Nova
Monday morning at the Alpha House.
Aria was at school until noon. I was heading onto the back patio in my olive-green bathing suit for my hour-long swim lesson with Dominic. This time together every morning, alone and half-naked, had become heady. I had grown to look forward to it, despite my still very present fear of drowning.
But this morning was different.
After asking me to work late during his date on Friday, Dominic had given me Saturday off. This was our first swim lesson since he had taken some woman out. A woman I tried not to be jealous of.
The heatwave was over at this point, but August in Wintercrest was still pool weather. The cool water was refreshing on my toes as I stepped down the pool stairs toward Dominic, already waiting for me in the shallow end. His exp
