Chapter 240: A Visit
When Alaric returned, Adeline was acting like she just happened to be there... And that she did not want information about Cassian but if her dear older brother wished to tell her about it she would gladly listen.
She was just casually existing right there, she was not waiting for Alaric’s return! Of course not!
Alaric, however, wasn’t fooled. He gave her a quick glance and walked past her without a word. Adeline blinked in disbelief as he strolled away to his study.
She wasn’t sure what she had expected, but it wasn’t this. Her lips twitched in frustration as she followed him.
She saw a servant exiting, he just served her brother tea and was leaving. She pouted and entered his study.
Alaric sat at the table, his usual smug air about him as he sipped his tea. Adeline sat across from him, her hands folded neatly, though her fingers fidgeted with the edge of her dress.
She waited for him to say something, anything, about the lunch. But he didn’t. He just drank the tea, calm and composed.
"So... How was the celebration lunch?" she asked, her tone light and casual, as though the question had only just occurred to her.
"It went well," Alaric replied, not even looking up from the documents sprawled across his desk.