Chapter 44

Mitz stopped speaking because of what I said. "What? Are we here already?" he asked while looking around.

I nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, that's our house," pointing towards the direction of my home.

While I was speaking, I gathered up the courage to control myself from trembling, even though the sharp looks from behind me were like a knife staring at me.

I saw surprise in his eyes when I told him about my home. This didn't surprise me because I'm used to the reactions of the people here whenever they find out that I live in that house.

The surprise I saw in his eyes was replaced by wonder. For some inexplicable reason, I was perplexed, because I expected his eyes to show fear like the others. Why did I only see surprise and wonder this time? It was strange.

"Oh, so you're the one they're talking about as the party girl?" he asked, and I nodded. I didn't see any benefit in denying the truth, so I nodded.

Besides, I wasn't surprised when he said that I was the party girl because I al