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.”

great.” Due to the earlier incident, Laws was a bit flustered when he saw Astrid. He pulled out a mirror, “Astrid, you’ve

mirror? Such an

really ticked off, but she still

she figured it was about time.

a spaced–out look

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

nod, and she carefully approached and

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

up to, so she went along with his words, “Our high school life was pretty dull, but I remember

totally flustered upon hearing

always being at the bottom was true, but she always portrayed herself as a hard worker and never brought up her high school grades after entering the entertainment industry. She didn’t think Astrid would bring

easily find out that Astrid was

worse than crying, “Yeah, I used to. Well,

“What? She was always at