I watched as everyone whipped their heads around in an instant. Their faces fell almost immediately when they realised the very person they were gossiping about was standing right before their eyes.
Shock flashed past their eyes as they stared at me, blinking with a blank look etched onto their faces.
"Aurelia…!" They exclaimed in surprise. "We… we didn't see you there…" one of the women stammered as she spoke, her voice trembling ever so slightly.
The corners of my lips slowly twitched upwards into a slight smile that was stretched across my face. "Of course, you didn't," I taunted. "If you did, I probably wouldn't hear the things you have been accusing me of," I said, my voice carrying a sharp edge to it as I stepped forward towards them while they instinctively stepped back.
"We are sorry, we didn't mean to… we were just joking around."
"Yeah, we didn't mean any harm!" Another chimed in.
