Chapter 186 Roped

(Lydia)

The ice cream tastes flavorless in my mouth. Now that I was here anyway, there was no point in trying to get out of it. The photographers had probably gotten a great shot of Nathan kissing my forehead and were well on their way now to publish whatever drivel they wanted to.

I looked across from me at Nathan suspiciously.

“Did you plan this?” I asked him outright. I wasn’t scared of him because I had faced a lot worse than the likes of Nathan who merely wanted attention.

He looked back at me in shock. “No, how could you even say that?”

“Well,” I drawled, sitting back, “You’re not exactly sad that your girlfriend did not make it here. I did instead.”

Nathan scoffed, “What girlfriend?”

I was taken aback. “The one at your arm for the past like three days?” I said, looking at him like he had lost his mind.

“Clara is not my girlfriend,” he stated seriously, “She was just a last-minute addition.”

Last minute addition? Who talked about anyone like that?

Clara might be a lot but she wa