Between Your Letter and My Reply

Chapter 91

[Translated By Divinity]

“The fourth tenant,” Damian said in his usual factual tone while Lilliana was still gaping.

“Yes, I’m the fourth tenant. The room across from yours.”

Lilliana turned to Damian, signaling him to explain. But even Damian couldn’t explain this situation convincingly.

Damian frowned, avoiding Lilliana’s eyes, and stammered,

“Well… I met Casey outside… and he said he found a room in this house, so I brought him here.”

“That doesn’t really explain anything.”

“How else am I supposed to explain it?”

Casey came to Damian’s defense, but Lilliana shook her head.

“Brother. I have a lot to say to you.”

“Yes, yes. I’ll listen to everything.”

“Where have you been and what have you been doing all this time? You should have at least shown up before Aunt Pascal fell asleep!”

“What difference does that make?”

“What difference?! I was trying to compare Aunt Pascal’s words with yours!”

Casey blinked and said,

“But with Pascal around, I didn’t think I was needed.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Just then, Damian coughed. It wasn’t a cough to divert attention but an unintentional one due to the cold.

The Carnell siblings simultaneously turned to look at Damian. He awkwardly waved his hand to indicate he was fine, but Casey approached Damian and said,

“Ah, humans must feel cold.”

Then, he grabbed Damian’s arm and started going upstairs.

“Wait a minute. You can’t just leave me! Where are we going?”

Lilliana quickly followed after the grumbling Damian.

“Brother! Don’t do anything weird to Damian!”

“It would be a big problem if he catches a cold, wouldn’t it? I’m not going to do anything weird.”

Casey brought Damian to the 10th floor and pushed him into his room.

“Now, go and take a hot shower.”

Damian gave up on protesting against this person and decided to just do as he was told.

He silently went into the bathroom and turned on the hot water. The tension in his body, which had been starting to feel chilly, eased, and his mood improved a little.

However, he couldn’t stop thinking about Casey. He couldn’t understand why Casey had come here.

***

While Damian was in the bathroom, Lilliana stood in the hallway, glancing at Casey.

He was still soaking wet, but unlike Damian, he wasn’t shivering or showing any signs of hypothermia. He just stood there stiffly with an indifferent expression.

Noticing Lilliana’s attitude, Casey tilted his head and asked,

“Are you scared of me?”

“No, it’s not that…”

Lilliana stammered and continued,

“It’s just awkward…”

“You’re lying. You have a habit of picking at your hangnails with your thumb whenever you lie.”

Lilliana was startled by Casey’s remark and hid her hands behind her back. Flustered, she asked without thinking,

“How did you know that?”

Lilliana and Casey had never been close enough for him to notice every single one of her habits.

Even her parents and Pascal didn’t know about this habit. So there was no way Casey could have known. Especially since he wasn’t very interested in Lilliana’s inner thoughts…

Casey blinked at Lilliana’s reaction and then made a sullen face again.

“I thought I finally understood…”

“Understood what?”

“You and me.”

Lilliana looked up and stared at Casey. He was looking at her with affection.

Lilliana found it strange. There was no way affection could blossom between her and Casey. At least… not two years ago.

Lilliana recalled Pascal’s words: Trust Casey. She wanted to. But every time she saw him…

‘I’m scared.’

Lilliana was scared of Casey. When she met him a few years ago, when she was 18, she thought it was okay because her father and Pascal were with her.

But now, alone with him, she realized that she was still afraid of Casey.

The fear she felt when Casey overpowered her and tried to take away her powers when she was 10 years old remained vivid.

His eyes like a deep abyss staring at her. The thirst and longing in them. The way his gaze was fixated only on what was ahead, as if nothing else mattered, binding Lilliana…

Lilliana scratched her goosebump-covered arms. She had told Damian that Casey wasn’t a bad person and that it would be okay. But what about her own reaction now that she was actually facing him?

‘I thought I had overcome it bravely…’

Lilliana took a few steps back, but Casey didn’t follow her. He just waited quietly for Lilliana to catch her breath.

Lilliana closed her eyes tightly and then opened them. Casey was standing in the same spot as before, quietly watching her.

“Brother… Were you with Dad all along? What happened to Dad? Where have you been and what have you been doing all this time?”

Lilliana asked the question she was most curious about. Casey tilted his head and fell into thought for a moment.

Lilliana was overcome with curiosity about what he was thinking so hard about. After finishing his thoughts, Casey looked at her and said,

“I was actually wondering how to explain that. But I’m not good at speaking indirectly or cleverly. So I’ll just say as much as I want to say.”

“What does that mean?”

“Father passed away due to an unexpected accident. But you don’t need to know more than that.”

“What?”

Casey’s answer was similar to Pascal’s response.

You don’t need to know. There’s no need for you to know.

Pascal must have said that because she thought it would be beneficial for Lilliana, even though Lilliana’s own wishes were ignored.

Lilliana knew that while spirits couldn’t lie, they were very tight-lipped. So she also knew that once Pascal took that stance, it wasn’t easy to change her mind.

Therefore, the moment Pascal said something like that, Lilliana became accustomed to giving up on getting an answer from her.

That’s why she could give up so easily when Pascal wouldn’t tell her about what happened during those two years.

Lilliana changed her question.

“What happened between us during those two years?”

Lilliana asked with courage, and Casey answered with a smile on his face,

“We just… lived peacefully.”

“Peacefully? What did we do that was so peaceful?”

Casey didn’t answer Lilliana’s question and just smiled wider.

“It’s okay if you don’t remember. I remember.”

Lilliana was getting increasingly annoyed that her conversation with Casey kept going in circles.

Surely something must have happened between her and Casey during those two years. But he didn’t seem to have any intention of telling her what it was.

She could accept not knowing what happened during those two years. But she was more curious about why Casey wouldn’t tell her.

“You’re not going to answer, are you?”

Lilliana’s voice turned cold without her realizing it.

“Don’t you think it’s unfair that you know what happened but I don’t?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know anything. That’s not what’s important. So, Lily,”

Once again, Casey didn’t answer her question properly and was busy just saying what he wanted to say.

“You just have to keep having fun with me from now on.”

“Having fun with you? Is that even possible?”

Lilliana scoffed.

“I’m still scared of you.”

Casey’s face darkened noticeably. He lowered his eyes for a moment, then looked at Lilliana again.

“It’s okay, Lily. You and I can have fun. Because we’ve done it before. What difference does a second time make?”

He had a smile on his face.