Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1392

Nina kept her head down, staring at her toes, her voice muffled. "In the White family, we undergo intensely rigorous training every day. We have to wake up at five in the morning for running drills, followed by combat, weapons handling, underwater breath-holding... We keep training until ten at night before we're allowed to sleep."

Emmy was stunned.

Nina's voice continued, carrying a faint tremor. "And we have to take tests every week. If we don't meet the standards, we receive severe punishments." She subconsciously touched her abdomen, her face paling slightly. "Being a girl, there are always a few days when I feel unwell. Sometimes, when my period coincided with a test, the stomach cramps were so bad that I failed the physical assessment. The instructors don't care if I'm on my period. As long as you fail, you get punished. I would have to carry a twenty-kilogram weight and run three full laps around the rocky, wild trails on the back mountain. You aren't allowed to stop until you finish, and... you don't get anything to eat for the entire day." Nina looked up, her eyes revealing an intense craving for food and a deep-seated fear of starvation. "The feeling of stomach acid burning your throat from hunger while having to run desperately is truly excruciating. That's why, in the academy, our greatest wish is to be chosen by an employer. As long as we're picked, we don't have to face weekly tests or punishments anymore. And most importantly... we can eat a full meal whenever we want."

Emmy was thoroughly shocked. She looked at the frail girl standing before her. Was this how the so-called prominent aristocratic families cultivated their descendants? No wonder Nina, despite being seventeen, looked like a fifteen-year-old girl who hadn't fully developed. Enduring such grueling, demonic training along with frequent starvation punishments, how could she grow? How could she develop properly? This was sheer abuse!

A wave of nameless fury surged within Emmy's chest. Frowning, her gaze wandered over Nina's youthful face. "Aren't you a lady of the White family? Why would you be subjected to such cruel training?" Even in elite families known for their strictness, torturing their own children to the brink of death was unheard of.

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