Chapter 291.

Chapter 291.

Chapter 291. An Insidious Trap. (8/8)

“What are you suddenly talking up for? Go keep trying to act cool and mysterious by staring down a drain all day. I’ve got no interest in having some awkward heart-to-heart talk and getting all buddy-buddy with you.”

“Hahaha, man... it really sucks after all. Losing.”

“Nobody asked.”

“I’m so lame. Getting all depressed over this when I only got acquainted with her today.”

I raised my hand up, curled my fingers to form a circle, and asked, “Jass, do you see this?”

“What?”

“Do you know what it represents?”

“Uh... no.”

“It’s the number of fucks I give.”

“Come on man, give me something! I’m a dying man out here!”

I rolled my eyes and let out a resigned sigh, “Haaaah... Look, guys are simple creatures. We get the wrong idea over the smallest little things and interpret their meaning in whatever way is most convenient to us.”

“Yeah... You’re right. She was using me to try and make Zale jealous and I was too blind to realize that... those small little things she did, I completely got the wrong idea. I got way ahead of myself.”

“Well, it’s only been about half an hour since you became acquainted with her. If you can’t accept that you may be burnt, just give up now, run away, and forever miss out on that slim chance of success. Your only other alternative is to accept you’ll be used and take advantage of it to find an opening to steal her heart. Anyway, good luck with that.”

“Did you come to check on me because you were worried?”

“Worried? Of course not. I don’t worry about anyone.”

“Not even your girlfriend?”

“There’s no need to worry about her.”

“What if someone kidnapped her? You wouldn’t worry?”

The door opened up again, “I’m here. I was in the washroom. Funny how I didn’t see you in there though.”

“You must have just missed me, I went outside for a bit to get some fresh air right after I used it.”

That was definitely a lie. The three of us who knew that didn’t bother to say anything though.

“Fresh air? You certainly do look quite refreshed~ are you sure all you got is some fresh air? Was the wind blowing strong outside?”

“Haha, yes, the wind was certainly blowing vigorously outside.”

Blowing...

I glanced at Izora’s slightly parted lips and couldn’t stop my imagination from running wild. Rosa’s out-of-place word choice was quite suggestive after all.

Had they really gone that far?

“What about you Ria? Did you go outside for some fresh air too?” Rosa posed the same question to Izora.

“Uh... yeah. I did.”

“I see.” Rosa had a sharp dissatisfied glint in her eyes. Well, there was no way to say for certain whether these two had really done anything. It seemed the winner of the pointless bet we had was undecided. Not that it really mattered since they returned to the room.

After that, we spent the next two and a half hours eating and singing karaoke. Unfortunately for me, another opportunity to slip out never presented itself, and I was trapped until it was over.

I was tormented by Rosa and Alicia who occasionally forced me to sing a song for their amusement. Jass, on the other hand, seemed quite motivated to sing despite not being very good at it. I guess he saw it as an opportunity to practice. Well, maybe he was just singing his sorrows away to cope. Out of our mismatched group of six, he definitely sang the most songs by the time we called it a day and went our separate ways.

Though the start of this little meetup had been rather bumpy, everything that came after went much smoother. Zale was still constantly at odds with Rosa, but even he had mellowed out. Those two really couldn’t stand each other. They had a cat and dog relationship.

As for who footed the bill in the end... it all fell on Zale. It had been Rosa’s nefarious plot from the very beginning to dump it all on him. Since he wanted to flaunt his money, she decided to take full advantage of the situation and take a strong jab at his wallet to hit him where it hurt.

When I saw the number on the bill, I broke out into sweat. I was horrified. If I had to foot that bill, almost two months of my savings would have gone down the drain.

Never get on Rosa’s bad side or that would definitely be me in the future. How did she rack up such a bill? Well, she secretly ordered a bunch of food for takeout.

It seems Zale didn’t want to question the bill because of some weird rich people's pride. I didn’t fail to notice the sweat on his forehead when he swiped his card.

I guess the moral of the story here was to not flaunt your wealth if you didn’t want Rosa to assassinate your wallet.