Chapter 92 Despite that, ‘Ollie’ refused to remove his mask and held onto it instead. “I have pimples on my face, so I don’t look handsome right now. I can’t show my face-to Aunty Catelyn, or it’s
going to destroy my perfect impression on her.” “I know you’re a handsome little guy just looking at your dad. It won’t affect your impression of me. How are you going to eat with your mask on?” Catelyn tried to convince him, but ‘ollie !, who was often quite obedient, protested and ran to hide before Cedrick with his plate in his hands.
He sat and batted his eyelashes. “I’m still not showing you.”
If his lies were exposed, Miles knew it would not end well for him. He had kicked Terry and called Cedrick names, after all, and he would suffer for these if they realized that he was not Ollie. Most importantly, he had not been to school for days, and Ollie was the one going in his place; his mother would surely be furious if she found out. She might even send him off to a boarding school, so he had to continue this charade no matter what Catelyn gave up when she realized he was not caving in.
Cedrick watched as the boy lifted his mask to his nose, showing only his mouth to eat, and felt annoyed. His brows twitched as he reached out to take Ollie’s mask off, when suddenly
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