Portia glanced up, her eyes flashing with annoyance and a touch of concern for Mavis.
Uriah looked like he’d just bitten into a slice of burnt toast. His face soured instantly.
“I’m her mentor. Of course she should listen to me. Why would I ever hurt her?” he snapped.
Portia arched an eyebrow. “Aren’t you hurting her, though? We all know Norton’s a good guy—solid character, no red flags, loaded, good-looking, gentle as a lamb. What’s not to like?”
She leaned in, smirking. “Or is it that you, Mr. Stewart, say you don’t care about our Mavis, but deep down, you're head over heels? Is that why you can’t stand to see anyone else making a move on her?”
“If that’s the case, you’re way out of line as a mentor, aren’t you?” she teased. “You like her, but you won’t make it official!”
Uriah’s jaw clenched. “I do not like her like that! She’s my apprentice, that’s it. I’m just looking out for her. Since when do mentors fall for their apprentices?”
Portia shot him a look. “Oh, really? Then why do your actions say otherwise?”
Her words hit him one after another, like a rapid-fire round of Nerf darts, and Uriah’s expression went from pale to green. He barely touched his shepherd’s pie.
The whole table went quiet, the cheerful clinking of cutlery replaced by an awkward hush.
Mavis shifted in her seat, nervous. She quickly tried to change the subject. “Portia, let’s just eat, okay? You love this clam chowder. Have some more!” She shot Portia a pleading look.
Portia got the message. She’d said enough; one more jab and Uriah might actually explode.
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Oh wrestling expert ey? So is this Khamzat Chimaev or Shavkat Rakhmonov? Because Khabib's would be too haram....
Oh no. Million is just mix of Conor McGregor, Islam Makhachev, Mike Tyson, Max Holloway, Anderson Silva... I bet he lands 5sec flying knees like Jorge Masvidal too. Oh nope, 1sec knees. And has faster left hooks than Alex Pereira. Definitely would win UFC championship in every weight division including women. Poor Zhang Weili....
Okay so.... Million is now from East. Arctic wolf from East, modified genetically so he can manage his own Instagram and probably also box like Mike Tyson and snapping left hooks like Alex Pereira....
This is starting to be the same twister of abilities as Cassandra Yates and Tiffany. But question is, why the hell Silas can't just open his mouth and tell Caliope that she's the one whom he has in his heart. He would prevent a lot of misunderstanding. Seems like despite capability of talking with modified arctic wolf, she's not like telepathic....
Oh no, so FL is again another hidden genius with both hemispheres working on hundreds... Ffffuuuu. Cassandra Yates and Tiffany were already enough, ughugh. And Tiffany was even more exaggerated than Cassandra....
That's weird, in the first chapters there was said that her bio parents and bros doteď on Caliope but then they adopted Lisette, but this chapter suddenly says otherwise. Did author forget what he wrote?...
I REALLLYYY REALLLYYYY REALLYYYYYY WANT TO SLAP THE 3 BROTHERS WHENEVER THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTH !!! AND THEIR MOM !!!...
Why has this not been updated ?? there were 5 more chapters which was released and it has not been updated.. Please do update on regular basis......