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When Nina cautiously headed to the second floor, she caught Allison and Jessa heading to the kitchen. Jessa still had this sharp look at Allison, but Allison maintained a gentle demeanor. From a bystander’s point of view, they were like an angel and the devil.

“Tss.” Nina rolled her eyes and shook her head, thinking this was much better.

While everyone was busy ignoring her, she might as well take advantage of it. Nina hurried to Penny’s room with cautiousness, thinking she still had to be careful not to raise suspicion. Soon, she stood outside Penny’s bedroom.

Excitement quickly replaced the displeasure in her heart. Nina carefully opened the door, peeking her head in.

“Good. The frog isn’t here,” she mumbled and stepped inside, closing the door behind her carefully.

Nina tip–toed her way in, heading to the bedside table first.

“What is this?” Nina picked out a small notebook and checked the contents. However, looking at the numbers and some drawings that looked more like a planning map, she furrowed her brows. “I don’t understand it.”

She shook her head, telling herself it was nothing. She placed the notebook back and checked the other drawer. The second drawer only had some snacks in it.

“That glutton.” Nina clicked her tongue and glanced at the bed. She inspected under the pillows just in case before she moved on. Nothing was there.

Scanning the room, Nina quickly went to the closet to check if Penny had hidden it there. Nina was looking at all the places where she would hide things. That keychain was important, so Penny should’ve hidden it securely.

Searching for something without turning things upside down was hard. Nina couldn’t leave evidence she was in here. Five minutes had gone by, but there was nothing in the closet aside from some notes underneath the pile of clothes.

“This is frustrating, she hissed. “Why do I have to look for it like a thief? This is my house.

Nina glared at the new dress hanging in the closet one last time. “She even got new clothes, tch.” She shut the door out of frustration, turning around and her eyes immediately searched the room. When her gaze fell on the study desk, her eyes lit up. NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

“Right.” She dashed toward the study desk, checking the drawers instantly.

The moment she pulled the first drawer open, she quickly saw this pink broken piece just lying

around in the corner.

“That’s it.” Her lips stretched, reaching out to pick it up.

For some reason, Nina felt like her movement slowed down as she held her breath. Now, no one would tie her up with the incident. Even if she couldn’t delete her account in the fans‘ club,

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without this keychain, finding the real culprit would be akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.

However, inches before her hands reached the piece, something huge and dark landed on the back of her hand. The texture was weird, a combination of slight coldness, slimy, and smooth.

“Kyah!” Nina let out a short squeal as she retrieved her hand, her other hand clasping it. Her eyes shook, searching for the abomination that touched her hand. When her eyes fell on the rain frog on the desk that was looking up at her, Nina intuitively jumped away.

“Ew!” Disgust and fear crawled in her heart while staring at the frog on the study desk. “Why is this frog here?”

Looking back, Tiana should be with Hugo. Penny, after all, was gloating about her pets to the twins. She bragged so much that Yugi triggered her to do a challenge with Mouse. Chunchun was also with them. Although she didn’t remember Tiana being with them, it was only natural for Penny to take the frog!

Why leave it here?

“Did she keep it in the drawer to guard that piece?” Nina clenched her teeth as bitterness swelled in her heart. Shifting her attention back to the rain frog, she bit her lips anxiously.

She had to get that piece, no matter what. However, she was scared of the frog! Hugo and Penny and even Butler Jen didn’t mind the frog nestling on top of their heads, but not Nina. Not everyone was just as fearless as them, and not everyone liked frogs..

Nina darted her eyes between the drawer and then at the frog.

T’ll be careful,‘ Nina took a slow and careful step forward. That piece is much more important.”

That broken piece of keychain would dictate her future. She wasn’t just scared of the fans, but she was also scared of how the school would react, her friends, especially her family. The Bennet Family all knew her as the angel of the family, her friends knew her as an overly kind saintess, and the school saw her as a role model.

If they found out that she attempted to hurt Lily, they would turn their backs on her. All of

them.

Having these thoughts in mind, Nina’s determination flamed, and she took a few more steps

ahead.

Squeak!

After taking three more steps, Tiana let out a squeak and leaped to Nina’s.

“Kyah!” Nina jumped away when she saw the frog jumping.

Tiana quickly landed on the floor, but as if trying to chase the intruder away, it jumped one more time..

“Kyah!” Nina jumped away because Tiana continued to jump in her direction. Before she could do anything, she found herself running toward the door.

SLAM!

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Nina panted for air as soon as she slammed the door shut, gripping the knob tightly. Her heart was racing and she could feel her lips turned slightly cold.

“Oh, god…” she whispered with a jagged breath. “That’s scary”

Nina gulped, calming herself down to think of a better plan. But as soon as she recovered, she caught a figure leaning on the wall not far away from the room. Turning her head, her breath stopped for a moment.

Atlas.

Atlas glanced at Penny’s bedroom before his eyes fell on Nina. “Nina, why did you sneak inside Penny’s room? What did you do in there?”

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