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 gotta

an antiquated

ticked off, but she still played along and stared at the

she figured it was about

look and pretended to zone

regained his confidence when

Fannie a nod, and she carefully approached and sat next

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 direction bit by

Laws was 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

totally flustered upon hearing

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

classmates, and the media could easily find out that Astrid was telling the truth.

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

at the bottom