When Lucian pulled out the cigarette case, he also pulled out a lighter. Before he could react, Eloise snatched both from his hands.
Lucian froze, his brows furrowing. “What are you doing?”
Eloise stepped back, lit the cigarette with an almost lazy flick of her wrist, and took a slow, deep drag. White smoke curled from her lips as she exhaled, her sharp gaze cutting through the haze.
“Alpha Astra,” Her voice dripped with mockery. “What do you really know about me? You don’t even know that I smoke, yet you assume the woman standing in front of you isn’t a gold digger?”
She tilted her head, amusement flickering in her eyes as she observed his stunned expression. The swirling smoke wrapped around her like a veil, magnifying the cool disdain on her face.
At that moment, she looked like a
