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Chapter 8: The Jealous Suitor

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[Nathaniel]

I almost dropped the phone. I looked at the profile. Amazingcoconut1163. The comment was made 10 minutes ago, and it's already gathering likes.

I growled.

Who is this? The same person who pinned the photo? Or a different person?

Frustrated, I stood up from the floor and threw my phone and backpack on the desk, harder than necessary. Grabbing a towel, I stepped into the shower. I needed to cool myself down and gather my thoughts.

The rain shower drenched my hair and body. I let the
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    [Nathaniel]My head snapped up so fast I bumped into Jasper’s due to our close proximity. “Ouch!” Jasper rubbed his head. “What was that reaction for?”He knows? “Who is he?” I asked cautiously.Jasper was about to speak when the teacher walked in.“Later, Detective Cladwell.” He winked. “Jas!” I hissed. He left me stewing for the rest of the lesson while I kept glancing at the clock hanging on the wall, begging for each minute to pass faster.Did Jasper really know? Or suspected? It has to be Chris. Jasper knew, or at least could recognise students in our year. He wouldn’t call someone a random guy. Wait. He saw Chris yesterday. Jasper should be able to recognise him. When the class bell finally rang, I turned to Jasper, expecting him to continue. I huffed as he packed his bag and we strolled out of the classroom, transiting to the next class.“Remember I said this morning that the body build and facial features of that guy in the edited bonfire photo look a little familiar to

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    [Nathaniel]“Why not? Clara is pretty. You don’t look that bad. Though, of course, we have better-looking guys in the school. What’s more important is you guys are the golden couple in school right now!”I turned to Clara. She was looking at me, eagerness sprouting from her eyes. She wanted this. No. If Clara and I don’t work out in the end, this whole thing will go under.“Nic, let's just start small? With the monthly feature of Clara first?”Nicholas frowned and tilted his head. “I thought our last discussion was to focus on academically achieving students first? I have short-listed a few pending the council approval in the meeting this week.”My head snapped to Clara. Did she pick up my lies earlier? “Oh, too bad then!” She said, shrugging. “I don’t think I meet the academically achieving criteria.”“Yeah.” Nicholas agreed. “I wonder why Nate told you about this project. He is probably too infatuated with you to forget who our target student groups are.”The students around us l

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    [Nathaniel]I didn’t check in on any social media for the rest of the night. I didn’t want to see Chris’s reply.Unknowingly, a storm was brewing.I walked into school the next morning feeling eyes following me everywhere again. Now what? I quickly located Clara as she waved at me, standing at the school entrance under a tree. The rest of the gang were there too, huddled together looking at their phone screens. “Nate!” Jasper hopped and jumped towards me, putting a hand over my shoulder, almost making me lose my balance as he dragged me towards the group. “You are the talk of the town again!”He showed me his phone screen. I look down, unworried, expecting it to be the photo from yesterday. I already had a well-crafted explanation.“Yesterday, this photo was so dark that no one could make out who or what. But some random user did some Photoshop, and this is the new photo!” Jasper continued. “Now pal, you ready to tell us who you were staring at?”The original mostly silhouette phot

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    [Nathaniel]The ringing stopped. The next moment, my phone pinged. I slowly reach out to the phone again. “Nate, you there?”I didn’t reply. But he knew I read his message.“Can I call?”I leaned back against my headboard, wondering what I should reply. I typed 'ok', but then changed my mind when I was about to hit the send button.“Let's just text instead.” I replied. I look at the bubbles appearing on the chatbox. Chris is typing. He sent a photo. It’s the photo of us staring at each other at the bonfire night.“My teammate just showed me this photo. It’s spreading like crazy in school right now.”“Yeah, I saw the photo.”“I know I promised you earlier this morning not to know each other, but this photo is pretty obvious that we do.”Obvious? Only to you and me. Because we are guilty.No, Nate. It’s a jealous suitor. Not someone who knew what was happening. “It’s not obvious. I told my friends I don’t remember this scene or me staring at anyone, and it's probably an angle issue

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    [Nathaniel]My head snapped up from my phone screen, and I stood up immediately, throwing the phone back under the desk. “Yes, Sir!”“What’s gotten into you today?” Mr Hicks made his way towards me. “First, you were uncharacteristically late for class.” He reached under my desk and took out my ph

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    [NATHANIEL]I stood in front of the mirror, staring at my own reflection, making minor adjustments to my uniform and hair. It was the first day of school, and I didn’t really want to go. Summer camp ended two weeks ago. Photos from the bonfire night were spreading like wildfire. Friends and strang

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