm. Mostly. Just a lazy swell and a breeze brushing against my ears, which made zero sense.
Because logically? This wasn’t the kind of weather that could rip a luxury cruise ship apart.
But I didn’t have time to solve that mystery. I had a billionaire flailing be
