ARIANA
“Elara... What exactly do you want to say? Why are you suddenly pretending to be interested in hunting?”
Sylas folded his arms across his chest and stared at me sharply. I was so embarrassed because my act seemed so unconvincing.
I didn’t mean to find out what he was doing. I was just trying to win his heart so he wouldn’t be angry when I said that I had pawned the ring he gave me to pay for my father’s medical expenses. But I was too afraid to tell Sylas the truth.
I was actually also curious about where he got the precious ring. The jewelry store gave me two billion for a simple ring belonging to Sylas. The price was really beyond my expectations. I thought it was too expensive for a ring that looked old and ancient.
Instead of saying that, I looked for other topics of conver
