"Have you spoken to Caius in these past few days?"
Lily looked up from the noodles she was slowly twirling around her fork, her father's unexpected question catching her off guard. They'd been sharing lunch together for the past few days, a somewhat new routine, but their conversations had barely gone beyond polite small talk and weather updates. And now he wanted to talk about Cai? She wasn't entirely sure how much he knew of her current relationship with Caius, or what his opinions about it were, but she did know one thing—she wasn't about to let his thoughts sway her one way or another.
"Not spoken to," she replied, keeping her tone neutral. She didn't feel any need to clarify that she and Caius had actually been texting each other almost constantly. That was personal. If they wanted to know more, they'd have to ask directly. Just because she'd chosen to have a few meals with them didn't mean she was ready to forgive, forget, or pretend the past didn't exist.
