I could only hear Atlas’s breath on the other end. Finally, he said, “You’ve been causing trouble for me for a long time now. What should we do about it?”

I tensed up and tightened my grip on the phone. Atlas’s words caught me off guard, and I asked, “W-What do you mean?”

"You should give yourself to me," he said playfully.

I found him ridiculous. We were discussing something serious, yet he started joking with me.

“Y-You’re…” I wanted to refute but switched to a more severe matter instead,