My Decision Is...

Chapter 189

The suffocating story the siblings in front of me had spun was giving me a throbbing headache.

Where was I even supposed to start untangling this mess?

It was bad enough that I hadn't even realized the debutante ball was tomorrow evening, but Sophia staring at me for so long with those sparkling eyes was an even bigger problem.

Clatter.

I set my glass, the ice beginning to melt, down on the table and decided to come clean with a deep sigh.

No matter how I tried to make excuses or change the subject, Lucius's delusional filter would obviously translate my words into some bizarre romance-novel line.

"I wasn't thinking anything in particular."

In as dry a voice as I could manage, I made my intentions perfectly clear.

"Honestly, I just didn't want to wander the streets and sleep rough. I came here because I figured my father would chase me anywhere else."...