Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Caught completely off guard by the question, I froze with my smile still plastered on my face.

“Um……. I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean, all of a sudden.”

Calm down. Stay calm. The more critical the moment, the more composed I had to be.

I smiled at Sissignu. Was it a convincingly sly smile? I wasn't sure.

“I happened to overhear what you were saying to Diano earlier. You were asking about Marquis Obiedo.”

“Yes.”

Damn. There was no way to deny it. What on earth should I do?

Inwardly I was agonizing furiously, but keeping up a smile as if nothing were wrong was quite an ordeal.

“I'm sorry you had to see such an embarrassing side of me.”

“Not at all. I was simply puzzled. Why would you go around asking about your own father?”

“Uh, that's…….”

Since becoming Artienne, this was my…