Sinful Mates 1-3 novel Chapter 29

　　Going outside, I sit on the wooden chair next to the stairs. After a few minutes Theo and Tobias walk out. Theo has a bag on his back, he sits on the steps and puts on a pair of hiking boots. Tobias does the same. “So where are we going?” I ask. I really hope not hiking, me and hiking don’t mix, and I don’t even have shoes only heels which I am not wearing.

　　“You will see when we get there, come here,” Tobias says holding his hand out to me.

　　“No, you just dropped me off the second floor, I am not going near you” I cross my arms defiantly.

　　“I can take her,” Theo says trying to break up our standoff.

　　“No, she can come with me,” he says. Theo shrugs and Tobias holds out his hand expectantly.

　　“Now Imogen,” I hate when he says my name like that, sounds like he is scolding a child.

　　I shuffle closer but refuse to take his hand. Tobias grabs me around the waist, forcing my legs around his hips. “You’re going to want to hang on,” he says and starts running. I hear him laugh when my arms quickly wrap around his neck. Tobias skin is warm and stops the chill from the wind, I close my eyes, so I don’t get dizzy, but the motion of him running doesn’t help as my stomach does backflips.

　　After a few minutes we have stopped, but Tobias doesn’t put me down. I look around and see that we are beside some river edge. Tobias walks along the river before stopping. I turn to look and see that we are on the edge of the small cliff; I look down and see a waterfall next to us and lagoon looking area below. Looking ahead, all I see are trees for kilometres they almost look like they never end. “Ready?” asks Tobias. I stare at him confused.

　　“Ready for what?” But instead of answering, he jumps. I squeal and clutch tighter to Tobias. I can hear him laughing before I feel water rushing past me and as we are plunged into the water. Tobias lets go as soon as we go under, and I frantically swim upwards to the surface. Once I catch my breath, I look around. The drop wasn’t as big as it looked from up the top. Tobias surfaces next to me, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me to him. I don’t argue and let him.

　　“Where is Theo?” Tobias points to the top and I watch Theo drop the bag off the edge over the cliff, it lands on the dirt just outside of the water. Theo then dives off the top landing in the water. I look around for him, but he doesn’t surface. Then I am tugged under water by my feet, slipping out of Tobias arms as I am dragged underneath the water. I make my way back to surface to see Theo smiling at me.

　　I dunk his head back under the water before swimming away. “You like it?” Theo calls out when he resurfaces.

　　“It’s beautiful here,” I call back before floating on my back, looking up at the sky which can only just be seen through all the tree’s that make a sort of canopy above the lagoon. Tobias and Theo swim over to where I’m floating.

　　“It’s peaceful here,” Tobias says.

　　“of course, it is, we are in the middle of nowhere,” I tell him.

　　“Not true, we are only half an hour out of the city.” I stand up and look at him.