My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 60

Nathan somehow found a floor mat as he came over and sat on it, holding a slice of watermelon in each hand. Next to him was half a watermelon wrapped in a plastic wrap that Sophia had selected herself on the previous day.

The watermelon looked fresh and sweet, and she could imagine it being as cold as a smoothie, melting right in her mouth when she bit into it; just the mere imagination of it had Sophia almost drooling as she looked at him.

A company was doing laps and when they passed by Nathan, everyone looked over as the drill instructor waved his belt and said, “Look at you. You look as if you’re as hungry as a bear!”

Although Sophia’s leg was injured, she performed really well. She was a quick learner and excelled in every formation, so halfway through the training, Commander Ford gave her a break.

All eyes on the training field were on her and her watermelon, and the watermelon had never looked so appealing and delicious.

It was ten thirty in the morning and the students who had trained all morning finally got a twenty minutes break. All of them flocked to the huge umbrella that was set up by their respective seniors and teachers to hide from the sun, and drank water.

Company 45 to Company 50 belonged to the Second Battalion, and the students from the Second Battalion were all from the School of Economics and Business Administration, which was led by Quinton Clark.

The troop ran toward Quinton for water, as he had prepared a large container of ice water in advance. In that moment, every single one of them—regardless of whether they came from rich or poor families—downed the water; they never realized that a small bottle of water could taste so nice.

Everyone was resting under the shade, drinking water and fanning themselves. After quenching their thirst, they looked at Sophia and Nathan eagerly who was eating the watermelon; they really wanted the watermelon themselves, but they were afraid to ask because they were shy, and they felt their relationship with Sophia wasn’t that close.

The look of the two eating watermelons attracted a lot of attention.

Finally, someone built up the courage to ask Sophia for a piece of watermelon.

Richard was in his military uniform just like everyone else as he walked over slowly. He majored in financial management, and he was the leader of the School of Financial Management. However, he was always in the School of Cinematography because Kayla and Xyla were from there.

At that moment, Richard brought along Xyla and Kayla to ask Sophia if they could have some watermelon.

“Sophia, can you share some of your watermelon with us?” Richard sounded sincere, but the words seemed to carry a hint of arrogance, as if he was doing Sophia a charity.

Not only had he trained with everyone for the entire morning, but he also had to look after the two ‘princesses’. Hence, the expression on his handsome face was replaced with sullenness, and the edges of his sharp jawline were covered with a layer of sweat droplets.

He felt extremely uncomfortable at the moment. He was too embarrassed to ask, but he really wanted to have a piece of the watermelon.

Sophia would definitely be willing to share it with him.

At that moment, everyone was watching them from the side, guessing if Sophia would give him a piece of her watermelon.

After all, they thought Sophia loved Richard deeply. Someone probably spread the rumor intentionally, so the love triangle between Sophia, Richard and Xyla had become everyone’s gossip in school.

The most widely circulated version of the story was no more than something along the lines of the commoner Cinderella who fell in love with the noble Prince, but they were forced to be separated because of her status. Although the Prince had already found his Princess, his love toward Cinderella remained. However, Cinderella, who was abandoned, began to take revenge angrily, and she had thought of everything to get her sweet vengeance on the Prince. Nevertheless, she couldn’t let go of her love toward the Prince, so she constantly wanted to draw his attention.

This was the perfect timing for Cinderella to impress the Prince! Would Cinderella grab the chance?

Nathan thought Sophia would agree, so he grabbed hold of his watermelon tightly, as he was determined to not let Sophia give it to the others.

Sophia elegantly revealed a smile in front of everyone, and said, “I’m sorry. This is not my watermelon. You may ask the handsome boy here. It’s all his.”

Richard felt the kindness in Sophia’s smile and his heart softened. He knew she was his girl; no matter how far he went, she would always wait for him and she wouldn’t let him suffer.

Xyla felt greatly irritated when she looked at the way Richard spoke to Sophia, but she wanted to eat the watermelon more than anything. Sophia is so much in love with Richard, so she will definitely share a piece of watermelon with us. A piece of watermelon doesn’t mean anything!

Kayla thought the same too. Although she thought asking a piece of watermelon from Sophia was very embarrassing, she was extremely thirsty at that moment. She no longer wanted any ice water; she just wanted to eat the watermelon.

Richard was already bending over and asking Nathan sincerely, “Hi, I wanted to…”

“What do you want? Don’t even think about it!” Nathan ‘protected’ the watermelon in his arms cautiously and rejected him with a glare.

Richard cracked a smile, licking his chapped lips and feeling impatient, but he remained elegant and polite on the outside.

Somehow, the boy was able to get hold of the watermelon. Their personal belongings were all confiscated when they entered the barracks, and it was even more impossible to send something in. It was probably because this boy was the youngest student in that year to join the military, so the barracks gave him special care. The piece of watermelon in his hands had become the centre of attention, and in order to get a piece of it, Richard had to pretend to smile. “Boy, I have many fun things to play with. Why don’t we trade?”

He presented a watch, which was a Vacheron Constantin limited edition men’s watch that was worth a house in a third-tier city. “Look, with this watch, I can trade a lot of watermelons. How about I use it to trade with yours?”

The others thought this kid would definitely agree if he could recognize the goods.

This kid probably came from an ordinary family. Bayside University occasionally would take in geniuses to join the Junior Class. If this kid was a member of the aristocracy, his name would be known among the aristocrats by now, but Richard had never heard of him, so he was probably only a genius kid with an ordinary background, and he would definitely trade for his watch.

However, Nathan glanced at the watch and he was unaffected as he gave a sharp and decisive reply. “Not trading.”

In order to express his determination for not trading his watermelon, he tore off the plastic wrap from the last piece of watermelon and took a giant bite. His face was all covered in watermelon juice.

Sophia laughed as she helped him to wipe off the watermelon juice from his face. “Don’t eat too much. You will get diarrhea.”

Richard’s facial muscles twitched as he smiled awkwardly, then he walked back dejectedly. Although he still walked like a gentleman as usual, there was obvious embarrassment written on his face.

Kayla, who was not far away, was so annoyed that she almost stomped her feet. “That d*mn little kid! He couldn’t even recognize Vacheron Constantin! Which village did he come from?!”

Xyla glared at Sophia and left.

I actually let Richard and Sophia talk to each other over a piece of watermelon?! What a massive joke! Those commoners who don’t even know chalk from cheese!

Richard was forced to give in and he was extremely humiliated as he walked away from everyone’s gaze with a sullen face.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly heard someone screaming excitedly from behind when he had only taken a few steps. “Students from the Second Battalion, Sophia from Company 49 is giving everyone free watermelon!”