Chapter 54

Lyra was not in the least interested in Crystal's apology, because she knew Crystal would never mean it. The only reason she was here was because Julian had ordered her. Lyra could see that doing so was hurting her pride, and even if the apology had no effect on her, it was nice to see Crystal knocked down a peg or two. After thinking for a while, Lyra said, “There's something you can do. If you do, I'll accept your apology.” “What is it?” Crystal asked haughtily. “Do you want money? I can give you enough to live off for a lifetime.” One side of Lyra's lips turned up. She could not even say that she was surprised that Crystal thought her money could fix everything. Not that anything was being fixed… “I want you to serve as my servant for a day,” Lyra told her. “Once you do that, we’ll be even.” Crystal stared at her blankly for a few seconds. Then, her face scowled in disgust. “You must be kidding.” Nope. She just wasn't going to make it easy for her. Crystal, acting as a servant? Sure