Chapter 66. The Ways of Water

Juzarh

Leiya POV

After the book incident, I had been weary of Lyle. I knew he was hiding something but I wasn't sure what. Whatever he was hiding, he was hiding it pretty well. He was clueless as to how I felt about him. Just as he was doing a perfect job keeping his secret, I was doing a perfect job at pretending.

“Leiya,” he called my attention away from the fantasy novel I was engrossed in.

“Yes Lyle?” I looked up, watching him walk towards where I sat.

“Do you know how to swim?”

His out of the blue question amused me. I closed the book to pay full attention to him.

“No I don't.”

“Great,” he gleefully threw his hands in the air.

”Another