Chapter 322 So Sneaky
He said, “They were too scared to risk it. I’m the only one who dared to come.”
Raven’s gaze landed on his slightly reddened ears.
“Don’t you know your ears always give you away when you lie, Hiemaly?” she teased. “If your ears weren’t such a dead giveaway, I might’ve believed you just a little.”
Hiemaly felt Raven’s gaze land on him, and his ears turned an even deeper shade of red.
Still, his strikingly handsome face remained as cool and aloof as ever. “What? You don’t believe me?”
Raven couldn’t help but smirk as she watched Hiemaly stubbornly cling to his act, even though she had already exposed his lie.
But considering how Hiemaly, God only knew by what means, had fought off the others and risked his life to reinvent himself to find her, she granted him the courtesy of a nod. “I believe you. You never lie. How could I not trust you? Once I’m home, I’ll show them the consequences of not daring to come to me.”
Hiemaly finally let out a quiet sigh of relief when he heard that.
At the same time, a faint, almost imperceptible flicker of pride appeared in his icy gaze.
‘I knew it. I’m Raven’s favorite. Those fools thought they could compete with me for the chance to find her? Dream on. In their next lives, maybe,‘ he thought smugly.
Raven noticed the subtle shift in Hiemaly’s expression and couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled. ‘Since when did Hiemaly start scheming like Cassian?‘ she wondered.
Then, she thought, ‘But Hiemaly seems better. After all, Cassian is essentially trying to destroy the other personalities inside him. In other words, he’s sabotaging himself. But Hiemaly was trying to defeat our other brothers. At least that’s hurting others for his gain.‘
It was only then that Raven remembered Cassian.
She quickly turned around, grabbed Cassian, who was staring at the ground like he was trying to find a crack big enough to hide, and dragged him in front of Hiemaly.
Then, she said, “Hiemaly, come here. Let me introduce you. He is Cassian, the one I came to this world for.”
Hiemaly frowned slightly at the mention of Cassian’s name.
He had thought his sister had given up on her original goal and moved on to someone else. Never in his wildest dreams did he expect Cassian to be the man she had risked her life to find after starting a new life.
He gave Cassian a sharp, assessing look, then turned back to Raven and asked, “This is the man you risked your life for? He’s so…”
He stopped mid–sentence, catching sight of Raven’s devilish grin.
Hiemaly pressed his lips together, visibly reluctant, but eventually said “ordinary” instead of “annoying.”
Raven blinked at him playfully. “Hiemaly, are you doubting my taste?”
Hiemaly’s lips tightened further as he faced her seemingly innocent question.
Realizing there was only one acceptable answer, and driven by his survival instincts, he begrudgingly shook his head. “No, I wasn’t.”
Raven let out a soft hum of satisfaction before turning to Cassian. “Babe, this is my fourth brother, Hiemaly. He might seem icy, but underneath that frosty exterior is a surprisingly adorable soul.”
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