Relying on Cassian's promise, Cixi followed Binge out of the green room alongside Marion and Lily, both of whom were still unsure whether going with the mobsters was a good idea. Their minds were already colliding with too many questions about Cixi and Cassian.
As they walked farther away from the green room, Cixi's gaze almost drifted back, wondering whether Cassian might change his mind and follow them. But she stopped herself, reminding herself that he had already made it clear — he had business to attend to.
And those two captives were more important.
She mentally shook her head, annoyed at herself for thinking about something she had no right to expect — for example, warmth from him, like some man who cared for his fiancée, which in truth she was not, and yet... still....
Why would she expect anything from a man who had already said he was not the boyfriend type and who had somehow forgotten her existence entirely?
