Chapter 139

Isabella's smile froze for a split second before she forced out a dry chuckle. "Oh? That's... nice." Sabrina leaned her chin on her hand, face full of naive innocence. "My husband's really not the romantic type, y'know. Not like Mr. Lawson, reciting stories when gifting stuff. Mine just slammed a whole diamond mine license in front of me. Like-who even gives presents like that? The diamonds in that mine are all massive chunks. I can't wear them. What am I supposed to do with a pile of rocks that size?" Cassian lounged back in his seat, cool as ever. "Big diamonds come with big uses. If you're into it, you could probably carve them into toy bricks." Malcolm and Isabella's mouths twitched at that. Cassian had one arm resting on the table, attitude lazy but still carrying that air of untouchable arrogance. "Stories are just prettified versions of reality, y'know? Don't buy into ‘em too much-it's not like the history books tell the same tale. Take Queen Demula, for example. Sure, she had i