When Jill left the room, her eyes were filled with lingering terror. Looking at the girl standing calmly outside the door, she patted her on the shoulder and strode away.
After hearing the door close behind her, Jill finally could not suppress her emotions any longer. She braced herself against the crumbling corridor wall and gasped for breath.
From Xiao Ran, Jill sensed a very familiar aura—the loathsome aura of someone who held everything in his grasp, someone from whom nothing could be hidden, someone who was supremely confident at all times. For a moment, Jill completely overlapped Xiao Ran with the image of another person, as though she had seen another demon.
Just like that person, it was impossible to truly conceal her thoughts and weaknesses before Xiao Ran. It felt as if her heart, her body, and even her past had all been laid bare before his eyes. Before meeting Xiao Ran, Jill had only felt this way around one person—a man she had once loved deeply, but now hated and feared beyond measure. That man was AmbriO.
To a certain extent, Jill truly felt that Xiao Ran and AmbriO were very similar. Both were adept at disguising themselves, controlling everything, brimming with confidence, and possessing immense strength. Aside from their personalities and moral standards, they really did share a slight resemblance—especially those hypocritically friendly smiles.
After taking several deep breaths, Jill slowly straightened up. She gave the closed door a complicated look, then her expression returned to normal, though it now carried a trace of heaviness. Her heels clicked against the floor as she slowly walked away.
Inside the room, where only Xiao Ran and Ange were present, this might have been an excellent opportunity for a man and a woman to be alone together, but Xiao