After grabbing what was needed for their journey, in the hot afternoon, the Sinclair step-siblings walked through the isolated Sunflower Estate, wowing a few neighbors who happened to be passing by with their handsomeness and beauty.

On the other hand, having never walked this part of the estate before, Miles was surprised to find it was actually lively.

His shock was unprecedented when he saw kids his age lingering under a big tree that had been made into a little park.

Those on the other side were also surprised to see the unfamiliar pair, but those who recognized Cassie or had seen Miles when driving by revealed their identities.

"Wait, so that isn’t her boyfriend? Let me go, what are we waiting for," one who couldn’t control himself among the group said, his eyes shining with a lustful light.

But the ones with brains—either respecting Miles’ athletic look, especially with his lean muscles being flexed, hands pocketed in his short pants, wearing a black singlet shirt, or having been coldly rejected by Cassie before—stopped him.

"Don’t embarrass yourself, bro. You see that house over there? That’s where the girls are, peeping and checking us out."

"Yeah, Anita stopped talking to Geoffrey after she saw him rejected by that girl. Poor dude, he decided to go and live in Italy with his mom after that."

—

In the window of the house where the girls in the estate were gathered, they peeped through the glass. A strange silence had fallen over them the moment they saw Miles.

"Quickly, check, who is he?"

One of the girls managed to recover and shouted at the girl with a magazine, who then hastily spread it open, their eyes flickering through the pictures of young guys in the estate.

Miles wasn’t in the top ten, so they scrolled down, down, nearing the bottom before a girl pointed at a certain picture. A somber-looking boy with rough hair; he wasn’t good looking or said to be ugly, he was just there.

The girls’ eyes squinted at the picture, surprise on their faces as they noted the stark familiarity between the boy they saw and the picture.

"He’s the one, but how did he get so handsome?"

They were left in shock.

Meanwhile, upon reaching the community center, without knowing the wave they had caused, Miles and Cassie asked the caretaker to use the yoga studio.

"It’s bigger than I expected." Seeing the spacious studio, Miles was impressed.

But Cassie rebutted.

"Hehehe. Why won’t it be? Those bunch of lazy housewives don’t care about their physical condition."

Flashing him a bright smile, Cassie dropped the handy bag and began stretching her limbs.

"What are you looking at? We have to first warm up if you want to go to school tomorrow."

After that, Miles did everything she did and they soon got to the main course of the training.

This time, Cassie didn’t search online for random videos; instead, she played several videos showing what they needed to perform to win.

"Not bad," Miles commented upon seeing the amount of close contact.

"Pervert. Don’t you have any other thoughts? Remember?"

Miles rolled his eyes at her and nodded in agreement. Suddenly his eyes turned thoughtful as he spoke again.

"You said this is your previous plan with your previous partner who was bought. Isn’t it too risky to keep up with it?" Miles couldn’t help but ask, causing Cassie to freeze in deep thought before shaking her head in refusal.

"No, he wouldn’t do such a thing," she eventually replied.

’Pffft. Look at you. He already betrayed you in the name of money, in the name of the fact that he’s poor. What makes you think he won’t sell you out completely for his own gains.’

Unwilling to trouble her mind, Miles could only swallow his thoughts and had one condition.

"At least change one."

"Hmmm. I already plan to do that since I plan to heavily utilize your strength." Shifting her head away, she suppressed her blush and turned on the portable speaker she brought along—an MP3 player.

As the Swan Lake symphony played, she signaled him to be ready. The next moment, she leaped into the air and Miles caught her, took a step that matched the playing instruments, and lifted her high with a swift turn.

In the scenes that followed, Miles was like a strong pillar that supported Cassie. And Cassie also felt fearless in his hands, making her do things she couldn’t confidently do before. Working together, they easily synced up and kept dancing.

When it was time to perform a new move, Miles had the chance to perfectly grab her ass, finding it squishy despite its small size, causing Cassie to gasp instinctively.

"Ahhhhh."

Frightened by the satisfying feeling the moment he held her ass, Cassie leaped from his hands in fright. Just as she was about to fall in a way that she would be gravely injured, Miles used his hand to grab one of her legs, suspending her mid-air before letting her go again. Recovering her senses, Cassie used the opportunity to perform a side flip, landing gracefully after the near-death scenario.

The air froze as they stared at each other with lingering fear.

But Miles underestimated Cassie’s talent in ballet.

A look of epiphany crossed her fearful face and her heart lit up in joy.

"We created a new move!" she shouted, leaping and spinning on her toes. "We did it."

"Huh?"

Miles stared dumbfoundedly at the excited, curvy, petite girl, shocked as she actually spun and hugged him.

"Thank you," she said, her voice filled with heartfelt gratitude before withdrawing the squishy sensation.

"Pervert," she blushed. "Let’s do it again. If we can perfect it, we are definitely going to win."

"Sure."

Meanwhile, far away. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

In the projects of Dominic City, a lean, dark-skinned youth Cassie would recognize suspiciously glanced around and stepped into a waiting black SUV.

"Poor Jeremy. What do you think of my offer? Still acting all tough and righteous, huh—"

"Okay, let’s do it. I accept your offer," the dark-skinned boy agreed, leaving the flat-chested girl stunned.

"Finally having some sense. Come and stay with me till we get this done. I can’t visit this tragic place everyday to pick you up."

Jeremy was stunned and was about to say he didn’t bring his clothes along, but the girl showed him her arm card.

"Don’t worry. As long as I deal with her and her arrogant brother, I’m willing to spend as much."