#Chapter 81: Lifeguard On Duty

Liam’s POV A loud splash interrupted me mid-sentence. I didn’t think anything of it at first. After all, this was a pool party, and there were already swimmers in the pool. One of them might have just done a cannon ball. Yet, as if on instinct, my eyes were drawn to the place Aria had been standing. She was gone, with Sophia in her place, looking smug as hell. That sight was what finally had me turning to look into the pool. There, Aria was struggling beneath the surface of the water. How did she get there? Did she jump? No, I already knew what had happened, just from looking at Sophia’s face. Sophia had pushed her. And Aria was now still under the water. It didn’t make sense. Aria was never the world’s strongest swimmer, but she could surely swim to the surface of the water in a pool. Yet she seemed to be having trouble doing so now. Was it her long skirt weighing her down? Was it tangled around her legs, keeping her from kicking to bring herself to safety? I didn