Ayela stared at Lucius with a mix of disbelief and exhaustion while he casually thumbed at his phone, checking something before finally sliding it into his pocket.
It wasn't even subtle… his priorities were written all over his face. Money first. Everything else somewhere after his morning skincare routine.
"So what are we going to do from here?" Lucius asked, as if he hadn't just extorted her while she was nearly dragged to her death. "You still have some minutes before your plan expires."
She clenched her teeth hard enough that her jaw hurt.
She wanted… deeply, sincerely wanted to cuss him out and maybe throw him into the Blood Sea headfirst.
But she couldn't.
He was too strong and too annoyingly in control. Her pride was hanging by a thread.
'He has five hundred million sitting in his account yet he's charging me,' she screamed mentally as she exhaled sharply. 'What kind of villain does that?'
But outwardly, she kept her expression calm.
