Chapter 252
Claire stood frozen for a few seconds, feeling every eye in the store on her. Like always her pride screamed at her to just walk the fuck out of here and pretend that none of this happened at all. But a deal was a deal. She was a powerful Ascendant Realm Awakened, and she had never once run away from her word, not even when it hurt.
So she took a deep breath, walked up to Alex, and dropped down onto her knees right there on the floor.
A few people in the crowd gasped from seeing such a fierce woman who had just dislocated a guy's jaw with only one slap just a few second ago now kneeling on the ground. Even the mom from earlier couldn't help covering her son's eyes again, though this time the naughty boy still managed to peek right through her fingers, most probably wondering why a beautiful aunty was kneeling.
