Before returning to the castle, Nina went back to the ward to get something.
'I need to get Demi's handbag.
There must be more important information in there.'
She took the handbag and sat down. John locked the door behind them and sat next to her. Naturally, he put his arm around her waist.
Nina also liked to sit close to him, so she let him hold her. She then tipped over Demi's handbag onto the table and emptied it. A whole bunch of stuff came tumbling out.
In addition to the tube of lipstick, the small bottle of perfume, and the sapphire necklace, Nina also found a two-by-two photo.
It was of a man and a woman, smiling.
'There's a stamp of the Civil Affairs Bureau on this photo.
This must've been attached to a marriage certificate. The man in the photo is Jett. He must be around twenty-two years old when this was taken.
However, the woman in the photo is neither Ruby, his wife, nor Demi.
What's this photo doing in Demi's handbag? It's strange.
And who's the woman in the photo? Why is Demi carrying this around with her?
Could Ruby be Jett's second wife by any chance and this woman is his first? But I've never heard of it before.'
Nina held the photo in her hand and carefully examined it. After a few moments of deep thought, she still was unable to figure it out.
Sitting next to her, John watched her intently. She looked very serious. However, what he was thinking was completely different.
"Hey, little girl." John turned his head and called her.
Nina only said softly, "Hmm?" She was still holding the photo and staring at it, so John took it from her hand and set it on the table. He asked solemnly, "Do you think that there is something wrong with the way Cali looks at me?"
"What?" Nina glanced at him and then reached out for the photo once again, but before she could, John's hand was already on hers and pulling it back.
His deep eyes seemed to be filled with anger because he was ignored.
Remembering that her husband did not like being ignored when he was being serious, Nina decided to forget about Demi for a moment and focus on John. She turned to him and asked, "Why? How does Cali look at you anyway?"
With a satisfied smile, John answered, "She definitely likes me."
'I'm not being narcissistic. It's just that Cali looks at me the way I look at you when I just fell in love with you.
Her eyes have that same happy twinkle.'
Nina blinked twice and, after a few seconds, said calmly, "I know. She told me back when I couldn't remember you. And she's not the only girl in the castle who has a crush on you, you know."
"You knew?" With a cold look, John tightened his grip on her waist.
Nina did not understand why he was so angry all of a sudden. Her heart jolted. 'Did I do or say something that vexed him again?
Since I regained my memories, every time I thought about the fact that I mistook Noah for him and really treated him as a bodyguard, I felt bad. I felt like I owed him.
If I had been in his shoes, I would've died of a broken heart. I wouldn't have the courage to return and stay.
But he did. He came back and protected me.'
Even though Nina knew that her memory loss was all because of the drug, she still felt guilty and pained over how she treated John. The last thing she wanted right now was to hurt him in any way.
"Yes. Why? What's wrong?" Nina asked. Even though she felt guilty, she still wanted to know if she really had done anything wrong. She still could not fully trust her newly recovered memories.
Unaware that a lot had gone through Nina's head in the last three seconds, John answered through gritted teeth, "Aren't you jealous?"
Nina caught her breath and found herself speechless.
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