Her frightened expression vanished in an instant. The panic, the trembling, the hopelessness—all gone, as if they had never existed in the first place.
Instead, her lips curled into a bright, knowing smile.
Her blue eyes, moments ago brimming with despair, now twinkled with barely contained amusement.
Cassius stared in disbelief at the sudden change that caught him off guard.
"Of course I remember." She whispered back, her voice as light as a feather. "I'm just playing my part, Young Master, as you instructed."
Cassius didn't reply immediately. He just looked at her.
At that radiant, carefree expression on her face.
At the sheer ease with which she had flipped her emotions like a switch.
'W-What...the hell?'
