On the car.

Without any prior agreement, both Mia and Leo clapped in unison for Jade who was sitting at the back.

Mia asked, "Jade, are you a silver-tongued devil or what?"

With an air of arrogance, Jade fluffed her bangs and smirked. "Hmph, I already planned to expose that bastard when I heard about it from Chad last night. I'd be a sinner if I helped him cover up such shocking news. And that ungrateful jerk actually had the guts to ask me out today. Like I, Jade, would ever fall for such a bad guy."

Leo curiously asked, "Jade, how did you know about the hourly hotel room and his... short performance?"

"My brother let it slip when he was cussing him out yesterday, and I overheard it," Jade confessed, looking at her friends innocently.

Last night, in Jade's room.

She was sitting cross-legged on the bed, a pillow on her lap, arms resting on the pillow, hands propping up her cheeks, listening to her brother's rant.

Suddenly, Chad revealed that Eaton didn't last long in the hourly hotel room. Jade's eyes lit up. She asked curiously, "Chad, are you saying he's bad in bed?"

Chad lightly tapped Jade's forehead, admonishing her, "What on earth is in that head of yours?"

After that, Jade was relentless, following Chad from her room to his, sitting on his bed, pestering him nonstop.

With curious eyes, she asked, "Chad, if he's that bad, what's so attractive about him?"

At that moment, Chad wished he could smack her out of the room.

He was her brother, not her boyfriend! How could he answer that!

So, Chad wrapped Jade in a blanket and threw her back into her room. "Chad-"

his bedroom door

...

Mia and Leo

hearing it, Mia thought

started pestering Leo again, "Leo, how long is normal for you guys? Is what they write

still single, how

them turned towards the

off

ask your

you remember what I told you the day we first

it very clearly. She had even felt fortunate about

husband, where her hand accidentally brushed against that part of him, she started to doubt Leo's words.

of you are allowed in on this." "What's going on with your husband? Just this morning you were blaming him. Why are you

Jade's persistent questioning,

After that, he didn't

questioned for so long and gotten nowhere, Jade complained, "What

arrived at the destination indicated on the phone, they got out of the car and took

seeing the cans of red, black, and white

you get these?" Leo questioned, raising

"I just grabbed a

be Batman, another a ninja, and

identities, they accented with red and white stripes. And thus, their makeshift "native" disguises came to

from lamps barely cut through the shadows. Fall was setting in above ground, but

and Jade rubbing their arms to keep warm, Leo, despite feeling cold himself, took off his khaki jacket and put

behind her with gratitude, "Young man, my care for you at

you came to our house, I've

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