Chapter 414 – You Can Call Me Daddy
After brunch, they returned to the mansion just long enough for Lux to have Ariel changed.
Not that she looked bad—she didn't. The soft dress she'd picked at the boutique was lovely, light and breathable, and had somehow survived all the café chaos without a single stain. But this wasn't about looking pretty anymore.
This was about making a statement.
"Change into the blue one," Lux said casually, sipping from a glass of water as he leaned against the doorframe to Ariel's room. "The one with the embroidery. And the coat."
Ariel blinked at him, mid-step out of her heels. "What? Why? It's not even cold."
"They need to see you properly," he replied, voice calm but firm. "Not as a child. Not as a victim. As you. Who you are now. Not who they lost. Also… If we need to show them the scars, you just need to open your coat."
She swallowed.
And maybe she would've argued if not for the weight behind his words.
