My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 878

I changed into the swimsuit and walked out of the locker room and found him waiting for me at the rest area. When he saw me, he couldn't help but look stunned.

With a glance at me, he said, "It's a great pleasure to see how good this outfit looks on you."

"Thank you!" It was my first time wearing a blue swimsuit.

He smiled and motioned to me, "Can you swim?"

I shook my head. Hendrix had taken me swimming a few times in the open-air swimming pool in the villa in Jarold City, but I basically walked underwater while holding onto the armrest by the pool. The pool was 1.5 meters deep, so I was able to stand in the pool and support myself by clinging onto the side of the pool.

If I left the armrest, I would need some time to learn how to swim on my own.

"I don't mind being a teacher today!" He said as he reached out his hand to me.

His remark caught me off guard. I looked at the swimming pool and found that the water was shallow. Most of whom were in the pool were children while a few adults sat by the poolside, watching over the kids "They are all children. Isn't it inappropriate for us to go into the pool?" I said.

He smiled and said, "It's great that there are kids around. Since they don't know how to swim either, you won't feel as pressured when learning how to swim."

What he said was right. If everyone knew how to swim, it would be embarrassing for me to be learning to swim alone in the pool.

Most of the children weren't capable swimmers just yet, so they all had floaties on them as they learned how to keep themselves afloat.

After thinking for a while, I said, "I'll swim by myself!"

Now that I was there, I wanted to have a good time.

He smiled, but he didn't try to force me to do anything I didn't want to.

I took a floatie and went into the water. The water was about 1.2 meters deep, so it was quite shallow and looked to be possible for me to swim by myself.

It was just that I was like a parched duck in the water. To me, even shallow water was something I had reason to be fearful of.

A child stuck his head out of the water, looked up at me and said with a smile, "Miss, can't you swim?"

I shook my head and smiled, "I'm learning how to!"

The little boy looked at me and said in a serious manner, "Miss, you can't swim if you learn like this."

I was speechless.

He sighed softly and said, "I'll teach you!"

It seemed that he was around ten years old, and I couldn't help laughing, "You'd better not call me Miss, just call me Madam!"

He shook his head and said, "Mom said that every time I meet a beautiful girl, I should call her 'Miss'."

I smiled in surprise.

It was not easy to learn how to swim. The little fellow kept asking me to be brave, but I just couldn't bring myself to let go of the side of the pool that I was holding on to for dear life.

After a long time, the little fellow said almost defeatedly, "Miss, you won't be able to learn this way. I was also scared to get into the water when I was younger, but my mom threw me into the water, and I managed to learn to swim after a bit of struggling. The water is very shallow, so you don't have to worry."

Being encouraged and persuaded so patiently by a little kid made me feel somewhat embarrassed. I nodded and tried to let go of the side of the pool once more.

When I leaned downwards, I could feel my feet floating in the water, and I was terrified.

"Miss, don't be afraid. Slide your hands back and kick your feet." The little fellow told me.

I dog- paddled in the water for some time and stopped feeling embarrassed about holding onto the side of the pool, but it was a little difficult to continue swimming like this since I was not used to it.

Suddenly, I felt someone holding my waist, and it was obviously the hands of an adult. I looked back in surprise, but my sudden movement caused me to lose balance. Nervousness set in and I started choking on water.

I fell into a coughing fit.

It took me a second to relieve myself of the panic. Fortunately, someone was there the whole time to help me up.