Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 186

Four days later, at the 8th Air Force Battalion,

Eileen just wrapped up a grueling training session and was planning to hit the mess hall with her buddies.

Suddenly, one of the crew members stopped her and said, “Ms. Lopez, can you come over here for a sec?*

Eileen walked over, looking puzzled.

Away from the camera, the crew member told her, “There’s a procurement task that’s been assigned to you.”

Eileen froze, ‘Procurement?”

He explained, “It’s military procurement. You’ll accompany the buyer this afternoon and return by tomorrow evening.”

Eileen furrowed her brows, “Isn’t this a job for the Logistics Department? Why do I need to go? Plus, doesn’t procurement mean leaving the camp? We’re not supposed to leave, right?”

The crew member shrugged, “I don’t really know the details. It’s the director’s decision. If you’ve got issues, you should take it up with him.”

Eileen glanced around, asking, “Where’s the director?”

The crew member pointed, “In the lounge, about twenty minutes from here.”

Twenty minutes? Wouldn’t that mess up her dinner time?

Eileen frowned, then finally said, “Whatever, I’ll go with the flow, I’ll follow orders.”

The crew member breathed a sigh of relief.

Eileen didn’t say anything else and headed straight for the mess hall.

After Eileen left, the director came out from a corner, looking helpless.

The crew member looked puzzled, “Mister, if you didn’t want Ms. Lopez to leave, why didn’t you just refuse the higher-ups?”

The director snapped, “If I could have refused, I would have already done so.”

Silent Wing had scored some points!

The higher-ups were bending over backward to meet his requests.

When Silent Wing suggested that Eileen should get a day and a half off, the leaders immediately issued an order to arrange it.

The director had no choice but to console himself. Giving her some time off was a good thing. Seeing less of Eileen for a couple of days would save his hair from falling out.

The news that Eileen was going on a procurement trip with the buyer made the other seven guests green with envy.

They were all undergoing rigorous training daily. The chance to leave the camp for a day felt like Christmas.

That afternoon, Eileen left in the buyer’s car.

But something felt off – there was no camera.

Two hours later, they arrived downtown.

The car pulled up in a secluded alley.

The buyer handed Eileen a bag, “We’ll meet back here at eight tomorrow night. I’ll come pick you up. There’s a mask and some clothes in the bag. You can change in the public restroom over there.”

the bag, completely

out, we can’t

in the dark and hustled out of the car.

car

Eileen was stunned.

for a while, then it hit her. Her military uniform was too conspicuous,

and wearing a mask, stood at the restroom entrance. She didn’t recognize anyone around

black car pulled up in front of her.

curiously looked at

driver’s window rolled down, revealing a familiar

It was Egbert.

Eileen was in

occasionally sneak glances at Egbert Reed, but whenever she saw him looking, she would quickly look away, pretending she

car moved at a steady

a while, Eileen finally asked,

at her, a warm smile in his eyes, “It’s three in the afternoon. Do you fancy some

course, was

did you know I would

merely smiled and didn’t answer.

stared at him seriously, finding

you want to eat

could only say, “I

chuckled, “What would you like?”

Fish! And lobster

with

sighed, then said, “Alright, we’ll have barbecue now, seafood for dinner, and

agreed,

arrived

food quickly arrived at their private room, and Eileen started wolfing down as soon as she

busy grilling meat for Eileen and refilling her drinks.

eating

saw Egbert’s face.

Egbert

changed his profile photo to match hers, saying it was

felt a bit

reason, she started eating

also started acting a bit more

an hour, she put down her fork

tea indeed couldn’t be too heavy.

he put down his utensils and

a fruit

fruit platter was

piece of watermelon, then another.

some dragonfruit and an

she started on the

grilled beef and

the remaining chicken wings and

ribs, a plate of ham slices, and a

she finished the pizza, Eileen

reached for the remaining

Egbert was dumbfounded.

they left the barbecue