What are you up to?

"What scheme are you brewing this time?" He asked again when he was met with silence. "Are you… trying to swindle me?" After all, she was putting in all her effort and tolerating things that usually made her fly into a fit of rage. If she was not trying to swindle him, what else could she be up to? 

Shera laughed like she had heard the most ridiculous joke and took a sip of her drink elegantly. "If I truly wanted to swindle you, do you think I would admit it? Besides, your company is already in such a huge ditch. What's there for me to swindle?" 

Leo chuckled at her response. "Do you want me to mess with La Rose Noire? That way, you will have a lot to swindle." 

She shook her head at the absurdity of his words. "So, you really want me to swindle you?" 

He grinned mysteriously. "That's not an answer to my question. Don't try to work your way out of it."