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Ellis saw right through him. “I'm like you.”
“What's that supposed to mean?” Michael played dumb.
“I know exactly what you're up to. You wantto agree, and then you'll stabin the back mid-match,” Ellis
said, his voice dripping with amusement.
Michael froze for a beat, then tried to play it off. “Con, | was just checking if you still had that competitive
fire in you.”
Damn it. He'd been completely busted.
“Too bad,” Ellis added, ever the devilish tease, a smirk playing on his lips. “I was just about to say if you really
wanted a draw, | might've considered it.”
“Wait, seriously?” Michael lit up, clearly no match for this gof words.
Ellis glanced at the screen in front of him, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. “Not really.”
“Damn it!” Michael burst out. “I hope you never find a girlfriend!”
“No worries. You'll keepcompany,” Ellis replied smoothly.
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“Get lost.”
Michael was seething. Couldn't this guy just say one nice thing for once? “Aren't you even a little worried you'll
never find a girlfriend?” he asked, genuinely curious now.
“Finding one or not... it’s not something I lose sleep over,” Ellis said, his gaze drifting to someone on the screen.
His voice mellowed, quiet and sure. “If it’s meant to be, it'll happen. If not, there’s no sense in forcing it.”
Michael heard that and fell into unexpected silence, quietly reflecting. Once upon a time, he'd had a girlfriend.
But that was a story already finished.
“Have your team start moving at around two in the morning,” Ellis said suddenly, snapping the mood back to
business.
“Are you even human?” Michael groaned, feeling deeply sorry for Freya and the rest. “You're not even letting
them sleep at night?”
Ellis didn’t bother to explain.
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Once, he thought training them properly would be enough. But then one day, these rookies had cto him,
asking for the real deal, begging not to be coddled. Since they’d asked for it, as their captain, he wasn’t about to
take it easy.
For the next week, Freya and her team were pushed to their absolute limits. From dawn until deep into the night,
their focus never wavered. Yet through mutual support, they powered through.
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When they saw Ellis waiting there,
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“How do you feel?”