Claimed by My First Love's Brother (by Evergreen) novel Chapter 15

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My heart skipped a beat.

Was that blabbermouth Johnathan gonna rat me out to Reynaldo about me going to the Dance Gala?

It wasn’t a big secret or anything, and it wouldn’t be the end of the world if Reynaldo knew.

But he was moody and had it in for me.

If he found out, he might try to stop me from going.

This was a great chance to make some cash. I couldn’t afford any hiccups, so it was safer to keep it quiet from Reynaldo.

As Reynaldo was about to answer his phone, I tugged at his arm.

He glanced down at my hand and raised an eyebrow. “What’s up?”

“Uh…” I looked at the name flashing on his phone screen and said with a bit of a laugh. “Can you not answer his call?”

Reynaldo looked a little surprised and chuckled. “Sure, but why?”

“Well…” I thought for a second, then blurted out, “Johnathan is a total party animal. He’s probably calling to get you to go out.

“I don’t want you to go. I don’t want you to get corrupted by him.”

Reynaldo stared at me, his eyes deep and intense, like he was trying to figure me out.

When I started to feel all squirmy under his gaze, he suddenly asked,

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“Why are you worried he’ll lead me astray?”

“Because… Because I like you.”

The second I said it, I wanted to bite my tongue off.

What was I even talking about?

I was not good at lying when my brain was scrambled.

“Like me?” Reynaldo looked at me with a grin.

It was that same kind of smile that made my heart race.

I nodded kind of awkwardly, not sure what he was thinking.

The phone had stopped ringing by now.

Reynaldo fiddled with his phone without saying anything.

Just as I started to feel a bit relieved, he leaned in close to my ear and whispered with a little laugh, “Do you really think I’m gonna buy that?”

I froze, and without thinking, I turned my head. There was that cold and mocking look in his eyes.

He straightened up and said in a slow, calm voice, “Back then, you were all into Johnathan, saying I wasn’t as fun as him, that I was boring and stiff…”

“I… I didn’t!” I stammered, trying to defend myself.

What kind of made–up charge was this?

Reynaldo sneered, “Seems like your memory isn’t so sharp. You’ve forgotten quite a few things you did.”

Watching him bring up the past with that stern look on his face gave me

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the creeps.

To be honest, I had forgotten a lot of things from before.

But he remembered everything, especially the times I had been mean to him.

No wonder he still had it out for me.

Reynaldo twirled a strand of my hair, with a half–smile on his face. “You used to tell me to hang out with him and learn from him. So why are you suddenly worried that I’ll get corrupted by him now, huh?”

I was totally bewildered.

Did I say that to him before? I didn’t remember any of it!

He twisted my hair around his finger and said with a teasing smile, “Esmeralda, you really love lying, don’t you?”

He looked all nice and gentle, but the cold gleam in his eyes was seriously creepу.

I was thinking about whether to say something nice to butter him up.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed like a predator’s. “You didn’t let me answer Johnathan’s call just now. Have you got some secret thing going on with him?”

What?!

It felt like a lightning bolt had struck me right on the head, leaving me completely stunned.

Reynaldo’s imagination was way too out there!

Me and Johnathan?

No way!

That was ridiculous!

Reynaldo’s narrow eyes were locked on me, and there was a cold glint in

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