Chapter 284: Willing to Sink
Elias said it at the perfect volume.
Not loud enough to sound deliberate.
Not soft enough for Giselle Frost to miss.
After the word left his mouth, he kept walking. His pace was fast, almost brisk, as if he were afraid something dirty might brush against him if he stayed there too long.
After he had gone more than a dozen yards, Elias's face filled with confidence.
'Did she follow?'
System Theta hesitated.
[System Theta: Um… no. She did not follow. She is still standing where she was.]
Elias's confident expression froze.
'?'
That was beyond his expectations.
He had assumed that after Giselle stepped in like some icy heroine saving the beauty, she would use the moment to entangle herself with him. He had not expected her to simply stand there and watch him leave.
That made no sense.
