Chapter 283: Scary
"Psss..." Evana gently nudged Lucien as she tried to get his attention and whispered close to his ear," Does he have to wear this kind of expression? Half the people in here are ready to sh*t their pants."
Lucien glanced at the man sitting at the head of the table and leaned towards Evana, inhaling her sweet scent as he informed her," That is his amiable expression, angel. They’re foolish to be scared of that."
"Amiable? Looks more like a storm is brewing on his face," she quipped, almost shaking her head. She could not help but look around the large table and sigh again as she glanced at the screen. His plan was foolproof and she could not help but glance at the man again. If her father had been half as ruthless as him, things would have been too different.
She glanced at Nora who was sitting on the side and could only shake her head. She’d finally seen the difference between the way the man treated her and the rest of the mere mortals. And even though Nora had an impassive face at the moment, she could see her staring at her husband with starry eyes.
As she looked at her sister’s expression, she felt a pang. Dear God! Did she look at Lucien with such a besotted look?
"Yes, you do," Lucien whispered in her ear.
Evana’s eyes widened and she whipped her head to look at Lucien. Did she ask that out loud? She was sure that she did not...
"What are you talking about?", she asked, ready to deny anything he might have overheard.
Lucien gave her a knowing smile before quickly standing up to take over from where Demetri Frost had outlined the plan for the political annihilation of the Banfis’.
Before she could pester him for information, a few of the men who’d loyally stood by her father’s side asked uncomfortably," Is all this really necessary? Can we not..."
This time it wasn’t Demetri who answered but Lucien," We can of course look for more kinder ways, but haven’t you all been doing that for years? But you haven’t been able to suppress the man, instead letting him rot the inside of Estania slowly. What you interpret as unnecessarily ruthless is actually being kind to this man. Please remember he might not show this same kindness to you were you in his place."
Evangeline listened to Lucien talk about the pros and cons of the plan, considering every aspect that they could have doubts over and felt her admiration rise for him even higher. He almost sounded like an expert. And she just knew that she would have that horribly besotted goner expression on her face if she looked at him. And she would die that be caught like that.