The Unwanted Wife and Her Secret Twins (Mia and Kyle) novel Chapter 416

Mia

The glass flew from my hand.

I watched it tumble through the air. End over end. The vodka catching the colored lights from the pool. Creating a small arc of liquid that looked almost beautiful. Almost deliberate.

Then I was falling.

Not slow motion like in movies. Fast. Real. My stomach dropping. My arms reaching for something. Anything. Finding only air.

The water hit like a wall.

Cold.

So cold it stole my breath. Shocked my system. Made every nerve ending scream.

The impact drove me under. Deeper than I expected. My body plunging down into blue-green darkness. The colored lights from below turning everything into an aquarium. Into something that didn't feel real.

Everything muted immediately.

The music that had been vibrating my chest disappeared. Became dull thumps. Distant heartbeats. The bass still there but filtered. Softened. Like hearing it through walls.

The voices—all those people laughing and talking and shrieking—turned to nothing. Just gone. Erased by water that pressed against my ears. Filled them. Created a kind of silence that was actually loud. A roaring quiet.

Just water. Everywhere. Pressing against my ears. My eyes. My mouth. T

I kicked. Tried to surface. Tried to push myself up toward the lights I could see dancing above me.

But my dress now wrapped around my legs. Heavy when it was dry. Impossibly heavy now. Waterlogged. Pulling me down like hands grabbing my ankles.

My heels were impossible to kick properly. The thin stilettos offering no resistance.

I reached for the surface. Both arms stretching up.

My lungs started to burn.I kicked again. The dress tangled more. The fabric twisting. Wrapping tighter around my legs.

My mouth opened. I tried to scream. But water rushed in and it filled my mouth. Salt and chlorine. I swallowed it. Couldn't help it. The automatic response to having liquid in your throat.

It burned. Down my esophagus.

My vision was going dark around the edges. The colored lights above were getting dimmer.

My arms felt heavy. My legs too. Everything getting harder to move.

Then something grabbed me.

A hand. Strong. Wrapping around my waist from behind.

Pulling. I fought it.

Arms wrapping fully around me now. Pulling me against a body I couldn't see.

And I saw him.

Kyle.

His face close to mine. Maybe six inches away. Close enough to see every detail even through water that should have blurred everything.

His hair floating around his head like dark seaweed. Moving in the water. Lifted by currents I couldn't feel. Creating a halo. A crown. Something that looked almost beautiful despite everything.

His hands found my face. Both of them. Cupping my cheeks. His palms warm even through cold water. His fingers spreading. Steadying me.

His eyes locked onto mine.

Then his mouth was on mine.

Not a kiss.

His lips pressed firmly against mine. Creating a seal. His hand coming up behind my head. Holding me there. Not letting me pull away.

Then air.

He was giving me breath.

Air filled my mouth. Filled the space between his lips and mine. Then down. Into my lungs.

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