AXEL SALVATORE ROSSI.

“You knew you couldn’t swim, and you got into the fucking pool?”

My voice was harsh with her, but I wrestled to keep it calm.

She’d drunk a few drops of water unintentionally, and it was a miracle that I’d caught her early.

Olivia batted her eyelashes, coiling her arms around her knees as she sat in the chair. The cold air seeping through her wet skin made her teeth chatter.

Her voice came out in a shuddering whisper. “That… That was why I had ...