Chapter 688: Charming Charm

Just what were the chances? 

Out of everything there was available in the whole wide world, out of all gifts that have ever been gifted in the history of gifts, how the hell did I wound up being presented with the same exact thing twice in a row? 

Well, I suppose they weren't exactly identical…

Since magical fabrics of mystical origins were out of the table for her, Amanda had to make do with a nice, narrow chain coated in gold. I blinked, unable to take my eyes off its crispy sharp luster. 

"That real gold?" I asked.

"You think I'd seriously just skimp out on you?" Amanda quietly said, still sounding a little bitter. "As if you're worth any less to me…" 

There it was again, that swelling, gushing sensation rippling inside me as it had with Irene before. I slowly slipped my other hand in, letting the chain drape loose over my fingers, and something fell along with it, hanging and swinging wildly in the air like a pendulum on a clock.