Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

Chapter 653

It was bright and sunny on New Year's Day, 1st January 2005. Temperatures had risen slightly, and there were ten more days before winter break.

Students whose homes were far away chose to stay at the university over the new year.

Carlisle was playing basketball with Arthur and a few others at Riverland University's basketball court.

"Get the ball, Jamie!"

Arthur was playing against two classmates who were equally as burly as he was. He feinted, throwing the ball to Jamie and bouncing it through his legs to Carlisle instead.

Carlisle was familiar with Arthur's strategies, and he focused as soon as Arthur began passing the ball.

He caught the ball and began dribbling it as he ran toward the net like a gust of wind.

He leaped into the air, looking like a rocket that had been launched into the sky.

The basketball landed in the net with a thump.

It was a perfect three-step bank shot.

His outstanding skills in basketball immediately got the female students gathered around the court screaming.

my! He's so

"I love you, Carlisle!"

"You're so cool, Carlisle!"

he left an impression on most of his classmates. However, he had been busy studying after

for meals every day. All the weight he had lost

every morning and played basketball during his free time.

had familiarized themselves with Carlisle's routine. They would meet up and go for morning runs at Shorelin River.

from wealthier families even signed up for memberships at the gym

antics. Without Wanda beside him, they were all drawn to him like sharks attracted

soft female voice

see that Ruby had already twisted open the cap on a bottle

It didn't seem right to refuse it, nor

appropriate to take it.

was now the center of attention. If he took the water Ruby was holding out to

he didn't take it, he would hurt Ruby's

had changed drastically recently, and she often helped students who were struggling financially. When seniors

was the daughter of the richest man in Riverland, after all. No one in Riverland University dared to

took the bottle of mineral water.

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would prove his

should he care about what