Chapter 60 - Jeffrey Was In Shock!

There was nothing James could do but to turn around and leave. However, when he arrived at his hotel room, he found that his key wasn't working. So he called his uncle to find out why.

Arman explained that their parents and the other children's parents decided to let them have their own villa. He was to share one with Ashton and Jeffrey, which made his brows practically collide with each other. He had nothing against the two boys; he was just not used to being around Jeffrey. Ashton he could handle, but Jeffrey—he was afraid that they might not get along.

After hearing his uncle's explanation, James decided to head to the villa assigned to them. He'd just hang out inside his room for now and come out when the girls finished what they were doing and would try again later.

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When he arrived at the villa, he found no one around in the shared living room. So he decided to check which one was his room. There's a total of three rooms. He first went to the right side and knocked, in case it was the one that Ashton or Jeffrey was using. No one answered, so he opened it slowly and peeked to see.

The room was quite cozy; it had a king-sized bed, a big screen tv, a small table by the window with two chairs, and a desk with a laptop on top at the far end corner of the room. A dimpled smile appeared on his face. He liked it; he felt like he could spend all his time inside the room and play games with Ava without anyone disturbing him.

Satisfied with what he saw, he opened the door fully and went inside to check if all of his belongings were there. He first went towards the desk to check if the laptop was his, and it was. He then went to the closet to see if his clothes were there, and they were. "Good!" He mumbled to himself as he walked towards the bathroom.

All of his personal hygiene materials were arranged neatly inside the bathroom. He closed the door and went towards the king-size bed, and plopped his body on top of the bed. He shut his eyes, trying to ease Ava's image out of his mind; for some reason, it kept popping up whenever possible.

He was about to doze off when he heard someone knocking at the door.

"Who is it?" He shouted, trying to get up; still drowsy, he slowly walked towards the door to see who it was on the other side.

Jeffrey was standing right in front of him when he opened the door, with a wide grin plastered on his face as he greeted him. It was as if he was staring at Ava, only the male version. He blinked a couple of times to clear his vision.

"Hi! I thought someone came, just checking if it was you or Ashton." Greeted Jeffrey showing two rows of even white teeth.

James greeted Jeffrey back with a cold stone face before opening the door fully and walked out towards the living area.

"Hello! Are you the only one here?" He said nonchalantly. He needed to be cordial with Ava's twin if he wanted to score some points.

"Yes, I don't think Ashton is here yet." So responded Jeffrey as he followed right behind James.

James abruptly stopped in his tracks when he realized something, "Wait, how did you automatically know it was me and not Ashton?" He said as he turned to face Jeffrey.

"Oh… uhh... You're just both really different, I guess." Jeffrey said awkwardly, but the truth was he could tell right away that it was James because of his unfriendliness and coldness, very far from Ashton, who was always smiling and incredibly warm. It was a vague explanation, but James just let it slide.

"Hmmm, the girls are busy trying on their ball gowns. What are your plans?" He asked purely for conversation. He wasn't really interested in what Jeffrey wanted to do. He and Ashton could hang out for all he cared.

"I know, my mom told me to stay away. She said it's for girls only, so here I am bored to death with nothing to do." So complained Jeffrey as he planted his behind on the sofa. He then picked up the remote control to turn on the television.

James only nodded since Chupsy also told him the same thing.

Jeffrey was clicking the remote to scan through the channels, looking for something to watch, suddenly he came across Ashton's group EXODUS. He stopped and began watching.

James had never paid attention to Ashton's activities ever since they were little. He knew that his twin was very good at singing and dancing, but he never actually saw him in a concert. So it got his attention when he saw how good he looked on stage with all those lights for the first time.

Listening to Ashton's voice, he was stunned. He was actually not just good; he was excellent. No wonder they got so famous so fast, even though they just debuted less than two years ago.

Jeffrey and James were engrossed in what they were watching when the front door opened and Ashton walked in happily singing the same tune as the one on TV.

When Jeffrey turned his head to greet Ashton, his jaw fell. He looked at the one sitting close to him, then to the one standing with a wide grin plastered on his face, then back to the one sitting next to him.

"OH, MY GOD!" He exclaimed, leaving his mouth agape while his eyes were as wide as a saucer staring at Ashton.

Ashton started laughing out loud after seeing Jeffrey's reaction to his new look. If he could give such a reaction, he was sure that the girls would have a blast trying to figure out who was who.

"Close your mouth before a fly comes in.." He bantered as he sat down across from James.