The Poker Game (9)

“That guy kept talking about you. He’s so hooked,” Vera, Rose’s roommate, said after the bash. If one looked closer, one would notice a glint of jealousy in her eyes as well. If Rose realized this, she would be very surprised.

However, Rose was never the type to bother with such things.

But Vera’s statement was still baffling.

“How do you know that? He didn’t tell you, did he?” Rose asked eventually with unmasked confusion.

Vera laughed before she snorted as if the question was a joke to her.

“He didn’t have to tell me. He kept asking Greg about you,” Vera said while looking at Rose with a mysterious smile. Greg was Vera’s boyfriend.

“Okay,” Rose said nonchalantly. It was her way to tell the other woman that she was not willing to talk about the topic any further.

However, Vera was always the nosy type. It was like she gets happy to know a lot of news about someone.

The next time Vera talked about Walter was when she wa