Chapter 38

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Regardless of whether she was pretending or not, Reynaldo was indeed nervous about her.
Reynaldo gave me a cold glance and then turned to the crowd, saying, “You guys go ahead and play.”
He finished speaking and then helped Kimberly to the side to rest.
Suddenly, someone started mocking me.
“Oh, it seems like Mr. Humphrey didn’t want to kiss her at all.”
“Well, Mr. Humphrey has stepped down now, let’s see who she can choose.”
“Oh, absolutely! It’s really hilarious. She actually still wants to choose Mr. Humphrey, but Mr. Humphrey’s current love interest is Ms. Palmer. She really has no self-awareness at all.”
Lavonne was furious and wanted to pick a fight with them.
I grabbed Lavonne.
I caught a glimpse of Reynaldo attentively pouring hot water for Kimberly without even glancing in my direction. Instantly, a tinge of sourness surged in my nose, and my eyes welled up with tears.
I quickly lowered my head, not wanting them to see my embarrassment.
Johnathan smiled at me and said, “Alright Esmeralda, go ahead and choose, at least choose one. We young people play games, so we have to play them well.”
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Regardless of whether she was pretending or not, Reynaldo was indeed nervous about her.
Reynaldo gave me a cold glance and then turned to the crowd, saying, “You guys go ahead and play.”
He finished speaking and then helped Kimberly to the side to rest.
Suddenly, someone started mocking me.
“Oh, it seems like Mr. Humphrey didn’t want to kiss her at all.”
“Well, Mr. Humphrey has stepped down now, let’s see who she can choose.”
“Oh, absolutely! It’s really hilarious. She actually still wants to choose Mr. Humphrey, but Mr. Humphrey’s current love interest is Ms. Palmer. She really has no self–awareness at all.”
Lavonne was furious and wanted to pick a fight with them.
I grabbed Lavonne.
I caught a glimpse of Reynaldo attentively pouring hot water for Kimberly without even glancing in my direction. Instantly, a tinge of sourness surged in my nose, and my eyes welled up with tears.
I quickly lowered my head, not wanting them to see my embarrassment.
Johnathan smiled at me and said, “Alright Esmeralda, go ahead and choose, at least choose one. We young people play games, so we have to play them well.”
“Yeah, hurry up and choose.”
“Yeah, hurry up and choose, it’s just kissing a man, it’s not difficult for you at all.”
“Hurry up, hurry up…”
There were sounds of urging and mockery all around.
I tightened my hand on my knee and then looked at Johnathan heavily.
Johnathan was clearly startled and exclaimed, “Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?”
I didn’t say a word, got up, and walked straight towards him…
When he saw me approaching, Johnathan’s face changed.
“What… What do you want to do?”
I sneered at him, “Didn’t you say you wanted me to pick someone of the opposite sex to kiss?”
“Oh no!”
The surrounding onlookers instantly became excited.
It seemed that Mr. Humphrey ignored her, so she shifted her focus to Mr. Dunlap.
“But look at Mr. Dunlap, he seemed very nervous and flustered.”
“Laughing to death, how terrifying is this woman? Even Mr. Dunlap, a playboy in the dating scene, is afraid to kiss her.”
I walked up to Johnathan and looked at him with a sneer.
The more nervous he became, the more certain I was that he didn’t dare to
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kiss me.
Johnathan always had a nonchalant attitude, always stirring up trouble.
If I guessed correctly, he just wanted me to provoke Reynaldo.
Oh, you love to play, huh.
This time, I made you lift the stone and hit your own foot!
I smiled at Johnathan and said, “Come on, let’s kiss for a minute.”
“No no no… It’s not… How, how did you choose me?” Johnathan said in a frightened and fluent manner.
Lavonne laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.
I laughed at Johnathan and said, “Because you were handsome.”
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“No, they… handsome!” Johnathan pointed at the other men.
The more flustered he became, the happier I felt in my heart.
Now I am 100% sure that he wouldn’t kiss me.
I deliberately put my hand on his shoulder and smiled at him brightly, saying. “Alright, stop dawdling. We’re adults, if we want to play, we have to be able to handle it. Can’t you see everyone is waiting?”
“Well, Mr. Dunlap, when did you become so nagging, even worse than a woman?”
“Indeed, considering you used to be a playboy, it’s surprising how a woman’s kiss could scare you like this.”
“Hurry up, hurry up! Can’t you see that this woman is already impatient?”
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“No, no… Reynaldo…” Johnathan pleaded, looking at Reynaldo desperately. “She… she wants to kiss me.”
When he called out Reynaldo, my heart also trembled, and my gaze involuntarily glanced at Reynaldo.
The man was sitting on the sofa, smoking casually.
Johnathan was still shouting at him, “Hey, can you hear me? Your ex- wife, she wants to kiss me!”
“Um.” Reynaldo responded indifferently, his tone neither salty nor bland. “So, what do you want me to do?”
“No, no… what do you mean?” Johnathan looked extremely frustrated.
Kimberly seemed to be feeling better now. She covered her mouth and teasingly said to Johnathan, “Johnathan, why are you still shy? Hurry up and kiss, don’t keep Ms. Duffy waiting for too long.”
Johnathan stared at Reynaldo, feeling frustrated, and said, “I really kissed her, you better not regret it.”
“Hmm,” Reynaldo’s tone remained indifferent.
My heart couldn’t help but feel bitter and sour again.
It seems that he really didn’t care about me at all.
“I really want to kiss her, haha,” Johnathan said to Reynaldo again, then leaned towards me.
My heart tightened.
No way, this man wouldn’t really want to kiss me, would he?
What to do, what to do…
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