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Worried that they might get bumped into by other people, Beck stayed close to them so he could protect them.

However, the crowd was just too large today.

They had only been skiing for a little over an hour when two girls accidentally bumped into them.

Shanice was fine, but Celeste ended up crashing directly into Beck.

He instinctively wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her securely into his embrace.

Pressed against his broad chest, Celeste froze for a moment and immediately felt uncomfortable. She tried to push him away, only to realize that her foot hurt.

Beck didn’t let go. “Did you twist your ankle?”

“I think… yeah.”

He called over a staff member to help Shanice and then bent down and picked Celeste up.

She had assumed he would let the staff assist her. So, being suddenly lifted into his arms, she was caught off guard and instinctively resisted. “Put me down, I—”

Beck interrupted, “The doctor is already waiting. Let’s take care of your foot first.”

Celeste hesitated but stopped struggling.

Beck set her

waiting doctor examined her foot and found that it was just a mild dislocation. After

you still want

already

the doctor that her leg was fine,

from a distance, someone

are you looking

“I think I just saw someone

side But he was with a woman and a child. That couldn’t be Beck, could

forward to get a clearer look, the man put his hat

bumped

reached out to steady her, holding her hand, Celeste lightly pulled away

then did Beck release

to a nearby restaurant for lunch. He

remembered something and asked, “Ms. Rodriguez, what’s your

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My full name is Celeste Rodriguez. You

Shanice nodded. “Ms. Celeste.”

and gently patted her

skiing–before they even finished eating, Shanice started dozing off.