Chapter 186

Four days later, at the 8th Air Force Battalion,

Eileen just wrapped up a grueling training session and was planning to hit the mess hall with her buddies.

Suddenly, one of the crew members stopped her and said, “Ms. Lopez, can you come over here for a sec?*

Eileen walked over, looking puzzled.

Away from the camera, the crew member told her, “There’s a procurement task that’s been assigned to you.”

Eileen froze, ‘Procurement?”

He explained, “It’s military procurement. You’ll accompany the buyer this afternoon and return by tomorrow evening.”

Eileen furrowed her brows, “Isn’t this a job for the Logistics Department? Why do I need to go? Plus, doesn’t procurement mean leaving the camp? We’re not supposed to leave, right?”

The crew member shrugged, “I don’t really know the details. It’s the director’s decision. If you’ve got issues, you should take it up with him.”

Eileen glanced around, asking, “Where’s the director?”

The crew member pointed, “In the lounge, about twenty minutes from here.”

Twenty minutes? Wouldn’t that mess up her dinner time?

Eileen frowned, then finally said, “Whatever, I’ll go with the flow, I’ll follow orders.”

The crew member breathed a sigh of relief.

Eileen didn’t say anything else and headed straight for the mess hall.

After Eileen left, the director came out from a corner, looking helpless.

The crew member looked puzzled, “Mister, if you didn’t want Ms. Lopez to leave, why didn’t you just refuse the higher-ups?”

The director snapped, “If I could have refused, I would have already done so.”

Silent Wing had scored some points!

The higher-ups were bending over backward to meet his requests.

When Silent Wing suggested that Eileen should get a day and a half off, the leaders immediately issued an order to arrange it.

The director had no choice but to console himself. Giving her some time off was a good thing. Seeing less of Eileen for a couple of days would save his hair from falling out.

The news that Eileen was going on a procurement trip with the buyer made the other seven guests green with envy.

They were all undergoing rigorous training daily. The chance to leave the camp for a day felt like Christmas.

That afternoon, Eileen left in the buyer’s car.

But something felt off – there was no camera.

Two hours later, they arrived downtown.

The car pulled up in a secluded alley.

The buyer handed Eileen a bag, “We’ll meet back here at eight tomorrow night. I’ll come pick you up. There’s a mask and some clothes in the bag. You can change in the public restroom over there.”

the bag, completely

buyer urged her, “Hurry up and get out, we

left in the dark and hustled out of the car.

stood there, watching the procurement car drive away, leaving her

Eileen was stunned.

stood there for a while, then it hit her. Her military uniform was too conspicuous, so she rushed into the public restroom

a mask, stood at the

car pulled up in

curiously looked at

down, revealing a familiar

It was Egbert.

minutes later, Eileen was in

she saw him looking, she

car moved at a

while, Eileen finally asked, “Where are we going?”

his eyes, “It’s three

of course, was

she cautiously asked, “How did you know I

and

him seriously, finding the

you want to eat

could only say,

would you like?”

“Barbecue! Fish! And lobster and chicken

with

“Alright, we’ll have barbecue now, seafood for dinner,

agreed,

they arrived

and Eileen started wolfing down as

grilling meat for

eating

saw

she remembered, Egbert was pursuing her.

changed his profile photo to match hers, saying

a bit

she started eating more

only that, but she also started acting a

half an hour, she put down her fork and knife,

couldn’t be too

he put down his utensils and said, “Have some

a

the fruit platter

piece of watermelon, then

dragonfruit and an

on the

beef and lamb were

chicken wings

ordered another plate of grilled pork ribs, a

finished the pizza, Eileen wiped

reached for the

Egbert was dumbfounded.

they

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