In the jury room, Wendy allowed Jacob to enter because Jacob was not a contestant and was a good friend of 'Nick' as well as her big number one fan. That's why Wendy invited Jacob inside, which made the young man very happy.
At first, Jacob wanted to chat more with Roe, but as soon as they got inside, Roe became like someone else and immediately sat down to study the music book given by one of the organizers.
The girl looked serious in studying each note listed on the book and moving her cute fingers on top of the book.
"Can she do it?" Jacob doubted that Roe could put on such an extraordinary performance to make the contestants mentally shaken. Moreover, he knew it was absolutely impossible for someone to learn a classic song in just fifteen minutes.
"Take it easy. This is one of her abilities. Roe can learn a new song in five minutes. Therefore, the allotted fifteen minutes is a lot of time to memorize the song."
Jacob's eyes widened at that. "She memorized it?"
"Yup. That girl is a genius at learning and memorizing new songs. So I won't be surprised if after this you will turn into her fan."
Jacob was speechless, and at once, he felt his face turn hot as if he had been in a sauna room for hours.
Seeing the cute demeanor of the young man next to her made Wendy chuckle. "You're so adorable."
"Miss Larson, wanna some cupcake more? I wanted to give it to Miss Roe, but it looks like she can't be bothered."
"Isn't this made of nuts?" Wendy asked her fellow jury as she took the last cupcake.
"I think so."
"Roe can't eat peanuts. I'll just eat it."
"Why can't she eat peanuts? Is she allergic? "
"Yes. She won't be able to breathe once she eats peanuts." Wendy replied, taking a delicious bite of the nuts cupcake.
Unbeknownst to her, Jacob frowned at Row. He remembered the incident when he had lunch together with Nick in the campus cafeteria.
At that time, Nick and Jacob ordered the same meal package and got nut bread as their additional snack.
"Jack, you want to take my bread? I can't eat peanut butter bread."
"Why?"
"I'm allergic to nuts."
That's what Nick told him when he gave him his peanut butter bread.
This made Jacob even more wondering if Roe was Nick in disguise.
Without his brain's command, Jacob glanced at Roe's face from her eyes and admired her lashes. Oh, God… he had never seen those doll-like pretty lashes. His eyes shifted down to her tiny nose, and cheekbones entirely covered with soft skin made him want to caress her and feel how smooth the skin was under his palms.
His eyes continued to shift until they came to two mounds in front of the girl's chest, and suddenly Jacob looked away.
Jacob pinched his thigh as hard as he could while scolding himself.
Why would he be rude to a nice girl like Roe? He could not look at her with disrespect, let alone imagine Nick turning entirely into a real girl who was as beautiful as Roe.
There's no way Nick is Roe. Correct. It is impossible. It just so happened that they had the same habits.
Roe is a good friend of Wendy Larson, and Nicholas Larson is Wendy's younger brother. Maybe Nick and Roe have been together a lot, and without realizing it, they have the same habits and wear the same perfume.
Coincidentally, they also have the same allergy, and both call him Jack… Wait a minute. Even if it happened by coincidence… isn't this coincidence too suspicious?
Jacob could no longer control his curiosity and decided to ask Wendy directly.
"Miss Larson. I heard Nick's not in New York right now. I tried calling him, but he didn't pick up my call."
"Ah, maybe he's still busy accompanying my grandmother. You want me to call him? He always picks up my phone."
"If you don't mind, can you contact him using a video call?"
"Video call?" an eyebrow raised in surprise at this, but then she decided to grant his request.
Jacob smiled broadly when Wendy agreed. If only Nick had picked up Wendy's phone and saw for himself that this young man wasn't Roe, Jacob could feel calm and indulgent in liking Roe.
Uhm… did he just admit that he had a crush on Roe?
"Hey, Nick! Did you bother Grandma while there?"
"Tch, of course not. Why are you vid-calling me?"
"It seems that one of your friends is missing you."
"Ha? Who?"
"Who else if not your college friend, Jacob? Here." without waiting for his clueless brother's response, Wendy showed her cellphone screen to Jacob, making Jacob beaming to see his friend's face on the other side.
"Hey, Nick. Thank goodness you were there."
"... hahaha..." Nick didn't know what to answer because he didn't know Jacob at all and was afraid to say something wrong, so he decided not to talk much. "What's up, man?"
"Why didn't you pick up my phone? I've been trying to contact you for a long time ago."
"Sorry. I can't leave my grandmother. In fact, I gotta go now. See you on Monday."
Beep!
And Nick immediately hung up the call, making Jacob speechless. Nick never hangs up on his call. Well, he didn't care anymore because he felt overwhelmed by the feeling of relief that Roe wasn't Nick in disguise.
Not long after, Wendy got a message from her brother that made her laugh.
'What was that!!?'
'Kaylee's college friend asked for a video call with you. It seems he suspects that Kaylee is you. I have no other choice but to contact you directly.'
'Tell me in advance next time!'
Wendy rolled her eyes lazily to read her brother's reply. How could she tell Nick without making Jacob suspicious?
What a stupid brother.