Chapter 835: Chapter 834

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Erin pressed her lips together, clearly holding back her thoughts.

Keira noticed and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Jenkins jumped in before Erin could reply, “This last one here–her interests are surprisingly similar to Erin’s.”

Keira frowned. “Food?”

Jenkins nodded. “Exactly. That’s why we nicknamed her Pig.”

Keira blinked, stunned.

Were code names really handed out this carelessly?

She twitched her lips in disbelief, but Erin cut in with immediate protest. “Hold on! What do you mean, my interests are the same as Pig’s? I’m a selective eater, okay? I have standards! I don’t just eat everything. She does! Anything remotely edible, she’s all in!”

Erin gave an exaggerated huff. “Back in preschool, she used to finish off all our leftovers. Seriously, we’d save them for her because she could eat everything! Her mom even showed up at school once to complain, saying the teachers were turning her kid into a pig. Said she was getting ‘too big and too chubby.’”

As Keira listened to their chatter, vividly picturing the scene from years ago, she couldn’t help but interrupt with a question. “You two grew up together for a few years, right? After all that, can you really bring yourselves to go after each other, fighting tooth and nail?”

a bomb, leaving both Jenkins and Erin momentarily

them saw that question

happily munching on pistachios, slowly set

“Childhood friends? Sure, but most of that fades as you grow older. It’s been years since we stayed in touch–there’s no bond left to speak

a brutal finality. “I know you’ve never lived through something as ruthless as

learning to protect ourselves first. If you ever end up in

her expression, coupled with the harsh reality of her words, sent

wasn’t having it. “Speak for

at Erin, curious to hear her out. Erin folded her arms and huffed. “I said I’m different because I never pledged loyalty to her in the first place! I told her–she’s my sidekick, not the other way

the bridge of her

too tired to deal

could be all talk when it came to everything else, but when it came to

a deep breath, Keira turned to the two of them. “Thank you,” she said

off guard by the sudden gratitude. Erin coughed awkwardly.

honest,” Keira replied. “For

mouth, trying to brush off the moment. “But just

it has to be someone, I’d rather it be

face flushed. “You… That’s your reason for dating someone

awkwardly. “More

her shoulder with a sly smile. “Peter, looks like you’re being

in her mind. She scanned the room, half-expecting Peter to suddenly appear. When she realized no one was there, she turned back

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