True Love Waits

Chapter 596 He Must Have Been Dumped

The others shook their heads, declining the milkshake. Only Lenard nodded his head. "I'm thirsty. I'd like to drink some."

"Alright. Let's share it," Talbot suggested and poured half of the drink into two disposable paper cups.

At that moment, the door opened and Wesley walked inside the office.

Upon seeing him, Talbot waved at him. "There you are, Chief! We've left you a few cakes. Oh my! The cakes were so delicious. Where did you buy them?"

Wesley's face darkened once he saw the scattered lunch boxes on his desk. "Who ate them?" he asked rigidly.

Talbot didn't see the sullen look on Wesley's face as he proceeded to drink a mouthful of his milkshake before answering, "We all ate them. But don't worry. We've left some for you." "Who opened the boxes?" Wesley asked.

"I did, Chief. Why? Is something wrong?" Talbot pursed his lips in confusion

Wesley cast a cold glance at him before saying, "You'll get fat after eating all those desserts. Go out and do sit-ups. No less than a hundred sit-ups in one minute. Talbot, you'll do additional thirty push-ups for every sit-up missed. As for the rest of you, additional twenty push-ups for every sit-up missed." He then caught sight of the cups of milkshake that Lenard and Talbot were holding. "Since you two drank the milkshake, you get more exercise too. It will help burn off the calories. Go run two kilometers with five-kilogram weights. Finish it in ten minutes. You'll do additional thirty push-ups for every minute excess." Everyone in the office fell silent, not quite understanding what was going on. It was the first time that Wesley had given them punishments for such a seemingly harmless reason. Nonetheless, they didn't dare protest. They were soldiers, and soldiers must obey orders. They exchanged a few stumped glances at each other and then rushed out of the office posthaste.

On the training grounds, while they were doing sit-ups, Talbot gazed at the office building with his brows knitted together in confusion and murmured, "What exactly did we do to piss him off? Where was he before he arrived at the office? Did someone snitch on us to him?" He paused to consider it. "But we haven't made any mistakes recently," he continued.

Lenard was also confused by Wesley's behavior. "Beats me," he replied with a shrug. "I caught a glimpse of his face as we walked out of his office. Seemed like he was in a bad mood. Did we unknowingly piss him off somehow? Or was he perhaps just taking out his anger on us?"

"Of course we pissed him off! Our chief isn't the kind of man who would make things difficult for us for no reason," Bowman chimed in without second thoughts. But like the other two soldiers, he too couldn't think of anything they did that would have offended Wesley so much.

I know it!" he exclaimed as if he just discovered life's

others all turned to look

must have

was met with blank stares and a variety of disdainful looks. The other soldiers then brushed him off and went back to carrying out their punishments. 'Wesley? Dumped? He didn't even have a girlfriend. How could he have gotten dumped?' they thought

they soon found out why Wesley punished them. The following day, Talbot happened to see Blair's latest update in her Moments while browsing through his phone during lunch break. She posted a picture showing several fancy-looking mung bean cakes and mooncakes-the cakes that they

showed the update to the others. They all looked

office, he stared at the remaining mooncake, two mung bean cakes and half a bottle of milkshake. He pursed his lip

to make these pastries for him, but most of them ended up getting eaten by

mung bean cake and put it inside his mouth, chewing slowly. He had to admit

even Wesley's. Tasting the cake alleviated his bad mood somehow. He then finished up the remaining desserts

that, he drank the strawberry milkshake in one big gulp. Although it was a little stale, it hadn't gone bad at all. After that, he set aside the lunch boxes and

had been sitting in the living room, waiting for Wesley. It was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. She was starting to wonder

She stood up from the couch and was about to go to

a medium-sized travel bag in his

that she had already gone to sleep by now. He didn't say anything; he just nodded, acknowledging her presence. Blair lowered her head and sighed inwardly, slightly pouting. 'A nod? It's only the two of us here in the middle of the night. Why is he still acting so distant? Is he a coward

long term. Please think about it carefully. Once you've made your decision,

he slipped his feet into his

tell me." Blair cocked her head sideways,

apartment. You can live here for as long as you like until you find someone who can protect you." Wesley had already made up his mind