Chapter 49: The Villainess Tries to Make Friends

At times like this, imitating Maximilian can be quite useful.

Lady makes sure to just keep on smiling - not caring if it comes out ominous. Hartigan is really getting on her nerves at this point. It doesn't help that Fallon is stifling his laughter and looking all amused from the side either.

'Anyway, no more questions, right? Can I go back to my seat now?'

To her surprise, Belle suddenly raised her hand. That gets Lady perking up. 

"Is it true that you've got a crush on Hartigan?"

She feels the corner of her smile twitch then. 

Coos and whistles burst forth from their other classmates, which is starting to make her want to go on a rampage right at that moment. They all appear to be blind. She was obviously cursing that boy's very existence the whole time she was talking with him. 

But since it was Belle who's asking, Lady felt obliged to answer.

"No, I don't. He's the one who claimed I've got a crush on him-"