Chapter 380: Unconscious Behavior

Celine stood up, her usual fierce and strong-willed attitude gone. Instead, her eyes looked sad and troubled.

"Idiot," Reign muttered, shaking his head in disdain as he crossed his arms, his gaze cold. He turned away from her, dismissing her sadness as if it were nothing more than a minor annoyance.

However— 

That single word, delivered with such indifference and lack of empathy, ignited something in Celine. 

Her sadness quickly turned into anger. She whipped her head around to face him, her eyes blazing with frustration. 

"What did you just say?" she snapped.

"I said you're an idiot. You're letting your emotions control you again. "

Celine's fists clenched at her sides, her nails digging into her palms. 

"You don't understand anything," she hissed. "It's because you told me all those things that made it harder for me… You could have just kept your mouth shut." 

"I could, but I didn't," he responded with a nonchalant tone.