34 Roommate

“So what’s your plan, Chastine? And why are you suddenly so snobbish with our pilot?” Juste asked his girlfriend with utmost curiosity in his eyes.

Chastine wished to tell her beloved about it, but it might spoil all the fun. She merely winked at Juste and said, “sorry, can’t blurt it out to you. But you will know soon…”

“Besides, even though I already halved the cost of our flight, I still think she’s charging us way more than the standard rate.”

“Money’s not an issue, Chas, as long as I’m around.”

“It’s not about that, Juste. We should be practical with money matters. And why are you calling me ‘Chas’ suddenly? Only Maxill calls me by that name.”

“Heh, it sounds cute enough, and there’s this feeling of closeness to it.”

“It’s fine by me, but Maxill might get a little bit jelly about it.”

“Oh, yeah, about Maxill, how did you convince him to agree with your plan? After all, I can see our pilot to be head over heels about him.” Juste sneered. He was quite amused how his girlfri