Chapter 247: One Hour
Charlotte's sword pressed a little lower. I adjusted my wrist to keep its edge away from my face and looked into her red eyes.
"Not as far as I know."
"As far as you know?"
"I don't expect questions like that when I'm meeting someone." I glanced down at our swords pressed together. "Especially not like this."
Charlotte's expression didn't change. Without easing the pressure on her sword, she tilted her head slightly.
"Your expression changed when you heard my last name."
"So you decided to cut me in half?"
"You blocked my attack."
"If I hadn't, this conversation would have been a little more difficult."
A chair scraped against the floor behind us. Edwin had stood up and was clutching his file to his chest. Livia stared at the swords between us, all her earlier cheer gone.
"President," she said carefully. "This is the council room."
Charlotte kept her eyes on me as though she hadn't heard her.
