Rainie's POV
I didn't know what ulterior motive she had for suddenly being so nice to me, and I couldn't believe that Christian, who had just seemed like she wanted to devour me moments ago, was genuinely complimenting me. But they say, "Don't bite the hand that feeds you," so I could only maintain a polite smile and say, "Thank you."
"Miss Spark's mother must be quite a beauty too, otherwise, how could she have given birth to someone as lovely as you?" Christian nodded in my direction, and my thoughts began to drift away.
I pictured my mother's face in my mind and answered after a while, "Yes, my mother is very beautiful."
Christian smiled again, but suddenly, her eyes bore a piercing, mocking expression, and her voice dropped to a level only I could hear.
She said, "No wonder, like
