Chapter 96

LUENTH "Now to the reason I am here," I say when we are able to keep our hands off each other. "Yes, yes, yes," he says at the edge of the chair, pouring some coffee from the jug on the tray and giving it to me. I take a sip of the black liquid and allow it to wind down my body gently. "So I went to see Lucy, and she wanted more money as usual." "You know I have told you not to ask me before you use money, right?" "I know, but I need to at least let you know what I am using it for," I explain, even though that is not the reason I am here. "She needed two million, and she never told me what she needed it for, but that was not the problem at all." "Then what was it?" In that moment, I realise that Drexon has always been a good listener, and I feel my heart tug just a bit as I wonder if he had always been like this or if Maljore had been the one to fine-tune him this much. As much as I wanted to ask, I did not want to give her any credit, so I let it slide. "She was offering to work for t