“Hehe, trust your man.” he laughed and then increased his swimming speed. He got there in a minute and looked at her smugly. 

“So, I made it. Where is my reward?” he asked.

“Come closer.” she beckoned with her right hand.

“Ooh! I smell something. Is it the reward?”

“Don’t dally, Phoenix.”

“You don’t wanna call me by my middle name anymore?” he asked wearing the expression of a wronged pampered wife. But he still swam closer to her.

She pointed at her ...