Mark looked at the two pictures and smiled happily. “Everybody’s here; all of them are here…”

However, Nathan was staring at another picture in a daze—it was a picture of Mark and a young man. That man in the picture was the same man in the car outside the military compound—his name was Cooper Mitchell.

Sophia came to the military compound and lived a life like a retiree. Waking up at 6:30 AM every day, she went jogging and exercising with Old Master Fletcher. The old man might have been a hundred years old, but his body was still strong and healthy. Moreover, he insisted on working out his body. Hence, he went jogging every day. After jogging with a bunch of old men, she had her breakfast. Then, she carried a bottle of wolfberry water with her while playing chess with Old Master Fletcher. Either that or she would accompany the old man out for a walk and practice Tai Chi.

On the second day since her arrival, she ran into Joel when she went out to buy some snacks at night. He was the one person she had been trying to avoid.

“Sophia, you’re here.” Joel, who was wearing a green military coat, appeared out of nowhere from a dark corner. His sudden appearance caused her to jump in fright. Stopping in her tracks, she gripped the big bag of snacks in her hand and smiled awkwardly. “Yeah, I arrived yesterday.”

After the ball at the Edwards Residence previously, she had not dared to face him again. Moreover, she had blocked both his phone number and his Messenger account. When she came to visit Old Master Fletcher at the military compound, she had been afraid of running into him. Alas, they met anyway.

In the darkness of the night, she could not see his eyes clearly. They seemed like two pools of water at the bottom of an old, abandoned well at night. She couldn’t tell the depth or temperature of his gaze—all she could see were two black pits.

He stepped forward. His army boots had left a trail of footprints in the snow. When she saw the spot where he had been standing, she noticed many footprints in the surrounding area. It was obvious that he had been waiting there for a while now. As he approached her, she responded by retreating backward, step for step.

Joel and Michael were very different. Although Michael used to be in the army, he had spent many years in the entertainment circles. Therefore, he had learned to control the military aura that he had around him—he could release it or withdraw it as he wished. However, Joel could not hold his aura back. He was somebody who had killed in battle before. Thus, he carried a bleak and chilling air around him that came from leaving a pile of bodies in his wake on the battlefield. It left a fangirl like Sophia shivering in fear in his presence.

fixed his gaze on Sophia.

 

aura and the freezing winter wind, she was trembling uncontrollably. Upon hearing his

not continue approaching. Instead, he asked calmly, “Is he troubling

the ‘he’ he was referring to was

“Am

came over to visit, it would be bad if she couldn’t get along with Joel. Therefore, she organized her thoughts in her head and mustered up her courage to look at the man standing one head taller

slowly. The intensity of this man’s aura was simply too powerful. He was a man who could restrain an

for her to finish before saying, “So, that’s the reason why you

aura around him grew

of was escaping. Forcing a laugh, she said, “Blocked your

the cowering girl in front of him. Her slightly lowered face was flushed and she seemed to exude an alluring scent like no other, arousing the destructive possessive desire within him. He didn’t know if it was because she was Michael’s woman or some other reason, but his possessive desire was stronger than it had ever been before. Hence, he

scared that the bag of snacks in her hand fell to the ground and was

should know this.” Forcing her into a corner, he continued in a

go of… She had

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