I Confirmed the Deployment That Broke Him Chapter 10

I Confirmed the Deployment That Broke Him Chapter 10

Ten years. Whatever had once been between us had settled into something quiet.

I could look back on those sleepless nights in the warzone hospitals without flinching.

After a while, Leo fell quiet and looked up, meeting my eyes.

“You came up here to find me,” Leo said. “Is there a collaboration you wanted to talk about?”

I blinked, momentarily thrown. There was no collaboration to discuss. I had finished the report meeting, come up here for the view, run into someone I used to know, and said hello.

That was all it was.

I smiled. “I just wanted to say hello.”

Something in Leo’s eyes dimmed.

“Then let me just say this,” Leo said. “I was young and arrogant, and I took you for granted. I’m sorry.”

I nodded, and we sat in the quiet for a moment.

Rain tapped against the glass, tracing lines down the pane.

I stood up to leave.

I had a flight the next day to train a new cohort of frontline medics. I gave him a final nod. “Take care of

yourself.”

Leo looked up, his voice quiet. “You really have moved past all of it, haven’t you?”

“We’ve been on different paths for a long time,” I said. “I hope we both find what we’re looking for.”

I turned toward the elevator.

As I rode down, my phone buzzed.

[Professor Lane, your convoy at Port Sterling Airport is ready. The first training session starts tomorrow at

eight a.m.]

I replied: [Copy that. Tell the team I’m bringing the latest edition of the Field Triage Handbook.

The rain had stopped. The clouds were breaking apart, and sunlight spilled over the lake and shattered into thousands of shards of gold.

My roommate wanted to offload a backup guy from her gaming account onto me, saying he was way too possessive and annoying.

I glanced at the note she’d attached: [Dumb rich guy-hit him up fast].

My eyes lit up, I replied: [Thanks! I love clingy guys!]

Just then, a stream of comments flashed before my eyes.

[LMAO, the evil supporting female lead is making her entrance.]

[She’s just a plot device, the male lead’s gonna go crazy over our goddess Seraphina later!]

[Hurry up and take him on, once he figures out he’s been talking to someone else, he’ll rush back for Seraphina. The tension’s gonna be chef’s kiss!]

So I was just a plot device to stir up drama?

Did that mean I was about to hit the jackpot?

My roommate Seraphina Blake texted: [He’s loaded, sends money over at the drop of a hat, but he’s way too possessive. I’m too lazy to deal with him; he’s all yours.]

Seraphina was the undisputed campus belle of Westin Ivy University, with more guys in her little black book

than you could count.

To keep track of them all, she made a bunch of fake social media accounts, posting whatever she wanted

without ever worrying about getting caught.

I logged into Seraphina’s account and took a look.

The guy’s display name was straightforward: [6’2AbsHottie).

I scrolled through their chat history, and sure enough, the guy was a total jealous freak. He’d lose his mind if

Seraphina replied to his messages too slowly, or if he found out she’d played a game with someone else.

All Seraphina ever had to do was send a few cutesy voice notes, and she’d calm him right down in an instant.

I tried mimicking her high-pitched voice a couple of times, and it was almost enough to make me gag.

More comments popped up.

[This side character’s just a bad copycat, she thinks she can pull off Seraphina’s voice? Please.]

[Just wait for Easton Vanderbilt to transfer the money. This gold digger’s probably never seen that much in her life.]

Seeing that, my heart started racing.