Chapter 1296


    Celeste turned her head and saw Mason not far away, chuckling at her in the water.


    He was wearing a short–sleeved swimsuit, showing off the scars on his arms without any inhibitions.


    No more hiding them under long sleeves like before.


    Celeste was pretty shocked by this change. She always thought Mason’s past life was way too uptight.


    It must’ve taken a hell of a lot of guts to change like this


    Always generous withpliments, she gave him a thumbs up, wholeheartedly praising him. “Mr.


    Fletcher, you’re looking quite dashing today!”


    Mason paused slightly, seeming a bit shy. He lowered his head, his eyshes fluttering gently, his ears


    tinged a faint pink.


    Liam’s eye twitched. He pushed Celeste’s thumb back into the water. 1 haven’t even learned yet!”


    Celeste said, “If you never learn to breathe properly, you’ll never get it.”


    Liam pouted, “Water in the ears is ufortable.”


    “Then you better get used to it, Celeste let go, “Just float around with your mingo.”


    With that, she dove into the water and swam a few meters away. She popped her head out, looked


    back at Liam with a smile, then mouthed a few words before diving back in again.


    Mason nced at Liam, who was in a rather sour mood. His gazended on the mingo Liam was


    clinging to. “Quite a nice bird,” he remarked.


    Then he swam off to follow Celeste.


    Liam fell silent.


    Looking at the pink mingo in his hand, Liam suddenly had the urge to strangle it!


    Celeste swam really well, easily switching between freestyle, breaststroke, and backstroke, and she


    was quite fast too.


    Mason maintained a respectful distance behind her all along.


    After twops, Celeste finally stopped.


    Swimming after so long was really tiring. She would’ve given up after the firstp if it weren’t for Mason


    tagging along behind her.


    She held onto the edge of the pool, panting and catching her breath. When she turned her head,


    Mason looked as if it was all a piece of cake. He was even giving her pointers, “Don’t breathe with your


    mouth. Inhale and exhale slowly Those twops felt like a walk in the park for him.


    After a while, Celeste’s breathing became slightly steadier. She eximed, “Mr. Fletcher, you sure have


    some stamina!”


    Mason chuckled, “I used to participate in marathon swimming when I was abroad. Practiced for a long


    time. Guess it’s muscle memory.”


    Turned out he was a pro.


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    Celeste retorted, “I saw on your profile at thew firm that you also do skydiving and scuba diving.


    Aren’t you prone to headaches? Is it okay to do these extreme sports?”


    Mason replied, “It hurts a bit when I’m doing sports, but I can handle it. Plus, the exhration after


    exercising just makes me ignore all that. It’s a great stress reliever


    Liam agreed with this point


    Exercising was also his go–to stress relief method.


    Thinking of this. Celeste asked, “Mr. Fletcher, you and Liam grew up together. Has he always been


    afraid of water?”


    Mason paused, “Didn’t Liam tell you?”


    “Tell me what?”


    “He nearly drowned when he was a kid”


    Celeste was taken aback


    Liam never mentioned this before. But maybe it was because she never asked


    Liam was a reserved person. If you didn’t ask, he definitely wouldn’t bring it up.


    Thinking of this, Celeste asked, “How did he drown?”


    Liam was the little prince of the Reed family. His grandma spoiled him rotten, and he still managed to


    drown. Celeste found it quite odd.