Chapter 283 – A Lovely Threat
"You didn't have to go this far, truly." Anesthesia said with a false smile, sitting across from Emrys.
The small restaurant they were in had been fully reserved for them, making it eerily silent. Even the workers had disappeared, the food already prepared and served.
Not that Anesthesia planned to eat anyway.
The very act of looking at Emrys's face, after Cassius's words had reminded her of everything she'd gone through for him, robbed her of whatever appetite she might have had.
"I wanted us to speak in private." Emrys said, his voice now carrying a note of authority that hadn't quite been there before, "and this was the only way I could think of. After all, you refused to come to my room."
"And why would I come to your room?" Anesthesia laughed incredulously, then shook her head almost immediately, "Look, Emrys, I don't have time for this."
She leaned her elbows on the table, glaring at him with cold purple eyes,
