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 keep your eyes on this

an antiquated

but she still played along and stared at

she figured it

put on a spaced–out look and pretended to zone out.

was hypnotized and regained his confidence

carefully approached and sat next

I 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 state his intentions, or

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

totally flustered upon

bottom was true, but she always portrayed herself as a hard worker and never brought

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

smile, which looked worse than crying, “Yeah, I used to. Well,

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