40 - Choose One Alpha

"It seems that you and Isabelle are indeed hiding something from me, Frederick." Matthias replied. The uncomfortable gesture he made indicated his deepening suspicion of us.

I, who was close beside him, felt alarmed to death. I wanted to prevent Frederick from saying anything more in front of Matthias, but what if that made him even more suspicious of us?

It felt like I was trapped in a thorny bush that entangled my steps, and had nowhere to go.

"What are you hiding from me that you can bring Estella's name here?" he continued. Matthias had now risen from his seat, and was walking slowly towards where his friend was.

"Just what are you hiding from me, Frederick? Is it something so big that you dare to challenge your own friend?" he asked persistently. He didn't let Frederick out of the corner of his eye, nor did Frederick.

They exchanged cold expressions as if one of them blinked, they would lose.

"Then you, what are you doing here?" Frederick asked back, not answering Matthias' quest