Chapter 59: Jinx
Yera was checking herself out in the mirror. She was wearing her bikini because Xander would teach her how to swim in the indoor pool. She never cared about her appearance before, but now she was feeling self-conscious.
She let out a long deep breath and murmured relentlessly, "Tsk... Why did he have to say it..." Xander’s words kept on repeating in her head, ’I’m falling in love with you.’
He confessed his feelings for her a while ago, saying he was falling in love with her, but she didn’t respond... She remained silent... Why? Simply because she did not know what to say...
Thankfully, Xander changed the topic by asking what she was cooking.
"Is it even possible?" She muttered as she grabbed her towel. They only knew each other for several months, since the day that Bernard died. So, how could he fall in love with her already? But as she recalled how she and Bernard had also fallen for each other in a short span of time, she knew it was possible.
’What do you feel?’ Her inner self asked, but she still could not answer. She was happy to know that Xander loved her. Xander was a good man, so who would not be? But she did not feel ready for any commitments at that point.
She looked at her reflection in the mirror once more before she went out and headed to the pool, where Xander was already waiting. As expected, he greeted her with his usual charming smile, followed by a wave of his hand as he said, "Let’s start. The water is nice. It’s warm and relaxing."
Xander waited for her to climb down the pool’s stairs. Once she was inside the pool, Yera walked toward him and grabbed the hand that he offered. "Hmm, so basically you’ll have to learn how to float on the water first. Get comfortable with water, just like how you got comfortable with me. It’s not that hard, right? It’s an easy thing to do..." Xander explained with a wink as he led her toward the shallow end, where water would only reach Yera’s shoulder.
Yera could only shake her head from all the teasing Xander gave her. Well, he was right about one thing, though. It was indeed not hard to get comfortable with him, and in all honesty, she had already become rather chummy with Xander lately.