However, Heather just gave him a contemptuous look with a mocking smile hanging from her lips. Although she said nothing, it was a significant blow to Ralph. Disbelief washed over him.
At this moment, he was more astonished than he was afraid of her. He grabbed her shoulders, holding them tightly. “Don’t go! Explain what you said earlier! What do you mean by it’s fake?”
No one dared to do such a thing to Heather before this. She was taken aback for a moment before her expression turned dark, and she asked coldly. “What are you doing?”
“Explain it to me! What did you say was fake? You’ve never seen the authentic handbook, so how could you say that the one I have is fake? You must be purposely deceiving me so you can snatch the book away from me! You don’t want to spend any money to get it, do you?
“Pfft! Look at you calling me greedy when you’re the genuinely greedy one! Heather Riggs, I had no idea you were so cunning when you appear to care about nothing in this world. A deal? You’re just lying to me!
“You’ve never thought about giving me any reward in return for the secret handbook. You just said all those things so I could get this handbook for you, right?”
This thought formed in Ralph’s mind quickly, and he believed that his assumptions were correct. Otherwise, he could not understand why Heather would say that his secret handbook was fake when she had never seen it before.
Moreover, she had never gotten the book, so she would not know the contents. How could she be so sure that his handbook was fake? He was confident that she was just lying to him!
With that thought in mind, he became less agitated and calmed down gradually, loosening his grip on Heather’s shoulders as well. “Pfft. You’re too naive! Do you think you can trick me with that?”
Heather shrugged, finding it hilarious that he could confidently say those words as if he were right. “Whatever floats your boat!”
Then she shook his hands off of her forcefully.
How could Ralph give up now? He stretched his hands forward, wanting to stop her again, but her cold voice sounded. “I’m warning you for the last time. Don’t touch me!”
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