Chapter 229

Despite losing her father suddenly in a car accident and being thrust into an unfamiliar world that Romanos and he lived in, he had never seen her morose or down.

That same selfishness that he abhorred also lent her a strange strength. It was as if she stood behind a veil that separated her emotions, her very self, from the people around her.

"So was all that food to please the waiter?"

"Where are your manners, Darian?"

"All my finer qualities disappear like a mist when it comes to you, Kassandra."

"I was running this afternoon. So all that food is for me. "

Darian nodded, understanding the toned lightness of her body. "What happened to walking out of the flat and the job? To let your little lawyer loose on me? "

He saw her still for a second before she turned toward him. "I... Philip advised me to not do anything rash."

"And you listened." which meant she trusted him, which meant Darian needed to know everything about him.

The waiter brought the food, and she grabbed a fork. A satisf