Chapter 29

Shane grunted.

Natalie knelt down and began to tie the rope.

After she was done, she clapped her hands before standing up. Feeling satisfied with herself, she asked, “Mr. Shane, try moving a little. Does it feel tight?”

She was worried that her knot was too loose and that the rope would fall off easily. Hence, she tightened it slightly.

Unintentionally, as her words fell upon Shane’s ears, her innocent intention took a whole different meaning.

“Try moving a little, does it feel tight?”

Doesn’t she know that her suggestive words can be easily misunderstood?

Shane felt a hot flush creeping up to him. Tugging his tie to loosen it a little, he whispered in a low and hoarse voice, “It’s okay. Let’s go with this.”

At this moment, a middle-aged man stood upon the referee’s stand with a starter pistol and jovially announced, “Now, since the children’s group and the parents’ group are ready, I shall count to three. After the count, the race will begin. If the parents’ group loses, there will be a penalty awaiting!”

Penalty?

Natalie was stunned.

there was no announcement whatsoever regarding penalty

her thought. “He mentions that only the parents’ group will face the penalty. Plus, he has just given us a hinting glance on purpose. That obviously means that he intends for us to lose. If you don’t want to be the loser, the best way is to

understand.” Nodding her head, Natalie became

did not want to be on the

waist,” Shane

thinking that she might have heard

race, the most crucial things are the tacit understanding and cooperation. Since don’t understand each other well, we can only rely on cooperation. Seeing that you are not tall enough to put your arm around my shoulders, the alternative is for you to hug

idea where to

a whiff of fresh mint passing by her nose, causing her to jolt back into old

have

It is so familiar.

As Natalie was still trying to remember where she had sniffed the familiar scent, Shane put his arm around her

could only focus on

man raised the

Bam!

the crisp and clear boom of the gunshot, Shane led the first step with the tied leg and firmly reminded, “Let’s

responded, focusing on keeping up with him so as to not hold both

two started well, they were still not

great rapport with one another. The moment the gunshot was heard, they were already rushing ahead, leaving the two adults behind in

turned her head back and excitedly shouted, “Dad!

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