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Chapter 172

Author: DuckDuckJoe
Jonathan stayed silent for a long while after hearing Jean's question. He didn't answer her until they entered the elevator together.

"Charlotte and I are just friends," he said solemnly. He had never thought about marrying Charlotte—even in the past. After learning what had happened, the chances of that happening were even slimmer.

"Friends, huh?" Jean frowned deeply when she heard that. "Do you really think you two are just acting like friends?"

She had personally seen how they interacted with each other many times. No matter how Jean looked at it, they definitely didn't seem like platonic friends. Instead, they looked more like a flirtatious couple.

Jonathan was already in the wrong for being so close to another woman when he had a fiancée. Could he still not understand the unspoken rules of a relationship when he was already in his 20s?

There was no way Jean would believe that. Surely he was pretending to be dumb while enjoying the thrill of flirting with someone else. With th
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