Chapter 94: Good as a Dolphin

Trista’s POV

Belle, Billy, and I strolled through the onboard botanical gardens, ice cream in hand.

“Look, Mamma,” Belle said, “a flutterby!”

“Butterfly,” I corrected her. They both giggled as it landed on a flower right in front of them.

The garden was in an atrium, and it boasted a wide variety of butterflies. Strolling through the garden was a lovely way to spend the afternoon. Hazel was with Lucian. He’d offered to give us both swimming lessons, but I politely declined. Billy and Belle (Belle especially) had had enough water escapades for one day. They’d been bugging me to see the butterfly house, (as they called it), so I told Lucian and Hazel that I needed to be with the kids.

Lucian had wasted no time in getting Hazel in the water. We walked by them on our way to the atrium. They were in the rooftop pool. He was holding her around her waist, quite tightly I might add, while she frantically kicked her feet.

I think his offer of swimming lessons was really just an excuse to get