"Keep your boyfriend on a leash, Cattleya Starlight," James said casually as he strolled beside her.
"That's only because you keep provoking him!" Cattleya shot back.
James raised an eyebrow, glancing at her. "Did I?"
She hesitated. "I mean… talking to me like that is obviously provoking him," she mumbled.
James simply shrugged. "Whatever. Just keep him in check, or I might have to hang him naked over the academy gates—after removing his balls, of course."
"…!"
Cattleya paled.
The way he said it, so casually, sent a chill down her spine.
He wasn't joking.
"I—If you do that, his father will come after you!" She stuttered in panic.
James sighed, shaking his head as if she had just said the dumbest thing in the world. "Cattleya, how stupid can you be? Do you really think anyone can stop me? Anyone who tries will die. Simple as that."
She swallowed hard, unable to find a response.