Kapitel 168: Cloud Heavens

Valeria's mind wandered as she debated over the simple act of buying a meal, and without warning, his face—Lucavion's—flashed in her thoughts. That irritating grin, his mocking tone, the way he had teased her as if her every concern was just some grand joke to him.

'Why him of all people?' she thought, her irritation bubbling up again. His smug face seemed to haunt her at the most inconvenient times, and the fact that he had somehow wormed his way into her thoughts made it even worse.

She clicked her tongue in annoyance, her footsteps picking up pace. 'Why am I even thinking about him? Of all things right now...'

Her fists clenched at her sides as she imagined that smirk of his, the one that made it seem like he had everything figured out, like her struggles were nothing compared to the carefree way he seemed to live his life. She hated it.