Jim Cowper, Callum’s other assistant, finished reporting his work with his head down, but did not receive a response for a long time.
He looked up at the man beside him in confusion. Callum’s cigarette had burned to the end, but he had no intention of putting it out. His deep eyes fell on the screen. Jim followed his gaze and found that the person currently running first in the live broadcast of the marathon was Aurelia.
Wearing a green T-shirt and sneakers, she ran at a steady pace. Because of the intense exercise, she was sweating profusely, and her face was red, so cute that anyone would want to pinch it.
“Report to me what happened just now again.” Callum withdrew his gaze without knowing when, opened the document, and buried himself back in work.
One hour and ten minutes later, Aurelia successfully surpassed the former marathon runner-up and rushed to the first place again! Because of her fast speed, the atmosphere around her was uplifting.
Many students from the Evercrest College of Economics and Management started shouting, “Aurelia, good job! Come on!” When the students who couldn’t see her heard that Aurelia was currently in first place, they also started shouting. The cheers were deafening.
After one hour and twenty minutes, when they were about to reach the end of the game, Aurelia heard a lot of exclamations from behind, calling Larry’s name.
Aurelia turned back panting. Briar and the others had already given up halfway. Only Larry, who originally ranked sixth, fell down somehow and tried to stand up several times but failed.
Aurelia swallowed and hesitated for a moment before turning around and rushing back amid everyone’s exclamations.
At the same time, the former marathon runner-up surpassed her and came in first place.
“Aurelia… Don’t…”. Before Larry could finish his words, Aurelia had already come in front of him and stretched out her hand to him.
Aurelia had already walked over, so Larry held her hand and stood up from the ground.
However, he seemed to be injured. As soon as he stood up, the pain in his legs almost made Larry fall to his knees.
“Aurelia, listen to me… My leg… Argh… I can’t run anymore. Just leave me alone!”
Aurelia glanced at his bruised knee and said, “Larry, it’s just a bruise. Come on. You can do this!”
Larry and she had known each other for several years. He had been a good student and often defended her in front of teachers. How could she leave him alone at such a critical moment?
At Aurelia ‘s insistence, Larry gritted his teeth and started running.
The students who were cheering for them now screamed in admiration, “Larry, Aurelia, you guys are awesome!”
“Aurelia, I love you!” What made everyone laugh was that it was from a girl.
Aurelia supported Larry while gradually surpassing the people in front, and finally got third place, with Larry in fourth place.
Contestant No. 961 gave up the first place for her classmate. Aurelia became the center of attention in the marathon.
The entire event from beginning to end was witnessed by the man in the lounge.
At this moment, Aurelia, who got third place, was lifted by a dozen boys, thrown into the air, and then dropped down to be caught.
Callum’s lips curled up into a sneer as he was thinking Aurelia was indeed a loose woman, good at seducing those naive men.
The award ceremony was held during the closing ceremony of the half marathon. It was said that the award was presented by Callum, the president of ZL Group.
In the dormitory.
Aurelia had just laid down to rest for a while when she heard the name. She almost jumped out of bed. How could such a thing involve Callum?
Cathy gave her a sympathetic look. “See? I told you that you and Mr. Finnegan are meant to be together! Aurelia, I’m really worried about you. You two might clash at the award ceremony.”
Aurelia let out a sigh, thinking Cathy was right. They were destined to be together. After all, they were a couple tied together by a marriage certificate. “I won’t have a conflict with him. If I had known that he would be the one presenting the award, I wouldn’t have wanted to win first place and would have given up the third place.” Anyway, the moment she didn’t win first place, she had lost to Evelyn.
Liana blew on her nails. “Aurelia, I actually quite envy you, since you’re able to cross paths with Mr. Finnegan. But when I think about how intense you and Mr. Finnegan always confront each other… I’m not envious anymore.” Aurelia was the only one who dared to confront Callum and was not afraid of pissing him off.
Could it be that the person behind Aurelia was more powerful than Callum?
No… Liana quickly negatived the idea. After all, no one in Evercrest was powerful enough to challenge Callum.
Cathy lazily hugged the pillow, very confused, “Aurelia, Mr. Finnegan is so handsome. Don’t you have any feelings for him every time you see him? How come you don’t like each other?”
Aurelia’s smile froze for a moment. She admitted that she was mesmerized by Callum’s charming face. But she couldn’t stand his insults. Wasn’t it just a kiss? Didn’t she suffer the most? She couldn’t understand why a grown man like him could be so petty!
So… They disliked each other.
“No, I just don’t understand. Why is Callum everywhere? Even at a marathon award ceremony? Shouldn’t he work in his office? Isn’t he the CEO of a big company? Are all CEOs so idle?” Aurelia couldn’t help but complain.
Cathy explained, “Aurelia, the clothes, sports shoes, and prizes for the marathon we are participating in this time are basically sponsored by the ZL Group. Mr. Finnegan, as the sponsor, must be present.”
“Also, the ZL Group is very supportive of this kind of sports competition. It is said that it has sponsored many sports events! For large-scale events like marathons, of course the ZL Group cannot miss,” Liana added.
As long as it was about Callum, the most eligible man in Evercrest, people thought highly of him.
At the award ceremony, Aurelia stood calmly on the third place podium and soon saw the man who made everyone exclaim with awe and admiration.
Dressed in a dark suit and brand new black leather shoes, he walked onto the stage with steady steps, facing the golden rays of autumn light.
The domineering aura exuded from his body, and his every move was elegant. Not to mention those crazy women, who were screaming out of excitement, in the audience, even Aurelia couldn’t take her eyes off him.
Despite his rude behavior to Aurelia, Callum was indeed a captivating man. No wonder so many women are crazy about him.
The beautiful host couldn’t help but sparkle with her eyes as she saw Callum before saying excitedly, “Let’s invite Mr. Finnegan to present the award to our champion first!”
When it was the third place’s turn, Callum walked towards Aurelia. Aurelia, who had been keeping her head down, had to raise her head to face the indifferent man and managed a fake smile.