Chapter 143: The Joke Lands
Giselle closed her eyes for a moment.
She needed that brief darkness, that forced reset, to make the chaos in her mind arrange itself into something she could examine. Otherwise, every piece of information Elias had just handed her kept striking against the others until none of them made sense.
Serena had been good to him.
Elias had misunderstood.
He had smiled when he said it.
Across from her, Elias nearly laughed hard enough to hurt himself.
The pressure built low in his stomach, and he had to keep his face soft while holding it in. He wanted nothing more than to lift one hand right now, point straight at Giselle's nose, and say, That's what you get for hiding from me these past few days. You thought I liked you, so you got proud? Look at you, getting smug over it. Well, I don't like you anymore, so go find a corner and regret it.
Of course, he only enjoyed the fantasy in his head.
