The punishment was to run ten laps on the sports ground.
Adam was running with her. Although they didn't talk to each other, his scent lingered in her nose. Their eyes met occasionally, and she didn't feel tired at all. Before she knew it, the ten laps were finished.
After crossing the finishing line, Although Anthea panted heavily, it wasn't something that she couldn't stand.
Adam took out a bottle of water out of the blue. He unscrewed it and put the lid back on before handing it to her. "You've just finished running, so don't drink water right away. After you adjust your breath, drink in small sips, otherwise, it'll be a burden to your lungs."
"Okay!" Anthea took over the bottle.
"Are you tired?"
"No! What about you?"
"I'm not tired either." The corner of Adam's lips curled up slightly.
For him, running laps like this was a piece of cake. In the army, people had to carry burdens when they ran, which was a hundred times more difficult than this.
Anthea looked around, but she couldn't throw herself into his arms in broad daylight. She just blinked her eyes and looked at him tenderly. "You've been running with me the entire time, and I don't feel that this is a punishment at all. It's a reward! With you, I don't feel tired at all!"
"I know." Adam's eyes flickered.
Anthea was filled with happiness. "You're so great."
Carter, who was behind him, was speechless.
Having run nine laps with them, he was automatically ignored again!
Adam turned around and patted him on his shoulder, acknowledging his work as a cover story.
Anthea finally shifted her gaze away from Adam. She smiled and said hello, "Carter, you've also been transferred back!"
Carter, who was already used to being treated as a background, immediately put on a big smile. "That's right, sister-in-law!"
Although Carter had changed his way of addressing her when they were in the disaster area, every time Anthea heard this title, she still felt a little shy. Her face, which had turned red because of the intense exercise, blushed even more.
In the afternoon sunshine, she stood against the light. There was a blurry layer of light surrounding
her, making her look like a newly bloomed lotus.
Her blush added a touch of beauty to her, which made one's heart skip a beat.
All of a sudden, Adam felt possessive and didn't want anyone else to watch her. He cleared his throat and said, "Anthea, wait for me at the back of the faculty building. I'll meet you after I grab some lunch from the canteen."
"Yes!" Anthea nodded meekly.
Adam glanced at Carter. "Your job is done here. You can leave now."
Carter was speechless.
That was so ungrateful!
The lunch break lasted for nearly three hours. When it was almost two o'clock, Anthea returned to the dormitory.
She had just been punished to run laps at noon. With the increased exercise, her clothes were soaked with sweat. During military training, she only had one set of camouflage uniforms, which she could only wait to wash at night, but she could change her tank top into a clean one.
Anthea had changed her clothes when Lorelei climbed down from her bed and walked to Anthea with hesitation.
When the dean came to punish Anthea in public,
Anthea suddenly smiled, showing her two shallow dimples. She deliberately tried to annoy Shelby and said, "I'll go thank Chief Instructor Chin for his water!"
The smile on Shelby's face froze.
Almost the next second, she sprang up from the chair and quickly chased Anthea out of the dormitory. However, she saw that Anthea didn't go downstairs but turned around and went to the bathroom.
When Shelby found out that she had been fooled, she became even more furious!
At eight o'clock in the morning, all the students gathered on the sports ground.
There was no morning exercise today, which was a rare occasion. After breakfast, under the guidance of the instructors, they got on the bus parked at the school gate.
Five SUVs with military license plates led the way ahead, followed by more than 20 buses. The mighty motorcade shuttled through the streets for an hour and a half and a half before arriving at the foot of the mountain at the border of the neighboring county.
The vehicles continued to go up the hill along the national highway.
The dense trees on both sides almost blocked the sunlight. Without opening the windows, they seemed to smell the fresh scent of nature.
Anthea pulled her hat down below her eyebrows. Hugging her shoulders, she felt sleepy as the bus swayed.
They weren't going to be trained in sports ground at school today but in the wild. The specific content was still unknown, but one thing was clear: the instructors didn't see them as students. Instead, they were training them as if they were new recruits in the army. It seemed that the university had spent a lot of effort on this military training.
Anthea yawned.
At this time, her phone vibrated, and she lazily took it out.
When she saw the name "Adam" on the screen, her eyes lit up.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Purchased A Mr. Right
Hate deception and Abby and Dylan take the cake ,ugh...
NO!!! Tina belongs with Wilson…. Let Dylan and Abby get together...
Wow, once again the villain messes up the true love, Abby needs to go back abroad. And Tina’s true identity as the daughter of Bill Ambrey needs to be exposed! Then the families can “convenience marry” !! Abby is a witch....
Too bad Wilson can’t figure out that his and Tina’s ex’s and his cousin Desmond are conniving creeps!...
Anthea is so stupid, lying and leaving the man who loves her more than life itself. 🤬...
She deserves to be unhappy, being with someone she doesn’t love because of resentment for the exact thing she is doing, hopefully she ends up with no one. Calvin is a wimp and doesn’t love her, just wants a wife to please his family....
So the same basic story as Simon and Addy but stupid Emily is going to marry him! What a hypocrite! Ugh...
Emily gets more stupid every chapter, when did she pickup Calvin as a fiancé!!?? This story line is awful….very sad to do to Simon what she “thought” he had done but didn’t. She is truly a dumb woman. Simon never loved or really even cared for Addy….what the hell is she doing with someone she doesn’t even know or like/love. Awful 😢...
Emily is a fool, don’t let go of the man who truly loves you. Let go of the past, of which he did nothing but help someone who saved his life, and be happy with him… he is your soulmate....
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face Emily. Just stupid! Ugh 😩...