Wyatt smiled as he watched them interact. Maggie hesitantly stepped close to the edge of the pool again, teetering as she balanced on the balls of her feet.
“You ready?” Lily asked. “You count, okay? Jump on three.”
Maggie nodded, then slowly began her count. “One, two, fwee!”
To Wyatt's surprise, Maggie jumped out toward Lily on the count of three. Lily caught her as soon as she hit the water. Immediately, Maggie's eyes lit up and she squealed in laughter.
“Again! Again!” she shouted.
Oh, my God, Wyatt said, standing in awe. I've been trying to get Maggie to let me catch her in the water like that for months and I haven't had any luck at all. Did I really just see that happen? That's incredible.
“Okay, one more time and then we have to get ready for the fair,” Lily said. “Your dad will be home any minute and we want to make sure you're all dressed up.”
“I get to be a pirate today!” Maggie said, as Lily helped her to climb the ladder out of the pool.
Wyatt's attention went back to Lily. He watched as she took a few steps onto the ladder in order to assist Maggie. Lily's lower half broke the surface of the water, giving him an even better view of her backside.
It's not even fair, he thought, shaking his head. She's perfect.
In Wyatt's mind, Lily's ass was a work of art. It was nicer to look at than anything Leonardo da Vinci had ever painted, at least that was what he thought. He could have stared at it all day if it wasn't for the nagging guilt in the back of his mind. It was the same guilt that haunted him any time he thought about anything sexual with another woman.
I can admire Lily, though, right? Wyatt asked himself. I mean, I'm just looking. What straight male in their right mind wouldn't check her out, especially when she's in your backyard playing in your swimming pool?
His eyes didn't budge. They just stayed right on Lily's body until she slipped back down into the water. He watched Maggie jump off of the edge again into Lily's arms, this time without any hesitation whatsoever. It was like she was fearless now, at least as long as Lily was in the water with her.
“Amazing,” Wyatt said softly.
He glanced at his watch to see that it was almost one in the afternoon now. If they were to have any time to spend at the fair, they needed to leave the house sooner rather than later.
Wyatt cleared his throat and stepped off of the patio, finally making his presence known to Lily and Maggie.
“There you guys are!” he shouted, as he walked toward them.
Lily was now giving Maggie a piggyback ride in the water and she turned as soon as she noticed Wyatt.
“Oh, hey!” Lily said. “We were just taking a quick swim. I wasn't too sure when you'd be getting back from work and I didn't want to waste a second of this amazing weather.”
“Just walked in the door.” Wyatt lied, but it was just a little white lie. He obviously didn't want Lily to know that he had spent the last five minutes staring at her ass.
“Daddy, you want to see what I can do?” Maggie asked.
“Yes, of course.” Wyatt walked over to the edge of the pool across from them and sat down, dipping his bare feet into the water.
Lily helped Maggie out of the pool again.
“Count to fwee, Daddy,” Maggie said, positioning herself so that she could jump in. “Aunt Wiwee will catch me.”
Wyatt chuckled. “Alright. One, two, three!”
On the third count, Maggie did her jump. As soon as Lily caught her, she started giggling and smiling. Wyatt clapped proudly.
“Maggie, that was awesome!” he said. “You're so brave!”
“I'm not scared of water any more,” Maggie said. “Aunt Wiwee is the best-est”
Lily spun around and carried Maggie across the water toward her dad.
“She is most definitely the best-est,” Wyatt said, smirking as he lifted Maggie off of Lily's shoulders and set her down on the concrete beside him.