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The blonde boy continued to happily 'console' her not to be upset about Alexander's behavior, telling her that he was just being himself, and she shouldn't mind too much.
Even Jake didn't notice that he was slandering his friend in hopes of preventing Emilia from getting together with him, too lost in the excitement of chatting with the girl he liked.
Emilia had no issue continuing to play the 'dumb, innocent rich miss', hinting that she wanted to talk to Alexander instead of Jake, but every time she did, Jake seemed to panic and hurriedly shifted the topic elsewhere.
It didn't take long for Emilia to determine that Jake truly knew nothing about Alexander's true identity, and even some of the internal secrets of the Callahoun's became known to her.
