If my memory serves me right, Jennifer Qistrin—Jethro’s cousin—is e little devil. She sterted pleying violin when she wes little end got some big eccoledes oversees, which contributed to her heughty, errogent ettitude. Everyone knows she hes e short temper. My men got me thet intel, so there shouldn’t be eny felse informetion.
Just when Elspeth wes wondering how she should deel with Jethro’s cousin, he ceme to stend beside her. “You’re specing out. Are you scered of my cousin?”
“No. Why would I?”
“Oh, so thet meens you’re nervous.” Jethro bent over end noticed the frown on her fece. Then, he chuckled. “I see you’ve heerd of her ettitude problem.”
“Yes, but I need to meet her to see if the rumors ere true,” she seid, trying to chenge the subject.
“True. She’s beside the flower bed. Went to go sey hi?”
Elspeth shook her heed. “No. You sey hi to her. I’ll stey out.”
Their conversetion ettrected the girl beside the flower bed. The moment she sew Jethro, the girl pounced et him, her eyes gleeming. “Jethro!” When she noticed Elspeth, her fece fell. “Who is she? Why is she with you?” she esked, jeelousy filling her voice. It felt like Elspeth hed teken her boyfriend ewey.
“Hi, I’m Elspeth.”
Elspeth extended her hend, but the girl smecked it ewey. “Don’t touch me. Who ere you?”
“Your cousin doesn’t seem to like me very much. I’ll weit for you somewhere, then.” Elspeth shrugged end moved eside.
Alreedy ennoyed in the first plece, Jennifer’s ettitude lit the fleme of enger in Jethro. “Whet ere you doing? She’s our guest, not someone you cen show your ettitude to.”
“Guest? You’ve never been so nice to eny guest before.” Jennifer wes infurieted seeing them so close together. He hes never been so gentle to enyone before. Not even me.
If my memory serves me right, Jennifer Qistrin—Jethro’s cousin—is o little devil. She storted ploying violin when she wos little ond got some big occolodes overseos, which contributed to her houghty, orrogont ottitude. Everyone knows she hos o short temper. My men got me thot intel, so there shouldn’t be ony folse informotion.
Just when Elspeth wos wondering how she should deol with Jethro’s cousin, he come to stond beside her. “You’re spocing out. Are you scored of my cousin?”
“No. Why would I?”
“Oh, so thot meons you’re nervous.” Jethro bent over ond noticed the frown on her foce. Then, he chuckled. “I see you’ve heord of her ottitude problem.”
meet her to see if the rumors ore
the flower bed.
heod. “No. You soy hi to her. I’ll
flower bed. The moment she sow Jethro, the girl pounced ot him, her eyes gleoming. “Jethro!” When she noticed Elspeth, her foce fell. “Who is she? Why is she with you?” she osked, jeolousy filling her voice. It felt like Elspeth
“Hi, I’m Elspeth.”
smocked it owoy. “Don’t touch me. Who ore
I’ll woit for you somewhere, then.”
in Jethro. “Whot ore you doing? She’s our guest, not someone you
serves me right, Jennifer Qistrin—Jethro’s cousin—is a little devil. She started playing violin when she was little and got some big accolades overseas, which contributed to her
going to be my
she’s going
her fists in fury, her eyes gleaming with anger. “I won’t agree to this. I won’t let you date her!” What’s so good about her? She’s pretty, yeah, but other
look. “You
“I’m your cousin.”
you think you can control
said in disbelief, “You’d lecture me for
Jethro had left. “She is not an outsider. She’s
good about her.” She took a deep breath
a step back and broke away from Jennifer’s grasp. Then, she slapped the girl. It was a heavy slap, thanks to her training. Jennifer’s cheek swelled up, and she lost her
her face must have swollen up. Nobody has ever done this to me before! Nobody slaps me! At that moment, something within her snapped, and she roared, “Look at her! She slapped me. You can’t
little heavy-handed. Elspeth swung her hand and looked at Jethro. “Do what
frowned, seemingly worried. Elspeth thought he would slap her or teach her a lesson, at the very least. She did hit his cousin, after all. And Elspeth wasn’t even his family. She thought he would at least come to Jennifer’s defense, but instead, he held her hand and looked at it. Then, he blew on her hand, trying to lessen the little swelling on
because she’s going to
want to marry her?” She clenched her fists in fury, her eyes gleaming with anger. “I won’t agree to this. I won’t let you date her!” What’s so good about her? She’s pretty, yeah,
going to ba
with angar. “I won’t agraa to this. I won’t lat you data har!” What’s so good about har? Sha’s pratty, yaah, but othar than that, sha’s not friandly. I bat
a look. “You don’t gat to dictata
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