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Nina nodded and went back to standing quietly.
Tcrawled by, second after second.
Still, she didn’t dare take a single step.
Satisfied she'd gotten the message, Ellis changed the topic. “Your uncle said you even had a wedding while
playing house with that boy?”
“No!” Nina blurted out, her face flustered. “Uncle Alan’s just making things up!”
“Still thinking of skipping homework just to play?”
“No.”
“What if it happens again?”
“I won't play with Jeranymore.”
Ellis, apparently content with her answer, said nothing more. He simply reminded her to finish the rest of her
homework.
Nina nodded immediately and hurried off to catch up on her assignments.
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For the rest of the holiday, she stayed focused on her studies. Even when Jerasked her to hang out, she
politely turned him down.
Before they knew it, the first day of school arrived.
Freya and Ellis brought the kids to kindergarten together.
Once they had taken care of all the school logistics and were just about to head home, Nina suddenly spotted
Jerand ran to him.
“Jerome!” She threw her arms around him, her eyes lighting up with joy. “Cto my house later, okay? I'll
make it up to you for missing your birthday. Please?” She grinned, full of excitement.
Jerdidn’t say a word. Instead, he frowned and stared at her like he had no clue who she was.
“I'm not your friend.” Jasper pulled his hand out of her hug, his face icy and distant.
“I was just busy with homework lately, that’s why | didn’t cto you,” Nina explained sweetly, hoping to
smooth things over. “Don’t be mad at me, okay?”
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Jasper looked puzzled.
He was about to say again that he didn’t know her when Jerstepped forward and said with a fond, slightly
jealous tone, “Silly, that’s my brother Jasper. Not me.”
Nina whipped her head toward the familiar voice. And in that moment, a dozen question marks practically
popped up over her head.
There were two Jeromes?
“Your brother's so good-looking,”
Nina gasped, her exgs@eamning.
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Jerblinked, caught off guard.
Just as he was about to respond, he spotted Freya, Ellis, and Jesse standing nearby.
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