Wesley recollected the last time when Blair had gotten drunk. She had been so stubborn that he had to do everything she said. He had even slept in her bed as she had requested.
When it was past 10 in the night, Wesley thought it was pretty late, so he declared that the dinner was over.
He escorted Blair as they walked towards his car. The soldiers came to the parking lot with them too. "Blair and I are not a couple. Don't talk about us like that again. If she has a boyfriend one day, he might misunderstand," Wesley advised them.
Hearing Wesley deny his relationship with Blair, the young men looked at each other, quite surprised.
Making use of the opportunity, someone quietly asked, "Chief, since you and Blair are not a couple, can I chase her? She is so pretty."
Wesley rolled his eyes at him. "Only when you can do push-ups well enough."
The young soldier was frustrated by the condition kept before him. 'I'm a newbie. But I'm already able to do it correctly. I'm just not fast enough. Why is Chief so hard on me?' he grumbled to himself.
Another soldier mustered up his courage and asked, "Chief, I can do push-ups fast enough. So, can I try my luck with Blair?"
"You're too honest and docile. She will bully you," Wesley replied thoughtfully. On the outside, Blair looked tender like a lamb, while on the inside, she was lively with various mischievous ideas. That was why she topped his list of the most troublesome people.
Two down.
Talbot was pushed outside the crowd. He suddenly was face to face with Wesley. He had no choice but to ask, "Chief, I like Blair too. I'm good at martial arts, and I'm well-built. I've passed all the tests on the base. Can I?"
Wesley glanced at him. "No!"
"Why not?" Talbot asked in curiosity.
"She speaks English, German and Arabic, besides Chinese. But you don't. You two will have trouble communicating."
Talbot was left speechless. He felt Wesley was like a strict father testing and picking out a perfect son-in-law. Three down.
Lenard decided to give it a try too. He grinned proudly as he spoke. "Chief, I'm good at English. And I'm willing to learn German and Arabic. Can I give it a shot?"
"Hmm. Well, she likes drinking milk which you're allergic to. I wonder how things will work out between the two of you," Wesley observed calmly.
Lenard said nothing more after that.
Finally everyone's hopes had died down. Wesley opened the door and sat in the driver's seat. Blair was busy reading the messages one of her former colleagues had sent her. She told her that after she quit and left, some people who claimed to be Percy's wife's family, came to the office of Jin Group. They beat the crap out of Filberta while Percy was busy dealing with the people from the fire department.
Before leaving they threatened Filberta that Percy's wife would come home the next day and she would kill the bitch then.
Frightened to the core, Filberta left the office earlier than usual. The other employees assumed that she might be too scared to come to work the next day.
No sooner had Wesley started the engine than Megan called. The car GPS displayed her name. Blair didn't utter a word. She put her phone away, rested her head on the back of the seat and looked out the window.
The ringing stopped after two rings. Blair thought Wesley took the call. But there was silence in the car. He wasn't speaking. She turned her head curiously. The car GPS window showed that the call had ended.
A moment later, his phone rang again. This time, she knew why. Wesley hung up on Megan.
Blair felt relieved and happy. "Why did you hang up?" she asked.
"I'll call her back later." He knew that if he took Megan's call at that moment, Blair would get mad again. So he decided not to answer Megan's call in Blair's presence.
"Maybe you should answer it. She has called you twice. What if something has happened? Or maybe there is some emergency," Blair said.
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