Chapter 482 – You Like Me
Mari flinched.
"You called her defective. Profitable. Trash."
She opened her mouth.
He didn't let her speak.
"She's a mermaid," Lux said, voice low but heavy, resonating like old thunder. "You kidnapped her as a child. You chained her. Forced her to cry. Enchanted her into pain just so you could polish it and auction it off."
His eyes began to glow.
Not bright.
But deep.
Infernal red burning beneath layers of restraint.
And Mari?
Oh yeah.
She saw it.
Those weren't the eyes of some rich boyfriend.
They weren't even the eyes of a mortal.
Those were eyes that promised kingdoms would fall if you touched what he loved.
And beneath her shock…
There was fear.
And beneath the fear…
There was something else.
Lux saw it.
She tried to swallow it, to stand straighter, to not flinch when his gaze landed square on her.
But her body betrayed her.
Her knees tensed.
Her breath quickened.
Her pupils dilated.
Yeah.
Fear… and horny.
