Anna's secret

"That is not something you should be bothered with. Don't you think there are many other things you should be curious about now?" he asked her to avoid giving her an answer and divert her attention to something else. 

"Like what?" Rose asked him. She saw very clearly what he was trying to do but since it seems he won't answer the questions she wanted answered, she decided to know some other things about him. 

"Like my birthday," he said with a sheepish smile she found to be too cute to match his reputation. 

"I really don't care," she told him feigning coldness despite the curiosity that began eating her right from the inside. 

"Ok, what about the progress with the person who sent the serial killer?" he suggested switching to a serious mode. The smile that once graced his thin pink lips was gone in seconds making it hard for anyone to imagine that he actually smiled in that manner.