Since Sebastian was from the Jadeson family, most of the soldiers there were waiting to see him embarrass himself back when he was sent to the military base
They had heard stories about him being unpredictable and hot-tempered. On top of that, he wouldn’t even listen to Jonathan, his grandfather.
Thus, a lot of them thought that he would only last a few days in this base.
However, three months had passed by then. He was only stubborn and rebellious during the first few days, but as time went by, he started carrying out his tasks mechanically like a robot.
He was always putting on a neutral expression as though nothing could ever trigger his emotions, which intimidated the rest of them.
At that moment, the crowd was holding their breath as they stared at the two of them on the training ground.
“Bring me that bag,” Sebastian finally said something. His expression grew a little awkward as he turned away from her.
The crowd was still watching them in silence.
Sasha understood what he meant, and she looked up at him with her bright clear eyes. “Sure. I’ll be right back.”
She then ran to the bench and grabbed his bag, which contained his towel and water bottle.
Meanwhile, Logan was watching the scene in a daze.
A couple of minutes later, the two of them finally walked out of the training ground. Sasha was already back to her cheery self as she followed him around.
On the other hand, Sebastian, who had not let anyone in this base get near to him for the past three months, remained emotionless in her presence.
“Seb, are you leaving already? The next test is at eleven. You can get some rest with Sasha until then.”
Logan walked up to them, smiling at the sight of them standing next to each other.
It turned out that Jonathan had arranged for the military to give Sebastian some tests during his time here so that he wouldn’t take his three months of training lightly.
However, Sebastian merely shot him a cold glare before walking away.
Sasha was stunned.
Seriously?
She said apologetically to Logan, “Commander Hamilton, I must apologize for his bad temper. He has always been like this. I hope you won’t take it to heart.”
Fortunately, Logan did not seem to mind at all. “It’s okay. We’re used to it already. Anyway, Sasha, you got here early today. Have you eaten your breakfast yet? Why don’t you grab something to eat while waiting?”
“What?” Sasha didn’t even realize that she was hungry until he mentioned it. “Would that be okay?”
“Sure. Just ask Seb to bring you to the cafeteria. Although we’re at a military base, we have food that tastes as good as those sold outside.”
He’s being way too enthusiastic. Why does it feel like he’s cheering for us?
A blush crept up Sasha’s cheeks at that thought. She then turned around and walked away.
Breakfast?
She would never dare to bring that up in front of Sebastian when he was already mad about her sudden arrival. In fact, she would be glad if he didn’t kick her out right away.
“Darling, do you want some water?”
She ran up to him while panting heavily. Not knowing what else to say, she took out the bottle of water from his bag.
“Nope.” Sebastian was still striding forward without any intention to stop.
Sasha could only put the bottle back in the bag dejectedly.
The weather that morning was great. Poplar trees were planted in rows at the military base, resembling soldiers standing guard. As the soldiers were training on the field, loud commands could be heard from time to time, which intimidated Sasha who had never seen anything like that.
“Who’s that girl? She’s so beautiful.”
“I know. It has been a while since we saw a girl in a white dress. She’s so different from our female comrades who are always in their uniforms.”
“My words exactly…”
Some soldiers, who were not in training, spotted Sasha walking past them, and their attentions were instantly fixed on her.
Meanwhile, Sasha didn’t hear what they said as she was busy catching up to the man walking ahead of her.
Right then, he suddenly stopped in his tracks. Being caught off guard, she crashed into his back.
“Darling, why did you suddenly stop?”
She covered her nose in pain, and her doe-like eyes turned watery as she looked up at him.
She seemed so fragile and pitiful, like a kitten.
Sebastian’s heart skipped a beat when he saw her like that.
“Why did I stop? You weren’t even keeping your eyes on the road when you were walking. What were you doing?” he grabbed her wrist as he gave her an earful.
