#Chapter 119: Always Looking for Opportunities

“I’ve told the guards everything I know,” Lilliana said. “They’ll be watching you. Joseph himself just assured me of it.” I shook my head. I had no idea what she was up to this time, but I was tired of the schemes and lies. How many manipulative games would I have to endure during this competition? Every day, it felt like a new threat was emerging, oftentimes trivial, and I grew tired of dealing with it. Especially when more pressing, life-threatening issues were just around the corner. I had no patience for whatever new game Lilliana had concocted. Plus, when I looked at her, my anger spiked. I recognized the shade of lipstick she wore as the same that had marked Nicholas’s lips. Nicholas had said it hadn’t meant anything. I wondered if the same was true for Lilliana. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” I said. “You can play dumb all you want,” Lilliana said. “We’ll let Joseph sort out all the truth. But no one is buying your bullshit anymore, Piper.” I blinked, surprise