Chapter 179
This was the second time Egbert had said It.
He confessed his feelings to her on Valentine’s day, telling her he liked her.
Eileen blinked, looking down at her own hand.
Her hand, still in Egbert’s grip, he was bandaging it.
Eileen was somewhat worried, afraid that she would say something Egbert didn’t want to hear,
He might give her hand a hard twist, like he did to that old vet.
The Training Officer’s Office suddenly fell quiet.
Eileen carefully tried to pull her hand back.
But Egbert gripped harder, holding onto her wrist, Eileen froze instantly.
Egbert frowned, said in a deep voice, “Say something.”
Startled, Eileen looked up at him, “What should I say?”
Seeing her frightened eyes, Egbert softened his expression, “Tell me how you feel. Is it so hard to feet
that I like you?”
Eileen hesitated for a moment, then began, “Actually…”
“Hold on.” Egbert suddenly interrupted her.
Eileen always disappointed Egbert, so he felt he needed to brace himself.
“Don’t say something I don’t want to hear.”
Eileen was speechless.
Eileen sighed, looking at Egbert, she sincerely said, “Egbert, I like you too, but the way I like you… it’s
not as a lover.”
Egbert’s brows tightened.
Eileen lightly pursed her lips, continuing, “This is an emotional projection. You just got out of a
rtionship, you’re feeling empty… don’t re at me… think about it, we’ve only known each other for
a few months, how can our feelings be that deep, right?”
At this point, Eileen dared not look at Egbert’s face.
He looked furious, as if he wanted to eat her alive.
But that’s the truth.
In her past life, it took her ten years to get to know Hubery.
But what did she get in the end?
A tragic ending with nothing left of her.
Wasn’t Hubery good to her then?
Compared to how Egbert treats her now, Hubery treated her even better.
Every time she was upset, frustrated, or driven to the brink of madness by Sarah and Hedy,
Hubery was there for her.
When she was sulking in the yard, Hubery would stand on the porch, watching her silhouette, all night
long.
When she had a fight with Hedy and ran out of the house, Hubery would stay up all night, driving
around the streets outside her house, looking for her until dawn.
Back then, Hubery was practically her savior.
He was the only light in her dark life.
The reason she didn’t go with NightKing was also because of Hubery.
But what was the result?
Hubery deceived her, betrayed her, manipted her, used her, and ultimately destroyed her with his
false tenderness wrapped in sweetness and consideration.
If she could misjudge a man she had known for ten years,
How could she trust Egbert, whom she’s only known for a few months?
Of course, she understood that Egbert was different from other men.
But didn’t she also think that Hubery was different from other men back then?
She admitted that she thought Egbert was a good man, in every respect.
But after her rebirth, she never considered falling in love.
Besides, she didn’t think Egbert was sincere.
He confessed his feelings to her just after he broke up?
If it were anyone else, she might have cursed at him!
But these thoughts, Eileen couldn’t express them.
She looked at Egbert again, finding him still staring at her.
She didn’t know how long he intended to keep staring.
Eileen cautiously asked, “Can you let go of me now?”
Egbert stared into her eyes for a long time. Finally, he let go of her.
Eileen breathed a sigh of relief, tucking her hands behind her back.
She immediately got up, quickly saying, “I have to go now!”
With that, she was about to leave.
But his voice echoed coldly behind her, “Stop.”
Eileen stopped, turned around, looking at Egbert uneasily.
Egbert looked into her eyes, very seriously saying, “First, I’m not empty inside.”
Eileen didn’t say anything.
“Second, how deep my feelings for you are, it’s not for you to judge, it’s for me.”
Eileen still said nothing.
“Third, we’ve known each other for quite a while, our rtionship is deeper than you think.”
Eileen didn’t quite understand, her mouth opened.
But Egbert didn’t give her a chance to speak, he continued, “Fourth.”
He walked over to her, and stood in front of her.
His eyes were deep, and because of some excited emotions, they seemed especially profound.
“Fourth.” His voice softened, “You’re scared, aren’t you?”
Eileen was taken aback, she frowned.
Egbert reached out, gently touching her cheek, softly saying, “I don’t know what you’re scared of, but
you need to understand one thing…”
His voice became heavier, “I don’t want to wait anymore. I’m going to officially pursue you, Eileen.
Prepare yourself.”
Eileen looked at Egbert in surprise, unable to react for a moment.
What was he saying?
Egbert looked down at Eileen, asking, “Now, do you have anything else you want to say?”
Eileen was a bit confused, she stared at Egbert for a while.
In the end, she shook her head, “No.”
After running out of the Training Officer’s Office, Eileen went downstairs, couldn’t help but look back up
at the third floor.
From her angle, she couldn’t see inside the Training Officer’s Office, only the half-drawn curtain.
Biting her lip, Eileen sighed, turned around again, and ran towards the dorm.
The shootingpetition was rescheduled for three dayster.
And that night, because of the brawl involving the entire toon, everyone involved had to write a
2000-word reflection.
Eileen sat at the dorm desk, pen in her mouth, she only wrote “Dear Leaders,” and didn’t know what to
write next.
Across the way, Edna and the other two roommates were writing so fast it almost seemed like they
were copying something down. In no time, they’d finished the 2000-word assignment.
This left Eileen stunned.
After a while, Edna and Patti went to hand in their self-critiques, while Jaqueline stayed behind, still
correcting her spelling errors.
Suddenly, the dormitory fell silent, with only Eileen and Jaqueline left.
At this point, Eileen stood up.
Five minutester, ine walked in from outside to the sound of someone crying.
She walked in and saw, not surprisingly, it was Jaqueline crying again,
Jaqueline had a bandage tied around her leg and was sitting on a stool, crying and writing her self-
critique.
Eileen was standing behind her, holding aundry stick, circling Jaqueline every now and then, and
kept warning her, “Write properly, be serious about it, use my tone, 2000 words, not one less, got it!”
Jaqueline was on the verge of passing out from crying, angrily she said, “Once I get out of here, I’m
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Then ine saw her aunt, like a bully, with theundry stick over her shoulder, smirking and saying,
“Good, I’ll be waiting!”
The whole scene was too intense.
ine was silent for a moment, then said, “Auntie Eileen, can you step outside for a moment?”
Eileen hit the table with theundry stick, causing Jaqueline to flinch, then followed ine outside and
asked, “What’s up?”
ine said, “Mr. Reed is leaving the camp, do you know why?”
Elleen was taken aback, surprised, “He’s leaving?”
ine said, “Yes, he’s leaving first thing tomorrow, seems like something happened, do you know what
it is?”
Eileen didn’t know.
But she was silent for a while, then suddenly snickered and confidently said, “He’s probably just trying
to tease me.”
ine was taken aback, “What?”
Eileen shook her head, with a domineering CEO-like expression, she muttered to herself, mimicking
ssic lines from romance novels, “Woman, you’ve sessfully caught my attention, advise you to
stop tempting me”
ine was very confused.