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    While these questions spun in her mind, Jason had already reached her. Her eyes met his, expectant, curious to hear what he might say. With a strange softness in his expression, Jason remarked, “You made it.”


    Puzzlement crept across Elliana’s face, her brows knitting together. No matter how she turned it over in her mind, there was simply no way Jason could have recognized her as either Elliana or Milena. He’d never even seen her real face before. That strange glint in his eyes left her feeling unsettled. Something about his stare gave her the uncanny feeling that he waspletely smitten. Maybe Jason’s preferences included men, and her current disguise was exactly his kind of charm. Was it possible she’d be the object of his affection, even like this? Did he seriously just try to flirt with her?


    Within seconds, Elliana’s mind spun with a storm of outrageous theories that made her skin prickle.


    Next to her, Levi nearly doubled over, trying not tough. He had just teased Milena about using her male disguise to flirt with women, only for her to attract a man instead—Jason Evans, no less!


    As the weight of Jason’s gaze grew unbearable, Elliana fluttered hershes and asked, “Do we know each other?”


    Jason stiffened. Why was it a man’s voice? And she didn’t recognize him. Did that mean she wasn’t Death Thorn after all? Yet, everything about her—her features, the way she held herself—felt so familiar.


    One fleeting glimpse of Death Thorn’s face, and the memory had been burned into Jason’s mind. He’d bet everything on his instinct. Maybe she was messing with him, ying at being a stranger.


    All these doubts pressed in as Jason studied Elliana closely. When his attention fell on the Adam’s apple, disappointment shadowed his face. Could he really have confused a man for Death Thorn? Death Thorn surely wouldn’t have an Adam’s apple.


    Sudden uncertainty filled his eyes, a swirl of confusion and doubt. The lingering stare didn’t slip past Elliana, and she bristled, blurting out, “Why don’t you take a picture, creep?”


    Jason froze for a split second, cheeks burning with embarrassment after the sharp rebuke. The humiliation stung so much that he instantly convinced himself he had probably mistaken the man’s identity—there was no way Death Thorn, who was rumored to be fond of him, would ever speak so harshly. The person in front of him clearly had a low, masculine voice and an unmistakable Adam’s apple. He must just be some guy who happened to look rmingly simr to Death Thorn.


    But the resemnce gnawed at Jason. Was it even possible for two people to look so alike? Were they siblings? The questions swirled through his mind, leaving him dazed.


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    Elliana, meanwhile, finished scolding Jason and stormed away, her expression dark with annoyance.


    Levi trailed after her, trying—and failing—to hide his amusement, his shoulders trembling with suppressedughter.


    Oddly enough, Jason felt no anger. Instead, he simply turned, lost in thought, watching the retreating figure of the disguised Elliana as confusion crept across his face.


    Cole, sitting nearby in his wheelchair, observed everything with a deepening frown. He struggled to make sense of Jason’s behavior. After all, they had grown up side by side—Jason had never shown any interest in men, and everyone knew he nned to marry Trinity. This recent behavior was utterly bewildering.


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