Chapter 253 – Negotiate First, Kill Later
A minute passed.
And then—
The bathroom door opened.
Sira strolled out like nothing had happened, dressed like herself again. Hair pristine. Expression bored. Yeah, she definitely used her teleportation skills to get back here and leave Dolly somewhere Lux didn't want to know.
She slid into the chair across from Lux, lifted his untouched second espresso, and drank it.
"I see you caused a crash," Lux said.
"More like a hostile takeover," she replied. "Very satisfying."
"I'd say you overplayed, but…" He gestured vaguely toward where the man had been. "Your closing move was clean."
"Please," she said, licking coffee foam off her lip. "You think I'd let a walking scandal outpace me?"
"You really did all that to escalate the drama?"
"Not only escalate." She leaned forward. "I restructured the entire narrative."
Lux blinked. Then laughed.
"You're insane."
"And you love it."
