Chapter 235

Lilac’s P.O.V "When you say, "work for me" what do you mean exactly?" I asked. I was trying to get clarity here on this issue at hand. I had no idea what he meant by wanting me to work for him at the moment, and the last thing I wanted was to torment myself by being near him like this for now or any other duration of time. But Krimson found it all funny. The man I had never seen smile at me was now staring at me with a look of amusement in his eyes, his lips tilted up in a smirk that grated on my nerves. Maybe it was because of the fact that I was in this office…stuck together with him in such close proximity that I was having trouble thinking properly…but I didn’t like it. I didn’t like that smirk. I didn’t like the way he was looking at me. As if he knew something I didn’t. And I didn’t like this feeling of being kept in the dark. "You see Lilac, it has come to my notice that you are being underpaid at the Soup House, for all the work you are doing, and I want to change that situatio