"Something no self-respecting journalist should say," Jude interjected, looking at Kieran a little helplessly (because this was Witch Weekly, possibly the most useless publication in existence), but he could tell already that Kieran was not going to save him from this ordeal.
So his eyes followed Esteban next, calculating an attempt to make a grab at it and - set it on fire. Throw it out a window. Something like that. Esteban had predicted this, evidently, and started reading aloud, well out of Jude's reach. In spite of his determinedly impassive expression in pretending to ignore Esteban, he could feel colour flushing his cheeks, mostly out of mortification. (Joy was gratuitous hyperbole, and it was not the precisely the first emotion he laboured to provoke in anyone.) Besides, how was that relevant to the headline? Which was, currently, flashing Jude in the face in red lettering: 5 Bachelors to Stay Away From.
...Although, that would hardly be a bad thing, he considered, if Witch Weekly's readership were to avoid him at all costs. It would actually be rather convenient.
Still, he rolled his eyes at Esteban's question. His friend had known him long enough to know the answer to that - to know basically everything about his life, for that matter - so he just scoffed, "That's none of Witch Weekly's business, and you know it." Hoping to move on from the whole subject, Jude leant forwards to try to snatch the magazine away from between them.
So his eyes followed Esteban next, calculating an attempt to make a grab at it and - set it on fire. Throw it out a window. Something like that. Esteban had predicted this, evidently, and started reading aloud, well out of Jude's reach. In spite of his determinedly impassive expression in pretending to ignore Esteban, he could feel colour flushing his cheeks, mostly out of mortification. (Joy was gratuitous hyperbole, and it was not the precisely the first emotion he laboured to provoke in anyone.) Besides, how was that relevant to the headline? Which was, currently, flashing Jude in the face in red lettering: 5 Bachelors to Stay Away From.
...Although, that would hardly be a bad thing, he considered, if Witch Weekly's readership were to avoid him at all costs. It would actually be rather convenient.
Still, he rolled his eyes at Esteban's question. His friend had known him long enough to know the answer to that - to know basically everything about his life, for that matter - so he just scoffed, "That's none of Witch Weekly's business, and you know it." Hoping to move on from the whole subject, Jude leant forwards to try to snatch the magazine away from between them.
