Love in the Limelight

Chapter 205

Well, ain’t this a fine mess? My plan is going down the drain then, isn’t it?

Ugh, I should’ve just played along and pretended to be hypnotized.

This villain was such a weakling. How can he actually need me to play along?!

What a pain in the neck!

Just then, Laws came out of the kitchen with a wide grin on his face and a couple of cups of coffee in his hands.

He casually sat down, slid the cup of coffee in front of Astrid, and said, “Astrid, I heard you’re a magician, and I actually dig magic too. I learned a trick and wanted to get your advice.”

Astrid knew Laws was fibbing, so she played along, “I wouldn’t dare to advise you, but we can think of it as a magic exchange.”

a bit flustered when he saw Astrid. He pulled out a mirror, “Astrid, you’ve

Such an antiquated

but she still played along and stared at the mirror..

she figured it was

put on a spaced–out look and pretended

hypnotized and regained his confidence

nod, and she carefully approached and sat next to

in high school. She even told me about some things you guys experienced together, like your grades or love life, remember?” Laws couldn’t directly state his intentions, or it would raise suspicion. He had to steer Astrid in that

was pretty dull, but I remember always being top of the class at the end of each term, while Fannie was always

was totally flustered

worker and never brought up her high school grades after entering the entertainment industry. She didn’t think Astrid would bring up her being at the bottom.

many high school classmates, and the media could easily find out that Astrid was telling the truth. As this was a

a smile, which looked worse than crying, “Yeah, I used to. Well, I wasn’t

suddenly blew up, “What? She was always at the