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Chapter 040 ~ Promise me

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040.

Later that evening...

Jack stood in front of Amber's door, contemplating on whether he should ring the doorbell or not. He'd been so pumped up to come talk to her, but now that he was standing in front of her door, he couldn't help feeling nervous. He'd wanted to apologize to her and ask her out on a Valentine date in advance because he didn't want Axel to beat him to it.

No one needed to tell him that Amber still had a soft spot for Axel, and before Axel would win her back totally, he had to take her attention away from him. He couldn't lose her, not after all the efforts he'd put in to be here.

He stretched out his hand to knock when the door suddenly opened. Amber, who wanted to take out the trash blinked in shock when she saw Jack in front of her door. "Jack," she called, smiling. "You didn't tell me you were coming."

Jack quickly took the trash leather from her and smiled as they walked out together. "I kinda wanted to surprise you. Also, I've missed you so much so I wanted
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