Chapter 104: RICHARD
It’s alarming how a decision, or words spoken just seconds ago, can be regretted the next second.
Perhaps ’regret’ is too nice of a word for it. I think ’aversion’ is the right word.
What was I thinking? What the hell did I just get myself entangled in? Who knew, this might be her plan all along, lure me with her false vulnerability, and then make me vulnerable as well?
I couldn’t be sure, but were it all false, I would give it to her, the girl deserves an Oscar.
Had I been too blinded by trust that I didn’t see that she could be fooling me? She may appear innocent and all, but this was the same girl who had challenged and wagged her tongue at me, just a few days ago.
She couldn’t have changed in such a little amount of time. It was impossible, people like her can never change.
This had to be a ploy and I think I’m right at the center of her web. Too caught to ever retract my steps or save myself.
"Well?" She said, startling me out of my reverie.
It was clear in her face, I have to be right, or else would she be too eager for what I have to say?
But I couldn’t give her the satisfaction of thinking that anything was amiss, or that I suspected a damn thing. It might actually be my only shot at surviving whatever this was.
"Ever impatient, I see" I mused, steepling my hands on the desk.
The only stupid thing I didn’t account for in agreeing to go through with this thing I had begun by myself, was that I actually had to tell her about the selection.