Chapter 168

LUNETH "So what is this about?" I ask as I drop the steaming cup to the table after taking a long sip from it. I could see that Rose knew she had lost her grip because she tried to regain it by delaying her response, but it was all too late. "I am sure you know why I am here," she said with a wry smile as the cup gently touched the saucer she had put closer to her. "You do not expect me to believe that you are oblivious to everything happening." "I might know what is happening, but I can assure you that I am no magician, and I can't see into your mind no matter how hard I try," I say, and from her expression, she was creeped out. 'Well, so was I, Rose,' I screamed in my mind. What even made me think of such words? When did I turn so poetic? "You suddenly think you are a hotshot, don't you?" She said, trying to cripple my confidence, but I had made up my mind; I was the one who was going to smile after all this was done. She had no right to try to put me in a disadvantaged position beca