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Jack didn’t stay over that night. He has another apartment in the next building, so he went back there.
Early the next morning, he came over to bring me breakfast.
There were seven or eight dishes spread out on the table. Emma saw this and smiled smugly.
“Brother-in-law, did you bring so much because you knew I was here today?”
“Wow, I love the soup dumplings from this place, but they never do deliveries. Did you go and pack all this early in the morning?”
Jack looked up at her, “No, I forgot you were here. I actually bought less than usual. It’s mainly because Lily doesn’t have a good appetite in the morning, so I buy more for her to choose from.”
Emma let out a long “Oh,” but her hands didn’t stop fiddling with her newly done nails. This was her state when she was thinking. I figured if she was only slightly interested in Jack before, now she must be determined to have him.
I unconsciously tightened my grip on Jack’s hand. Maybe feeling the pain, Jack looked at me. I hurriedly apologized and left the table.
In the evening when I got off work, they were again sitting on opposite ends of the sofa. When I came back, Jack got up to greet me.
He whispered to me, “Doesn’t your cousin have a job? Why is she here every day? Doesn’t she have her own place? What’s the deal with her always being at our place?”
I looked up at him and said, “If you add her on SnapChat, she might leave us alone.”
His expression stiffened. After a moment, he said, “I just added her. She said she’d go home tomorrow if I did.”
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I just said “Oh” and went into the bedroom. Jack followed me in, hugging me and asking if I was angry.
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“I just don’t want to see her every day. I added her, but I can block her, you know? Look, I’ve already set her to ‘Do Not Disturb’.”
As he spoke, he took out his phone and held it up to my face, trying to prove his innocence.
I didn’t say anything, but my disappointment must have been obvious because Jack held my hand and comforted me for a long time.
At dinner, he kept trying to make conversation with me and piled food onto my plate.
Emma saw this and just smiled, “Our Jack is very attentive, isn’t
