Lyra and Jess stared at me in shock.

“What the fuck are you doing here?” Lyra finally asked, after a tense moment.

“Oh me.” I pointed at myself innocently.

“I followed you and Jess to see those amazing seduction skills you were bragging about…”

Lyra's face twisted into a frown, lips turned down in displeasure.

“The one you were going to use to trap Mr Gareth, remember?…” 

Her fingers fisted by her side, chest rising up and down slowly.

I knew she was close…

Very close to breaking.

But I continued anyway.

Not minding the fact that she looked just about ready to pounce on me if I said the...