"Miss Afanisi, you're here-"
When those words reached Yushua's ears, the nun shuddered involuntarily. Still holding that cute pose, she looked at Jonas with a stiff expression of disbelief.
-You set me up?!
The thought showed in Yushua's eyes, but she did not dare turn to look at the woman standing in the doorway. Humiliation and indignation filled her heart, lending a trace of hostility to her gaze at Jonas.
"I'm here... did you have any instructions... for me?"
The voice came from behind Yushua. She recognized it as Afanisi's, which made her even more reluctant to move rashly.
Yet things rarely went as one wished. Afanisi had noticeably paused for a second or two toward the end of her sentence, clearly having noticed Yushua's presence.
Now it was not just Yushua whose mind had gone blank. Afanisi's had too.
A long silence settled over the office.
In the end, Jonas was the first to break it.
"Have a seat."
In truth, after her recent "education," Afanisi's loyalty to Jonas had already reached a considerable level... she was only one final step away from true submission.
That was precisely why the nun had obeyed Jonas's orders so naturally and come to his office in a maid outfit.
What Afanisi had never expected, however, was to find the person she dreaded so much in his office. What nearly brought her mind to a complete halt was that the woman was actually striking such a shameful pose to... please the man before her?
Although her own situation was hardly any better, Jonas was, after all, the Void Realm Church's true "Holy Son"-His Executor... she had a valid reason for pledging her loyalty to him.
But Yushua... she had still seemed vaguely hostile toward the Alt Conglomerate not long ago. Why had she