Chapter 38 Winning The Race

(Anna)

Everyone else kept their distance from us for Asher had let out his overpowering aura. It weighed heavily on others as he moved with ease. It didn't seem like he was carrying a 55 kg woman on his back.

I snickered knowing he did it on purpose to intimidate the other contestants. That dark aura was something not everyone could handle.

"Go! Go!" I prompted him forward and he obeyed. His sturdy legs moved on the track at such a fast speed that the world was nothing but a blur around me. My hair whirled behind as adrenaline rushed through my body.

I kept clinging to him. My arms rested along his heaving chest. The rhythms of his sturdy heart I could sense as its beats mingled with mine and beat as one. We ran as one unit, even breathing as one.

Somehow.

The lead between us and other couples grew and amidst cheers and applause, we effortlessly crossed the finish line and stood first. No one was even closer to us as we won by a huge margin.

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