Chapter 0278

Sweat was beading at the nape of my neck the longer we ran like this. I wasn’t going to give up though; I had done a lot faster in the past and a lot longer too. I went jogging almost every morning before school, I was in great shape, and he would soon realize that as well. I wasn’t one to back down, not when it came to training my body.

He stared at me, his eyes never leaving mine as he pressed another button, making himself run even faster.

Soon, we were both running so fast that a normal person wouldn’t be able to see our legs. They were nothing but blurs as the treadmill continued to work overtime. My lungs felt as if they were going to burst at any second. Gavin didn’t look phased though and 1 shouldn’t have been surprised, he had probably done a lot worse than this.

I didn’t want to back down though hand show him weakness; I wanted to prove that I was worthy of this… that I had what it takes. It was important to me.

I didn’t have time to comprehend what had happened before I fell off the treadmill and slammed into the ground, nearly flying toward the other side of the room. Gavin stopped his treadmill and mine at the same time before jumping off and running towards me.

A shooting pain coursed up my leg from my ankle, making tears burn in my eyes.

as he tried to assess the damage

early, and I had too much to prepare for. Gavin grabbed my hands with one of his hands, keeping me from swatting him away

a frown. “What were you thinking competing with me?

as I stared at my swollen red ankle. I knew that it would be healed before the competition started tomorrow. I needed to be careful on it for tonight though so it could

“he

to get you to a doctor,” he told me as he was about to

to my feet, biting my tongue through the searing pain in my ankle

quickly. “I wanted to work out, so that’s what I’m going

the wall for support. It looked like I was going to have to skip leg day and work out my arms instead. It was a setback, but

wasn’t too worried about it. I just hoped I’d be prepared for the first round of

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