Mr Carroll Went Crazy After Divorce

Since Seth didn’t do anything impulsive. Aurora said nothing, deciding to remind Elle later.

Sion suggested, “Let’s play Crossfire, real-life edition.”

The four of them could be divided into two groups.

“Okay!”

Both Elle and Seth raised their heads, seeming interested in Sion’s suggestion, while Aurora didn’t have anything against this idea.

The site was only a few minutes away.

On their way, they began to discuss how to divide the groups.

“I’ll team up with Aurora,” Elle said with the lightest hesitation, smiling at Aurora.

“Nope.” Sion rejected it, in a bland voice, “If I beat you with Seth, there is shame in it.” Then he glanced at Seth.

“Hmm… Yeah, he’s right.” Seth said and looked at Elle, “For games like this, stamina matters. I won’t let you ladies team up against…”

He didn’t finish his sentence, but the implication was clear. Aurora’s face didn’t look too good at this point. If she refused to play, it would be a letdown since they were already here.

“Okay, then.”

As soon as she spoke, both men felt secretly pleased.

Elle looked sceptically at Seth, feeling like he was up to something. She had heard of them before but this was their first official meeting. The first impression of the two gentlemen wasn’t bad so Elle didn’t think much of it and walked with Aurora towards the women’s locker room.

“Elle, did you notice that Seth is acting strange? He seems to like you.”

“Really?”

Elle thought about Seth’s flirtatious behaviour and found it unlikely. “You probably got the wrong idea.”

“…”

Until today, Aurora realized that her friend, Elle, was a bit oblivious in matters of love. But she didn’t say anything more about it.

After changing clothes and getting their equipment ready, they met up at the entrance together.

Aurora remembered their previous suggestion and took the initiative to say, “I’ll team up with Seth.”

Seth’s face fell when he heard that while another person who strongly disagreed stepped forward as well.

“He knows more about the terrain here.” Sion checked his gun which felt quite realistic in his hands but had an infrared device attached to it, “But he can’t shoot guns properly. Are you sure you want to team up with him?”

“…”

Seth froze for a moment, complaining secretly that Sion didn’t save him any face. But then he glanced over at Elle next to him and held back what almost came out of his mouth earlier on.

Elle who had been skillfully assembling her gun also paused for a moment before giving Seth an unexpected glance.

Aurora gritted her teeth inwardly; She had reason enough to believe that Sion was doing all of this intentionally.

“Y-Yeah…” Seth laughed awkwardly, “I’ve never played with guns or knives before so I’ll have Miss Ford protect me later.”

The four-person squad split into two groups just like that. After entering the battle zone, both teams immediately went their separate ways. Aurora glanced disdainfully at the man next to her in camouflage, who was constantly trying to look cool. It was really annoying.

“Aurora, be careful of your surroundings. There might be others around.” He said in a deep voice, sounding cautious and alert.

“Others” could either be individuals sent to interfere with them or members of other teams.

Aurora followed closely behind Sion, trying to keep her distance from him as much as possible. “Watch out!” Suddenly, the man grabbed her waist and pulled her aside.

“You…!” Aurora was about to lash out when she caught sight of a red paint stain where they had just been standing. Sion quickly raised his gun and fired in one direction without hesitation.

In an instant, smoke rose up not far away.

He took a quick glance before putting away his gun and turning around. “It’s all clear.”

His seamless actions made Aurora feel like he must have been part of some special profession.

She shifted her gaze away from him and walked ahead first with hurried steps that she didn’t even realize were meant either to shake off the person behind her or hide the warmth rising on her face.

Along the way, Sion would always cleverly save her by taking down enemies who attempted attacks on them unexpectedly, turning two-on-two battles into chaotic brawls instead. Aurora felt both annoyed and trapped having no choice but to stay behind him all along.

Meanwhile, Elle and Seth found themselves in similar situations but their roles were reversed-Elle had precise shooting skills while Seth seemed more relaxed helping swat mosquitoes than anything else.

“How long will it take us to find them if we keep going like this?” asked Elle.

Pfft! With those words came another solved enemy.

Elle’s sharpshooting skills indicated that she played these types of games frequently while Seth enjoyed being carefree; he helped swat mosquitoes more often than fight enemies.

“It’s okay, we’re looking for each other, so they’ll find us soon enough.” Replied Seth reassuringly.

“That makes sense.” Elle turned around readying herself for moving forward again when suddenly she stumbled forward instinctively. And she reached out ahead instinctively.

“Watch out!”

Elle grabbed onto the collar of Seth’s shirt quickly. Seth wrapped his arms tightly around her slender waist, flipping over mid-air before landing with a muffled groan sound.

Eyes wide open, Elle found herself on top of Seth.

Their faces were so close-if she lowered her head a bit, her nose would touch the man. Their eyes met. Elle blushed in an instant but she was still in a daze. After a while, she began panicking.

“I… I’m sorry. It was by accident.”Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

Looking straight into her eyes, Seth smiled a bit.

“Jesus…”

Seth sat up slowly with a hand supporting his waist, then he pretended to be in agony and said, “Don’t worry, glad you’re all right.”

Elle felt more guilty on hearing his words.

“Are you okay?” she reached out to help him stand up, “We can surrender. It’s just a game, we can come again in the future.”

“It’s okay. I don’t think that’s a good idea. Sion, they are still in the game.”

“I think it’s fine. You got hurt.” Elle led him to the exit while saying, “Don’t worry about them. The instructor will help them later.”

Seth was delighted by seeing Elle worrying about him. Finally, he compromised, partly because pretending to be bad at shooting was indeed dull work for him.