Cassandra kept looking at the man before her, waiting for him to say he was just joking, but when he didn't make any such move, she rolled her eyes.
So much for helping her, she shook her head.
“I might need to go to the Aberdeen Pack to clear the rumors myself after the duel,” Cassandra said, ignoring his statement from earlier.
Joaquin didn't move his eyes from her face.
“And what if I don't allow it?” He asked.
Cassandra, about to turn and leave, stopped dead in her tracks.
Her brows furrowed.
“And why would you do that?” She asked.
Joaquin shrugged his shoulders.
“No particular reason. Maybe because I am feeling sadistic and love the sight of you being miserable, or purely because I am capable of doing so?” He asked, giving Cassandra a lopsided smile.
She kept lookin
