Page 23 of From Helsinki with Love

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*Send a photo of a silver necklace and earrings*

Linnea

Why do you need a jewelry set??

Jasper

It’s a gift

Linnea

WHAT?!

Are you dating someone??

I thought you liked to play the field

Jasper

Who the fuck told you that?

Linnea

Emil did

Jasper

Of course he did

I swear, our cousin is the biggest gossip I know. He likes to read the hockey news and blogs, especially gossip sites, so it doesn’t surprise me that he has come to that conclusion. There have been more articles about me lately. Even though some of them are correct, most of them are fake news. I really don’t sleep around as much as the media likes to think.

Linnea

So something that nice must be for someone special?

Jasper

Yeah. I’ll pay you extra to pick it up and wrap it by tomorrow’s dinner.

Linnea

YOU’RE BRINGING SOMEONE TO CHRISTMAS DINNER?

Who are you and what have you done to my brother?

Jasper

Very funny…Please let me call äiti and pappa first, okay?

Linnea

Cool, why not

Jasper

See you tomorrow, brat

Linnea

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