“Ah, of course ~” Gregory nodded with a slight hum. “You travel, and I’ve been gone so you’ve suddenly made all these … ‘friends?’ Is that it?” He was good at laying things on, especially with Christophe. “And you really trust them? Really?” Maybe he was more so good at sliding under people’s skin, better at picking and prodding to get the response he wanted.
“I’ve never been dishonest with you. You know that. I’m disgusted that you’d say otherwise.”












