If men suffered the urgency of their lust, they would sometimes forget about their duty to consider their women's mood, and then they would act without thinking. Their women might be tired or not willing to submit to their wishes, but with a little finesse, men could activate their women's passions and soon their women would be lost in their love.
Maggie was lost in her wistful thoughts, and she considered that the biggest mistake which she had made in her life was to have loved Edgar from afar for so many years. After getting married, they had spent so little time together due to the troubles which plagued their professional lives. So she perished every second when she could stay with Edgar. Since becoming Edgar's lover, she had discovered that she enjoyed having sex!
"Alas!" Maggie let out a heavy sigh and stopped packing.
"Why did you sigh?" Monica turned to look at Maggie in concern. "Don't worry. Even after we have graduated, we're still likely to be together."
Maggie couldn't tell Monica that she was actually thinking of Edgar, and not of her friends, Monica and Benjamin. If she told Monica the truth, she would be scolded for choosing a lover over her friends. "It'll take some luck for us to be together," Monica said, feeling worried. However, if they had to be separated, Maggie hoped that Benjamin and Monica would still be in the same group. Of course, she wanted above all else to enter the Eagle, because people always thought of themselves. "Ah! Ah!"
Maggie's face lit up with mischief at the thought. Monica was thinking about their arrangements, so she didn't notice Maggie's absentmindedness.
Suddenly, the bell sounded. Maggie and Monica froze for a moment, then stopped everything they were doing, took their caps and rushed downstairs.
The instructor glanced around and said coldly, "Gather in the large classroom in half an hour."
"Yes, sir." The loud chorus of student voices was filled with excitement. It was as if they never anticipated soon parting for a long time.
It had been three months since the battle simulations against the Dragon Island. It was still not hot in S City, because the summer was just approaching. The cool breezes still blew, which gave everyone a sense of relief.
Maggie and the other students walked toward the classroom in rows. Then they sat in neat rows on the chairs, and with backs straight set their caps on the desks. Like the students, the caps also stood in perfect rows. In fact, when viewing the caps from the side, they were in a perfectly straight line. The sense of order was overwhelming to the uninitiated.
It was always hard for people to wait, especially when they were excited. After some long minutes, their excitement began to fade away, and was replaced by nervousness. They were worried about their stationing orders which they would receive, and whether it would be what they had each dreamed of.
Maggie looked at the teacher's desk. Suddenly, the scene when Edgar had introduced himself to the class on that first day flashed through her mind. She couldn't help but smile. The three instructors had finished the students' training, so they had left, and so had Cain. Perhaps because he had finished with his tasks, nothing kept him here now. After he changed his parents' tomb, he left.
Maggie had asked him whether he would return or not. He had just said that he didn't know.
She also asked then if he would come back to visit his parents, because all of the burdens of the past had been resolved now.
Cain had heard this and had just smiled. He then asked her if she didn't want him to leave.
He seemed not to care at all about her, and said it in a kidding tone. However, she still felt a slight sorrow emanating from him.
He had thought that he would take his parents abroad, but his father had devoted his whole life to his country. His father still loved his country deeply, even though such terrible things had happened to him. His father would have preferred to remain here.
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