Chapter 129

Leonard thought Xanthea and Orion were cut from the same cloth, full of tricks and mischief.

Xanthea arched an eyebrow. “Flattery will get you nowhere, Mr. Leonardoodle. Shouldn’t you be comforting your cousin right now?”

“Her? No need for comfort. If she’s really over her crush on Orion, I might actually thank you on behalf of her parents.” Leonard started, then paused as if something just occurred to him. “Wait, what did you just call me?”

With a sly smile, Xanthea tucked her handkerchief into her pocket and turned to leave.

“Xanthea, you’re picking up Orion’s bad habits!” Leonard called after her, catching up. “Don’t use my nickname, got it?”

“Why not? I think it’s quite catchy, easy to pronounce.”

“Easy to pronounce?” Leonard looked at her in amazement. “Are you sure you don’t know Orion well?”

How could her thoughts about his name sound exactly like Orion’s?

but I’m curious, why do

shrugged. “Because of something

mean like enjoying

that the only song on Orion’s music playlist was “Butterfly,” sung by none other than

a

Indeed, Xanthea nodded.

there’s a ‘Zoo‘ party happening on the back hill.

“A ‘Zoo‘ party?

glanced towards the brightly lit back hill. No wonder music had been drifting over from that

full

exactly, it’s a costume party

Sounds fun, let’s check

dressed like that. Come upstairs with me

looked down

neat casual outfit from the morning had become crumpled and dirty after

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