Ulterior Motives

"So, are you touched? Can we be friends now?" she asked after a pause.

Maeve remained silent.

She thought, 'Cecilia was just plotting to get rid of me, and now she suddenly wants to be my bestie?

'Is she for real?

'Bet she's up to something shady again.'

Maeve stayed silent, doing nothing but waiting for Kael to come over and bail her out of this mess.

Out of nowhere, Kael strode right up to Maeve