Chapter 32 Love At First Sight

The dazzling moonlight lit up Ryan's perfect face. Surprised, Fiona asked in a low voice, "So what did you want to tell me?"

He slowly stood up and gazed at her face, his heart was beating so hard he was afraid it might jump out of his chest.

"Well, there is a post about you on our school forum, Fiona. I don't know if you've seen it yet," Ryan began tentatively watching her reaction.

"You've seen it, too?" Fiona was a little embarrassed. "I don't know who has taken those photos."

"Well, are you really dating the drillmaster?" he asked anxiously.

"No!" Fiona replied shaking her head. "We just know each other. That's all."

"Phew! Thank God!" Ryan said happily, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Is that all that you wanted to ask?" Fiona asked feeling amused at the look of relief on his face.

"No, actually there is one more thing," he said nervously. "Haven't you noticed that many people want to get to know you better?"

"Me? Why?" Fiona frowned and shook her head. "I saw the post, but I didn't notice that. Who wants to know me better?"

"A lot of people! Mostly boys," Ryan said. "They want to date you."

Fiona was very embarrassed. She stammered, "Ryan, I... Let's not talk about this. The post has been deleted. It's pointless..."

"Yes, of course!" Ryan said hurriedly. "I just found the post to be very interesting because now I understand how lucky I am."

Fiona was stumped. It was easier for her to crack a math problem than figure out Ryan.

Seeing that she was confused, he laughed and confessed, "I love you, Fiona."

His words fell softly in her ears

like a gentle breeze.

She was too stunned to react. Looking into his eyes, she felt so warm and fuzzy inside. She felt like she was floating on a cloud.

"But I'm not sure how you feel about me," he continued, running a hand through his hair. "You're an amazing girl and many boys want to be with you, myself included. I don't know if the odds are in my favor. But at the same time, I feel I'm lucky to have met you before the others. I'm confessing my feelings to you because I'm afraid that it would be too late if I waited too long."

Fiona had often received such proposals and she had refused many times.

But tonight was different. She had always wondered why Ryan treated her so well, but she had never expected him to confess his love to her. His confession had caught her off guard.

"You know, the first time I saw see you wasn't near the lake in our campus," he said sheepishly. He opened up to her slowly in an attempt to find a way into Fiona's heart. "The first time I saw you, you were standing in front of an advertisement at a bus station with a sketchpad in your hand. You took my breath away. I thought how could a girl be so beautiful

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

inside her like a storm.

It was the first time she'd felt so helpless. She couldn't choose the man she liked. She was stuck in the stupid agreement with Spencer.

The next morning Fiona woke up and splashed water on her face several times. She had not slept at all. She was exhausted and, on top of that, her period started too. However, it was time for military training so she had to get dressed and leave even though she looked like a zombie!

"Hurry up, sleepyhead! We're going to be late!" Sophia urged, dragging her towards the playground.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming!" Fiona groaned and put her hand on her belly.

On the playground, Spencer had been waiting for the students. It was time to begin, but Fiona was trudging at a glacial pace. He roared, "Hurry up! There's still one minute left. Anyone who is late will run for twenty laps!"

"Come one! Move it!" Without waiting for a response from Fiona, Sophia yanked her and started running. Fiona didn't have the time to explain that she felt sick and a little nauseous.

Spencer shot her an annoyed glance but said nothing. Then he began the drill.

Spencer straightened his spine and announced loudly, "First row, call out your numbers!"

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"Four!"

"Five..." Fiona tried her best but failed to keep up. Spencer was immediately pissed off. He went and stood right in front of her, squinted and yelled, "Louder!"

Fiona took a deep breath and tried to shout with all her might, "Five!"

"Count again!"

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"Four!"

"Five!"

"Again!" Spencer commanded.

He repeated this drill three times. Fiona could tell the other girls began to hate her.

"Either run twenty laps or count again! Pick one," Spencer barked at her. He stood with his hands clasped behind his back exhibiting an uncompromising stance.