Marriage by Law

"River Side Rainbow?' I whispered to Darius. What a weird name.

"Welcome to the best reef exploration in your lifetime, ladies and gentlemen," he said, bowing down as we got into the boat. He lent out a hand and I grabbed it to hoist myself up. Nice work, Darius. Just leave your wife struggling to get in.

"Welcome, milady," he said, kissing my hand.

Gross. I wrinkled my nose and grabbed my hand back, wiping it on my pants.

"First stop, finding Nemo," he said, winking at me. I raised an eyebrow and sat down in the seat opposite Darius and looked out as we started cruising the blue water.

"There are some corals in there that are endangered," said George, the guide, as he stood beside me and Darius as we were looking into the water.

"Your hand will soon be endangered." I snarled and George took his hand away from around my shoulders. I swear this guide was a major pervert. George stepped back but still was in my private pentagon space and I glared at him. I looked back down to see the colourful fish.

If only I could go reef diving; that would be fun.

As if he read my mind, George grabbed diving suits from the box and held them up.

"Who's coming?" he asked just as Darius's phone rang. I looked over my shoulder as he answered it.

"Yea, no, I'll be on my way now."

To where?

"You both go. I'll join after I come back. I need to email something," he said, grabbing his jacket. I raised an eyebrow. An email? Seriously, can't it wait?

"It's fine. I'll come," I said.

"No, stay."

"With him? No, thank you." I said, wrinkling my nose.

"I'll be back in a half hour," said Darius, completely ignoring me. I stared as George let him onto the coast and I stayed on. Was he seriously leaving me?

"Guess it's only us two, babe," said George and I rolled my eyes, falling into my seat and slouching.

"Great."

"Seriously, stop!" I yelled, trying to move away.

"But you have to do a proper knot," whined George. I groaned and stomped my foot. Okay, maybe I was acting like a five-year-old but what part of I am bloody ticklish wasn't this guy getting?

"Fine," I snapped, turning around while he did up the knots at the back. We were going diving and he was trying to get the tank onto me but the bastard kept touching me everywhere and ended up tickling me.

"Okay, now stay close to me, okay?" said George, putting on his mask. I raised an eyebrow and sighed, walking up to the end. I can't believe Darius had just left me with this freak!

Who does that?

Of course my stupid hubby did! Did I just call him hubby? Oh god. George showed me how to snorkel. The idiot thought I couldn't. Well, I couldn't, but still. I followed him into the surprisingly warm water. I had worn the diving suit over my clothes. There was no way I was changing in front of him like he did.

I nearly threw up at his stupid pick up lines. I momentarily forgot about him because the view down here was amazing! There were all colours and shapes of fishes floating around and corals everywhere.

I swam toward the beautiful clown fish that reminded me of Finding Nemo. There was a whole school of them swimming around. I reached out with my hand and they swam around it before returning to their formation. A hand came beside mine doing the same thing and I glared at George. Get your own school of fish.

I swam around toward the rocks and corals on the shallow floor. I can see the floor deepen at certain areas. The bank of this reef was definitely not stable.

There was a dark green eel that swam to the deeper end and looked amazingly slippery. Probably was, too.

I felt an arm around my waist and turned around ready to kick the bastard when he pointed to the other side. I moved away and shot him a glare, not sure if he could see it. A simple tap on the shoulder would have been fine. I followed behind him as he led the way to more beautiful fauna and flora down in the reef.

I didn't know how long we were down here but it felt like ages, especially with the light darkening. I finally called it an end and swam back up toward the boat. I hauled myself in feeling tired and drained and looking at the sky. It was already sunset.

My stomach grumbled and I realised how hungry I was. I can't even remember the last time I had something to eat. I took off my flippers and mask and tank and fell back on the deck breathing the fresh air and enjoying the salty sea breeze.

I felt a shadow fall upon me and I opened my eyes to see George. He had already changed into just a pair of shorts and I rolled my eyes. Show off.

"What?" I asked, standing up and pulling off the diving suit. I was so glad I still had my clothes on underneath and surprisingly they were still dry, just a bit damp. I pulled out my wet hair out of the ponytail and yawned. Boy, was I hungry.

"You know, you're really pretty," he said.

"So what?" I asked.

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