Keith shuddered again but tried his best to remain cool in his stead. His tiger ears drooped lower than it could be.
"Your silence is an affirmation I gladly consider." Arnold rubbed the underside of his chin before turning his back at him.
After the covert conversation they had, Keith gave a curt bow and left; but Nathalie, who stood in the distance, caught his usual stark green eyes and went dull with veins on the verge of popping on his forehead.
Nathalie knew all too well what it was as some elopement wasn't part of his dreams and goals in life, not around this time yet, let alone having an affair with Mystique Blackwell, who already had a bad reputation.
Arnold took something intangible yet precious away from Keith. Even then, this male lead didn't hold it against the villainess.
She could no longer discern what kind of a roller coaster his emotions reached far and wide.
