Chapter 185. Evil Scheme

"That’s not what I meant, Brianna. Can you just let me finish?" Lucien quickly shushes her up from going further with the idea that she is saying the truth and sighs.

"What else is there to say? You spoke to Mr. Corbin Connor just now, didn’t you?" She retorts and stops dancing and grinning and turns fully to him with raised brows.

"Indeed, I just spoke to him. But it is not what you think. I happen to be friends with Corbin Connor as I once saved his life. That is why I can freely talk to him and all that. I’m not who you think I am to that company."

"But—"

"Enough, Brianna. He just said he isn’t who you think. Stop pushing it and let him be. Must you always win a conversation?"

"Whatever," Brianna rolls her eyes and steps up, walking faster than everyone else.

Lucien smiles up at Juliet in appreciation for coming to his aid but she doesn’t smile back. She shrugs off with a sad gleam in