The man closed his eyes.
This time, the contortion of his facial features was much less severe than before, and not even cold sweat seeped out from his temples.
It was as if this body had gotten used to the second personality's receding, the first personality's reawakening.
After a moment, the man's tightly shut eyelids gradually opened.
Those clear, deep black pupils slowly came into Lily's field of vision.
Unlike the disgust that was immediately apparent the last time he opened his eyes, this time, Aidan Lucas only gave her a faint glance.
"You've come again?" he tugged at his tie, trying to shake off the stifling sensation weighing on his heart.
Professor Marlowe's hypnosis had been very effective, now the memories of the first personality had been altered.
He believed Lily had betrayed him; he thought that the presence of the second personality meant it didn't want to clean up after him.
