"Are you offering that because you expect me to be your puppet forever?" I asked, my voice still laced with confusion.
He paused.
Then…
"Fuhahaha…"
A low, rolling laugh rumbled from his chest.
It caught me off guard.
The entire platform went quiet. Even the surrounding practitioners froze.
Everyone stared.
It might've been the first time they'd ever heard him laugh.
Even I—his child—had never heard it before.
"You've really grown some balls, huh?" he said, shaking his head with a smirk. "Didn't think I'd ever say that about a woman… but balls, you've definitely grown."
I looked at him, my brows twitching, eyes wide in disbelief.
His expression didn't change.
It was calm, cold. And more than anything, absolute.
