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.”

bit flustered when he saw Astrid. He pulled out a mirror, “Astrid, you’ve gotta keep your eyes on this mirror.

an antiquated method.

but she still played along and stared at the

she figured it was about time.

put on a spaced–out look and pretended to zone

she was hypnotized and regained his confidence when he saw her like

a nod, and she carefully approached and sat

some things you guys experienced together, like your grades

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

was totally flustered upon

was true, but she always portrayed herself as a hard worker and never brought up her high school

school classmates, and the media could easily find out that Astrid was telling the truth. As this was a live broadcast, she

worse than crying, “Yeah, I used to. Well, I wasn’t very good at

blew up, “What? She was always at the bottom in high school. How did Fannie get