Chapter 158: The Contract
After saying that, Elias did not speak again.
He only supported Serena in silence and helped her out of the estate.
Outside, the car waiting to pick them up was already parked by the drive. Elias stopped before they reached it and did not move closer.
Serena lowered her head slightly to look at him.
Under the moonlight, Elias's face seemed covered by a thin veil, hazy and unreal. His eyes were lowered. His expression was calm, but there was a trace of sadness in it that could not quite be named.
Clearly, the person who had drunk the least was the clearest one here.
But alcohol or no alcohol, Elias had already sensed something wrong. His thoughts had always been finer than they looked.
In truth, even Serena herself could not fully explain what her feelings toward him had become.
Why had she grown this gentle?
Was she treating him completely as Lucien Hart's substitute?
Or had she really begun to feel something for Elias himself?
