Love in the Limelight Novel

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

mirror? Such an antiquated

but she still played

she figured it was about

on a spaced–out look and

was hypnotized and regained his

nod, and she carefully approached and sat next to Astrid.

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,

got what 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 at the bottom.”

totally flustered upon

worker and never brought up her high school grades

classmates, and the media could easily find out that Astrid

“Yeah, I used to. Well,