When I Was A Wallflower

Chapter 269

her. The shyness in his smile gradually faded away and was replaced by tenderness. His eyes were smiling too, and he looked like a young man who was new to adulthood.“I was waiting for you,” Amelie answered. Blake had already taken off his ice skates and performance clothes and was now wearing a pure white and clean suit, making him look even more flawless.“Congratulations, you’ve won another important gold medal.”Despite the competition still being ongoing, his score was already significantly high, for he had executed advanced moves that no one had ever attempted before. The score was seemingly predetermined. Blake appeared relaxed as if the event was just another ordinary training session and not a world-class competition. He softly thanked Amelie, “I owe it all to you. Without your encouragement, I might have settled for a mediocre life in some obscure corner of the world. I might have pursued other endeavors, but figure skating would not have been one of them.” Amelie felt a little sheepish as she ran her hand through her hair, reminiscing on how she awkwardly persuaded Blakey to take up figure skating. At the time, Blakey lacked any motivation to learn the sport, and no matter what approach she took, he wouldn’t budge. So, she proposed a bet to him. She promised that if she could execute the most challenging move at the time, he would have to return and learn figure skating again. This move was so complicated that even professional figure skaters struggled with it. Blake assumed that she would fail and thus would give up pestering him, so he accepted the bet. It was true that Amelie failed to execute the move, but she practiced tirelessly for seven days, focusing solely on that one move. It was a jumping move, and she, a beginner who could barely stand on ice skates, had no fear of skating up a slope and making a jump while spinning in the air. She fell every time, but she persevered.Blake watched the stubborn girl who was half a head shorter than him, feeling warm inside. Despite that, he was also concerned when he saw her jumping repeatedly. Every time she landed with a thud, it struck his heart hard. At the time, what he thought about the most was that he hoped she couldn’t take it anymore and would leave. But in the end, she didn’t leave. She persisted for seven days, only asking him to watch her. She jumped for seven days, and he watched for seven days straight. His heart thumped for seven days and ached for seven days, which was a new experience for him since he had no family to experience any bonding with.Ever since his only grandmother passed away, there was nobody in the world who worried about him, and he also didn’t have to worry about anyone else. He realized that worrying about someone else was more powerful than worrying about oneself. Even though he attempted to resist, Amelie did not give him a chance, and on the seventh day, he could no longer turn a blind eye and surrendered.“You were very stubborn,” he reminisced and sighed softly, his gaze still lost in memories. “I always wonder, where did you find the incredible strength to persist for seven days under that kind of pain? You were so thin and weak. Did you believe you could train yourself that way?”Amelie smiled in response.The two of them were in a private room