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.”

He pulled out a mirror, “Astrid, you’ve gotta keep your eyes on this mirror. See if

mirror? Such an

was really ticked off, but she still played

she figured it

spaced–out look and pretended to zone

regained his confidence when he saw

carefully

heard from Fannie that you guys were buddies 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

up to, so she went along with his words, “Our high school life was pretty dull, but I remember always being top of the class at the end of each term, while Fannie was always at the bottom.”

was totally flustered upon

part about her always being at the bottom was true, but she always portrayed herself as a hard worker and never brought up her

that Astrid was telling the truth. As this was a live

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

always at the bottom in