Chapter 1035 – Parents in Law
Fiera's smile widened. "That improves nothing."
"It is geographically precise."
Sira gave him a flat look.
Fiera tilted her head. "Not to mention the rumors around you."
Lux leaned one hip against the balcony rail. "Yes, yes. The city playboy. The rich flirt. The CEO who collects women like luxury assets although they knew nothing about me."
"Let's assume you know how to handle her father." Fiera shook her head, still amused. "What about her mother?"
Lux paused.
That was the unknown variable.
Fathers were simple in a painful way.
They hated the man first, evaluated him second, and only tolerated him later if evidence became too inconvenient to ignore. Lux could handle that. He had survived kings, demon lords, hostile boards, jealous nobles, and Wrath generals.
But mothers?
Mothers were different.
A mother could smile at you while dissecting your entire soul and somehow make tea feel like an interrogation device.
