Divorced The True Heiress Gets It All novel Chapter 680

Chapter 680

A Wade team member grumbled, “Cap, we’re already weaker than them from the start. Why are we still backing down?”

“This isn’t about backing down,” Wade frowned. “It’s simply how things are meant to be.”

Rosalie couldn’t help snapping back, “I admit I’m not as strong as Saintiger, but I did beat him. That’s a fact. You can’t just decide they should go first simply because you think I shouldn’t have won. That’s not a valid reason.”

To Wade’s surprise, his concession only stirred up discontent among his teammates. But the words were already out, and there was no taking them back.

Wade thought, ‘How come when Echohawk’s team went first, nobody had a problem with it, but now that it’s my team’s turn everyone suddenly has something to say?’

Aria led the team a short distance ahead. Just as Joel and Harry were about to tag along, Owen stopped them. “If you tag along and Aria wins, people will say we helped her. It would cheapen her victory. You just stay here.”

Once the team was out of sight, Harry suddenly realized, “Wait, why are we the ones staying behind? Why not him?”

Joel slapped his thigh. “Why did we just go along with it? We were too careless.”

Saintiger remained silent throughout the journey. After what felt like ages of walking, Aria stopped and pulled some tools out of her backpack.

The other members exchanged confused glances. “Cap, what’s the plan?”

Aria swung the rope with a smirk. “Setting traps.”

Yvonne’s eyes lit up. “Now we’re talking!”

Yancy grinned and said, “Like they say, hindering the opposition is part of winning too.”

Aria handed over the small shovel to Saintiger. “You’re on digging duty. Make it quick.” Saintiger looked momentarily blank caught off guard.

Yvonne glared at him. “What are you just standing around for? Don’t tell me you don’t want to do anything. You’re useless in a fight, and now you can’t even dig a damn hole?”

This time, Saintiger didn’t retort. Without a word, he picked up the shovel and started digging, his hands blurred.

‘I have to win this time. I absolutely have to,’ Saintiger vowed to himself. ‘I’m going to reclaim every shred of pride I’ve lost.”

Under the moonlight, Saintiger dug with such frenzied intensity that dirt sprayed wildly in one direction. The others stood there, stunned.

Yvonne exclaimed with a grin, “Well, who knew? Turns out you’re natural at digging holes.”

Aria barked, “Stop standing around. Get to work.”

“Yes, Cap!” the team replied in unison.

Owen quietly moved closer. “Is there anything I can do?”

Aria pulled out a small blanket. “No need. Just go sit and rest.”

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“Thanks, Madelyn,” Owen obediently sat down to wait.

Yvonne glanced over, then rolled her eyes skyward in exasperation.

Aria scaled the tree with one hand, a net in the other. Yvonne watched with starry eyes and whispered, “Captain is seriously so cool. Owen’s one lucky guy.”

Yvonne turned her head and saw Owen getting up to leave. She instinctively asked, “Where are you going?”

“Just need to use the bathroom,” Owen replied.

‘I actually thought I’d annoyed him into leaving,’ Yvonne mused.

Yvonne looked up at the tree and saw Aria staring intently in the direction where Owen had disappeared. It took her a long while to finally look away.

‘Was he really just going to the bathroom?’ Yvonne wondered. She recalled what Owen had said when they first met, and a sudden, ominous chill ran down her spine.

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