“Surprise, surprise!” Lesia announced.

James curled his lips as he took in the shocked expression on Xanthakos’ face. “Do you still want to keep up with the act?”

Beside him, Lesia smiled enigmatically as well.

“You!” Xanthakos glared at Lesia. “Alas, you decided to complicate things! There I was thinking you’d be smarter than this!”

Lesia replied flatly, “On the other hand, it was exactly because you were so clever that you were blinded by greed.”

Xanthakos threw his head back and laugh