Daisy trotted off the training field, with her face dripping with sweat. Her sweat-soaked camouflage combat clothes clung to her body, and she looked strong, bright, and brave.
Mark came up to her with her phone in his hand, which had already rung for several times. He said, "Colonel, you are wanted on the phone."
"Thanks." Daisy took the phone and checked the caller ID. It was Belinda, who seldom called Daisy at that hour of the day. She wondered why, and called her back.
"Hi, Belinda, what's up?" While Daisy was speaking on the phone, Mark handed a towel to her. She took it and started to wipe her face, while her eyes were still fixed on the soldiers doing their exercises on the training field.
"Do I need a reason to call you? ..." Belinda sounded hoarse and spiritless.
"Belinda, have you been drinking?" Daisy gave Mark the towel back, gestured to the other officers on the field, and then went to her office to speak with Belinda privately.
"Yes, I drank a little, but I'm not drunk yet." Belinda patted her chest to assure Daisy she was telling the truth, as if she was afraid that Daisy wouldn't believe her.
"Why are you drinking at noon? Where's Duke? Aren't you two together?" Daisy was a little worried about her, but she was caught in a big dilemma, because she had to stay at the military base.
"Don't mention him to me! Maybe he's on a date with his ex-girlfriend." Belinda poured one more glass of wine, and realized that she had strong feelings for Duke. That was why she felt so mad and sad when he let go of her hand earlier in the day.
"What ex-girlfriend? Belinda, are you sure that you aren't drunk? Where are you? I'll send someone over to pick you up." Daisy became very worried when she heard Belinda. She was already rambling, and by the way, since when did Duke have an ex-girlfriend? Obviously she was hammered. It was said that Duke was the coldest among the sons of all the influential families, and he hadn't liked any woman before her. How was it possible for him to have an ex-girlfriend?
"I told you already that I'm not drunk. I saw them with my own very eyes!" Belinda drained the glass and belched.
"Fine. You're not drunk. Where're you?" Daisy wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, and thought, 'This girl worries me to death sometimes.'
"Are you coming? I'm in the Misty Rain Box of Tender Whispers Western Restaurant. Doesn't it sound romantic? It's a romantic Western restaurant, supposed to be for lovers. But I'm now all alone!" Belinda wasn't sure where the sadness in her heart had come from. She had told the cabbie to take her somewhere quiet, but the cabbie turned out to be full of romance and took her here. Fate seemed to be playing a joke on her.
"Okay. Stay there." Daisy started to look for Duke's phone number in the directory on her phone, but she couldn't find it. It then struck her that she had never saved his number.
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