Chapter 487 – Truth Revealed
"W-What?" Esmeray exclaimed, her voice unconsciously shaking and dripping with shock.
She staggered a step back, then another, managing to stop herself from falling only by sheer luck.
Silence immediately reigned in the room, blanketing them, more uncomfortable than any silence Esmeray had ever known.
Cassius was looking at her, confused by her seemingly out-of-place reaction, while Isolde's face was neutral, though there was a small crease between her eyebrows.
Behind them, Esmeray's mother, Morenna Hood, watched the scene unfold with a sense of exasperation and worry.
"Why are you asking me this question?" Esmeray said immediately after, her voice growing steadier. "It was so strange and unexpected that I almost tripped. Ha-haha."
To Cassius, who was used to dealing with people, it was clear that Esmeray was simply trying to act as if nothing had happened.
