Celeste Grant waved her hand dismissively.

"Why would I mind? Of course I’d welcome you if you could come, Exalted One."

She paused, her gaze landing on his cold face, but her words were recklessly bold.

"But why did you decide to come, Exalted One? Hmm, don’t tell me you... you couldn’t bear to be apart from me, could you? Or is it because my unparalleled, flower-like beauty is so unforgettable that a day without me feels like three years? Is that why you rushed over so eagerly?"

"Or maybe... The Exalted One has already fallen hopelessly in love with me? So much that if I call you ’husband,’ you’ll give me your life?"

Javier Sinclair said coldly, "Haha, in your dreams. You can have anything you want there."

Though his words were harsh, his heart still skipped a beat. Looking at the woman’s beaming smile on his phone, it was as if his ears automatically filtered out everything else, hearing only that single word: ’husband’.

’It actually sounds... rather nice, hearing her say ’husband’.’

’Did this woman really not place some kind of Curse Technique on me? Why does a single, casual sentence from her make me feel like throwing down my armor and surrendering? This is insane.’

"Celeste Grant, is that all you have in that head of yours? ’Call you husband and you’ll give me your life?’ Do I look like some kind of fool who doesn’t value his life?"

He had to admit, the woman was rather good-looking. But was he that shallow? Forget calling him ’husband’ once—even if she called him that every day, he would never give his life to anyone.

His gaze fell upon her small face.

Javier Sinclair averted his gaze slightly and said in a cold voice, "I am not that shallow of a person."

Celeste Grant waved her hand.

She clutched her chest, feigning heartache.

"I misunderstood. It seems all those romance novels are liars after all."

Javier Sinclair: "Speak properly. Your melodrama is so annoying I want to twist your head off."

Celeste Grant placed a finger on her lips and blinked at him. "Really? Would you have the heart, big brother?"

Javier Sinclair’s Adam’s apple bobbed unconsciously.

Fuck!

’Shameless.’

’Utterly improper.’

Javier Sinclair lowered his head slightly.

He was blushing.

He put on a cold, blank expression and said, "Shut up."

Celeste Grant pointed at him.

"You snapped at me! You actually snapped at me! Fine. I guess I’ll never compare to your ’white moonlight.’ So be it. *Sigh*!"

Javier Sinclair: "..."

’What the hell is a ’white moonlight’? It’s the middle of the day. Where would moonlight come from?’

Celeste Grant snickered.

She dropped the act.

Shedding her melodramatic persona, she said seriously, "Fine, fine. I was just thinking that if you missed me and came all this way for me, I might give you a little kiss. But since you didn’t come for me, then never mind."

Celeste Grant successfully managed to see his stunned, frozen face through the phone.

"So, Exalted One... want a kiss?"

A hint of anticipation actually flickered in Javier Sinclair’s bottomless eyes. ’She actually wants to kiss me. Heh, this woman truly covets me. She’s got some nerve.’

"I don’t need one. You shameless woman."

"Alright then, your kiss has been automatically canceled. Hanging up now! Okay, I’m done messing with you. I’m going out for a walk, Exalted One. Bye."

Staring at the black screen of his phone,

Javier Sinclair felt so frustrated he could spit blood. He almost threw his phone in a fit of rage, but after a moment’s thought, he put it away.

"Fuck! Why does it feel like she’s bullying me?"

He, the magnificent Demonic Sovereign, was being led around by the nose again and again by a mere woman. Did he have no dignity left?

"Just you wait."

"I’ll crack open your skull."

As it turned out,

when he was actually enjoying it, a big shot like him no longer needed his dignity. Of course, the Javier Sinclair of this moment would never admit that.

「Meanwhile」

After hanging up the phone,

Celeste Grant put her phone away.

The corners of her lips curved up. She felt that she was in a great mood. ’Turns out teasing the Archfiend whose name alone makes people tremble with fear is pretty damn fun.’

’That’s what you get for threatening to twist my head off.’

She couldn’t beat him in a fight.

’So why shouldn’t I get the upper hand with my words?’

"Haha."

’What a great mood.’

Javier Sinclair might have a sharp tongue, but if you really teased him a little, he’d be left speechless. Just like what happened a moment ago. Who would have thought that besides his peak Cultivation, The Blood-Venerate, leader of the greatest of the Demonic Sects, was a complete novice at everything else?

’This must be his other side. It’s quite a contrast.’

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, Celeste Grant would never have believed that The Archfiend, who threatened to cut people down at the slightest provocation, was actually so easy to bully.

’Suddenly, I feel a bit like I’m picking on an honest man.’

However, when she first met him, Celeste Grant was genuinely scared of him. Now, she wasn’t afraid at all. It felt like the tables had completely turned.

’He actually came.’

’That part was a little unexpected.’ 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

’So proactive.’

Celeste Grant wouldn’t believe it for a second if someone said he wasn’t interested in her. But he probably hadn’t even realized it himself.

In truth, Celeste Grant was the type of person to just go with the flow. Even in this world, she wasn’t against the idea of falling in love.

If the feeling was right,

it wasn’t out of the question.

Of course, that was on the condition that the other person wasn’t the type to be a fickle, two-timing cheater.

Celeste Grant herself wasn’t a fickle person, either. She was very clear-cut when it came to relationships. If the other person really had some unforgettable ’white moonlight’ or ’cinnabar mole’ from their past, then they could just stay away from her.

As for Javier Sinclair... he was worth considering.

The head of the Demonic Sects.

The vicious female side-character.

’A match made in hell!’

「That night.」

Celeste Grant spent the first half of the night in seated meditation, cultivating. When she finished and got up in the latter half of the night, she figured Javier Sinclair should have arrived by now, given the travel time.

But he hadn’t appeared yet.

Celeste Grant touched a finger to her forehead and released her Divine Sense. Now that she was in the Golden Core Stage, her Divine Sense could cover a considerable area. She couldn’t feel Javier Sinclair’s aura anywhere nearby, which meant he still hadn’t arrived.

This surprised Celeste Grant a little.

’Could he have run into some trouble?’

Then she remembered that with his level of Cultivation, even if he did run into trouble, it would be the other party who ended up dead. With that thought, she calmly lay down.

She went right to sleep.

In this book, Javier Sinclair didn’t even die in the end, and now he had already reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. So, Celeste Grant wasn’t worried about him getting killed off by the protagonist’s group.

She reached out to stroke the head of her soundly sleeping son, leaning in to give him a kiss.

"Good night, Mommy’s treasure."

「Just before dawn.」

Celeste Grant heard a noise beside her. She turned on her side and saw a person sitting on the floor by her bed. He was leaning against the side of her bed, one hand resting on the edge of the mattress.

Celeste Grant leaned over for a closer look.

"Exalted One?"

The figure leaning against the bed turned slightly. "You’re awake? Did I wake you?"

’He didn’t even get on the bed, yet he still managed to wake me.’

Celeste Grant pointed at him and whispered, "Why don’t you come sit on the bed?"

’The Archfiend, sitting on the floor... That’s a sight I never thought I’d see.’

Celeste Grant glanced at him and scooted further into the bed.