Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

“Thanks a lot!” Ruby almost spat out the words. 

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She was increasingly suspicious that something was going on between Wanda and Carlisles 

After switching the water bottles, Ruby felt lost and returned to her seat. 

On the other hand, Wanda was quite pleased with herself. 

However, her smugness was short–lived as Harvey Cook from Class 1 approached. 

Standing around 5’8” with a trendy haircut, he smiled and said to Wanda, “Wanda, can we switch seats? I’d like to chat with Carlisle.” 

“No.” Wanda refused without hesitation, suspecting that Harvey might know Ruby. 

Harvey smiled and said calmly, “Queenie is my cousin.” 

Wanda froze, then reluctantly stood up and moved to a seat in the row behind, her expression now blank. 

Harvey took the seat beside Carlisle and closed his eyes to rest. This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

Carlisle glanced at him briefly but didn’t say anything 

His intentions were clear. It was as if he was blatantly telling Wanda, “We’re watching you.” 

Meanwhile, Ruby was full of confusion. She couldn’t understand why Wanda would listen to Harvey. 

Queenie wasn’t even married into the Thompson family yet! 

Even if Queenie did marry Zachary, Harvey would only be a distant relative. What right did he have to order Wanda around, the treasured daughter of the Thompson family? 

An hour later, the school bus arrived at its destination. 

They had reached a large, comprehensive training base with complete facilities, including a live–action training field. 

The instructor’s whistle signaled the students to disembark and assemble promptly. 

“Attention! Dress right, dress! Ready, front! At ease!” 

After a week of training, the students executed the commands flawlessly. 

Lawrence finished giving the commands and then said, “Wanda and Carlisle, step forward. The rest of you, get ready for a warm–up ruh!” 

Carlisle and Wanda stepped out of the formation. 

“Right, face!” 

Once the students had turned to the right, Lawrence commanded, “Begin running!” 

The students started running in unison. 

The drill instructor, Adam Patterson from Class 2, jogged alongside the formation as he shouted, “One, two, three, four!” 

The rest of the students echoed him in unison. 

Since Carlisle and Wanda had been absent the previous day, Lawrence took the opportunity to explain the 

day’s training exercises and important points to them. 

As the students began their second lap, Lawrence signaled Carlisle and Wanda to rejoin the group before heading inside the base to coordinate the preparation of the simulation training. 

After completing five laps, Lawrence gathered the students to distribute imitation firearms–fake replicas of training guns. 

“I wasn’t satisfied with yesterday’s simulation. You lacked teamwork, which caused the mission to run over time. Today, you must correct those mistakes! 

“Just like yesterday, teams that complete the mission within the allotted time will be rewarded with meat stew for lunch. Those who don’t will only have oatmeal! 

“Carlisle, you join Team 2. Wanda, you’re with Team 5. Team 1, step forward!” 

Lawrence held a megaphone and a walkie–talkie. 

The megaphone was for directing the battle, while the walkie–talkie was for communicating with the base 

staff. 

At Lawrence’s command, about 20 students stepped forward, wearing combat uniforms and holding fake 

guns. 

Lawrence spoke into the walkie–talkie, “We are ready.” 

“Roger that,” came the reply. 

Over a dozen staff members, armed and wearing black headgear, emerged from a warehouse carrying two boxes of props to obstruct the students‘ progress. 

Lawrence put away the walkie–talkie and took out a stopwatch from his pocket. Lifting the megaphone, he shouted, “Begin the operation!” 

The staff raised their fake guns and pulled the triggers, emitting bursts of electronic gunfire.