She ran to her companion at once, accompanied by Lucas.
"What happened? What's wrong here?" Sensing the commotion, Lucas ran to the middle of the dance floor. He stood beside William and exclaimed, "William, I also have an illusion just like you had!"
"It's not an illusion!"
"It's not an illusion!"
said the identical Marys in unison. Four identical eyes stared at Lucas and he was so frightened that he took a few steps back.
In the hotel suite, the atmosphere was strange and awkward.
The two Marys sat side by side on the sofa. Everyone stared at them, watching them with scrutiny.
"The world is full of wonders!" Lucas shook his head with amusement and said, "Are you twins? Or a clone of the other?"
"You're the one who looks like a clone here!" Aisha glared at Lucas with anger. Jazlyn suddenly turned to her and said, "Boss, don't mind this psycho!" Jazlyn stared at Lucas fiercely.
"Wow, you two know each other," said Lucas, glancing at the two.
"What are you looking at? Do you have objection? " Amusingly, Jazlyn hid herself behind Aisha while staring at Lucas.
"Why are you hiding? Huh? I've seen all of you before, haven't I? Humph!" Lucas said playfully. As soon as he said that, everyone in the room was stunned.
However, Aisha reacted more directly and she exclaimed, "Oh, my God! Jazlyn, you even had a one night stand!"
"A one night stand?" Lucas repeated in surprise.
"Yep!" Jazlyn hurriedly nodded and answered defensively, "That's it. We were just having fun. Please don't pester me anymore! It was my fault, okay? Forget me!"
"Having fun? Forget you?" Lucas, with his hands resting on his hips, asked angrily, "Did you just say you were just having fun with me? Really?"
The room was silent and nobody answered him. Everyone who was present was petrified.
"Please resolve your own problems in private," said Victor while rubbing his forehead.
"I feel a little dizzy," Mary whispered to herself. William quickly took her hand for support.
"What's your name?" Aisha suddenly asked.
"Mary Lu." Mary turned to Aisha and asked, "What about you?"
"Aisha."
"You..." Mary swallowed hard. She had so many questions to ask, but she did not know where to start.
"The two of them are definitely twins. There is no doubt about it," Barry, who had been silent for a long time, said calmly. "Mary, you didn't know that you have a twin?"
Mary shook her head. "I've never heard my parents mention that I have a sister."
"Now I knew," said Archer with a wide smile on his face, "that why would I mistake Mary for someone else. It's just too incredible!"
"What do you do for living?" Mary asked softly.
"Re..." Aisha was about to blurt out the word "reporter". However, facing the person in front of her, she thought it was inappropriate to lie.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Aisha shook her head and responded, "I'm a journalist. I came here today for an interview. I didn't expect such a bizarre thing to happen." None of the people present believed what she said, but they did not say anything.
"Is there anyone else at home?" Aisha suddenly asked while feeling sad.
"Mom died of cancer. Father..." Mary paused for a few seconds. After a while, she continued, "He abandoned Mom. If you want to know what happened, you can ask him — "
"Abandoned? " Aisha stood up abruptly. "What about you? Did he abandon you too? What an irresponsible father! My dear, tell your big sister, have you been bullied?"
"Huh?" Mary asked with amusement, "How do you know I'm younger?"
"Of course!" Aisha raised her head proudly and added, "I can tell from your look that I'm older. No worries. Your elder sister will protect you!" She then turned to Jazlyn and said excitedly, "Jazlyn, I have a family now! Ha ha!"
Looking at her confident smile, Mary suddenly felt a sense of inferiority in her heart.
"Aisha, do you remember me on a street in New York three years ago?" Archer leaned over and blinked his eyes a couple of times, flaunting his masculinity.
"So handsome..." Aisha almost drooled, but she regained her composure quickly. After a few seconds, she shook her head. "Have you forgotten?" Archer was unimpressed by her answer so he proceeded by telling her what had happened three years ago. "We kissed by accident. You didn't know that I was looking for you for a long time. I mistook Mary for you."
Hearing that, William and the others looked at each other. Everyone understood what was going on. It turned out that Archer had really mistaken Mary for someone else when she was kidnapped by him before.
"Archer," Mary said as she waved her hand, "please stop for now. My sister and I have family matters to discuss with. I'm so confused right now."
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