Chapter 262.1
“You’re lying.” She appeared skeptical, “How… exactly did you understand? And how come you take everything so easily? You don’t seem surprised at all.” She raised her voice and was caught off guard by her own audacity. She must have sounded shameless and undignified to him, but she preferred to be berated than to be lied to.
If they don’t come to a mutual understanding with each other now, it would mean that she would have to live with another ticking bomb, not knowing when it might explode on them.
“I was surprised enough by what you’ve just said. And I’m not taking this matter lightly in the least. However, I was reminded of what Aldrit had told us as I listened to you.”
“Aldrit?” Eugene muttered as an unexpected name was brought up.
“Aldrit had explained to us once that Lark was never really a creature from this world. It was his ancestors who had summoned them over from another world. If that was true indeed, it might be possible for one’s soul to be switched as well. If I hadn’t heard all these from Aldrit before, it would have been harder for me to believe you. So…”
Kasser trailed off with a slight hesitation, which had made Eugene tense up all over, bracing herself for the real blow to come. “You really aren’t the same person who I’d married three years ago?”
“Yes, I’m not.” Eugene gave him a firm reply.
Kasser however, stared at her in silence before he went on with a hint of displeasure in his voice. “So, what are you trying to propose?”
“What?”