Chapter 39

My attempts to persuade her with my words were fruitless. She was unmoved. She maintained her composure and her gaze remained unchanged; it was icy cold yet unwavering. I held back a gasp the entire time she was talking, but as soon as she opened her mouth to speak, it came out of nowhere. I had been holding my breath the entire time.

Her mouth remained slightly ajar until I raised the arch of my eyebrow. She made a throat clearing motion and glared at me as though she didn't believe what I had said. "Stop talking gibberish with me."

I rolled my eyes and heaved a sigh before shaking my head. "If what I am saying to you right now makes no sense, then, my darling, your previous statements made even less sense."

"How the heck are things?" Caroline mumbled something. I had the impression that she was playing the part of a princess in front of me at the moment. She was expressing herself in an especially furious and casual manner. This was the first time anyone had ever spoken to me in thi