"Marley-"
"Get off me," she snapped, her face beet red, but as soon as she let him go, she was helplessly sinking again, struggling to keep her head above the waves when the majority of her wanted to sink beneath them forever. He grabbed her again, and she thrashed. "Gods, don't touch me! They think...Aiden what-what-I don't-"
Her face was in his hands again. His blue eyes bored into her own. "I will handle this."
She gripped his wrist, his angry cursing echoing in her mind. "Your promise."
"I won't break it." Marley was still mortified, but what else could she do? Float in the water like an i***t while their friends quietly stare at her? She had to face them sometime. Better it be now, when they can't see how red her face had become. Aiden instantly broke their contact once she could
