Puppet Spy [4]

"You don't have much of a choice anyway, Ellyn. You'll have to follow my orders whether you want or not, otherwise, I'll work with your father, and then your doom will be set in stone. However, right now I am giving you an offer; our relationship will be of mutual interest. You will work for me and follow my orders, and I'll protect you from your father."

She looked at me with her eyes, which were now shining as the sunlight fell on her tears. "Why should I work with you? You…just proved that I shouldn't trust anybody, right? Not even Leon, then why you?" 

"Is that what is troubling you? Well, okay then. But I never said that you should trust me in the first place, so why did you assume this?"

"Let's say I will cooperate with you in the future, then, don't you think we start by trusting each other?" she determined.