Chapter 444 – Can a Goddess Fall in Love with a Devil?
She stared. "Lux."
"What? Organized lust is still organization."
Her sigh was half genuine, half exasperated laugh. "You're impossible."
"Correct," he said brightly. "Okay fine—truth version: I wanted to be rich. But I'm already rich. I'm Greed-born. Comes with the bloodline perks."
She sipped her tea again, but the edge in her shoulders had softened.
Just a bit.
Lux studied her for a second longer.
She was hiding something.
He felt it. Saw it. The way her gaze lingered too long. The way her fingers tapped too precisely against the porcelain. The way she'd never said no when he joked about her missing him.
He filed it away.
Like he always did.
Instead, he stood and brushed the crumbs off his robe.
"Thanks for the milk. And the cookies. Tell your assistant they need more vanilla in the frosting."
She looked up at him.
"You're leaving?"
"Unless you want me to stay."
That hung in the air.
Just for a moment.
