Chapter 620
You’ve seen the famous actor, right p>
“Yeah p>
“That’s Mira’s brother, Damon p>
“Then there’s Owen, and Dominic. You could pick any one of them out of a lineup,
and they’d put that guy to shame p>
Elara filled Leah in on the details.
“Even hotter than the guy who just asked her out p>
Leah’s curiosity was completely piqued.
“If you thought he was so cute, why didn’t you ask for his number p>
Mira found her reaction amusing.
“Because he was hitting on you, not me p>
“So what? You could have made a move. It’s totally normal for a woman to make the first move p>
Mira really didn’t see the issue.
When they arrived back at the dorm, Vanessa and Jillian were nowhere to be found.
“Ha! First place again. Go ahead and shower, Mira, I’ll go after you p>
After learning their lesson that morning, Jillian and Vanessa had rushed straight back the moment drills ended.
But Jillian was exhausted, and she had to half-carry the pampered Vanessa. There was no way they could outpace Mira’s group.
Given the intense physical demands of the orientation, Mira temporarily suspended her morning and evening martial arts conditioning.
Mira and Leah had already washed up and were relaxing in bed by the time
Vanessa and Jillian finally shuffled in and started getting ready.
It couldn’t be helped. They simply couldn’t beat Mira’s speed.
With Owen managing the corporate side and the secretarial team assisting, Mira’s workload was
relatively light. She only need to
spend an hour a day reviewing the summarized reports they sent over.
Once her tasks were complete, Mira opened her high school group chat on Vertex Social.
She hadn’t thought much of it back
in Melvion City, but now that she was away at college, the chat felt incredibly comforting, almost like a effrect line to her extended family.
Naturally, no one wanted to leave it, and it had slowly transitioned into an alumni chat.
Whenever anyone faced a problem-academic or personal-they posted it there, and someone was always quick to offer advice.
All the universities were currently running their orientations. Some had been at it for a week, while others, like Mira’s, were just kicking off.
The chat was flooded with complaints. People whined about the exhaustion and the unbearable heat, and some were even plotting to fake an illness to escape the drills.
“I literally can’t drag myself out of bed in the morning, but my roommate’s alarm sounds like a death knell. I miss summer vacation p>
“My face is peeling from the sunburn. By the time this is over, I’m going to look permanently charred p>
“Hours of high-intensity drills are bad enough, but then you have to queue for a shower back at the dorm. Our break time is already nonexistent. Are they trying to kill us p>
“You guys are just too high-maintenance.
I don’t even shower during the day. I wash my face, hit the cafeteria, sleep, and shower at night p>
“Wait, you don’t shower or change your clothes p>
“Man, it’s so hot that my clothes air-dry by the time I walk from the field to my dorm.
If you keep fussing over showers, no wonder you’re all dead tired p>
An image of someone eating and taking a nap in clothes reeking of stale sweat flashed through Mira’s mind. A wave of disgust hit her; she could never tolerate that.
That message definitely came from a guy. Even if a girl pulled that off, she would never admit it publicly.
She recalled seeing swarms of students eating in their camo gear earlier and figured they shared the same gross philosophy.
She hadn’t seen any posts from Liora Bennett or Celine Ward. She wondered how they were holding up.
Mira was enjoying the drama when
Harvey suddenly dropped a
message into the group, De
about how the instructor had praised Mira’s elite starina and tried to recruit her. The chat instantly exploded.