Mila stormed off before her argument with Caius could progress any further, and Lydia looked awkwardly between Caius and the door before deciding to follow after Mila so that I was left alone with Caius.
He sat down beside me again and poured himself a cup of water as if nothing had happened.
He looked at me after finishing the water with an infuriatingly calm expression.
"I need to go to the Forum later on today. I was planning on…"
"...seriously?" I spat. "Are you really going to insult me like this?"
He turned to me and raised his eyebrow.
"Insult you?"
"Yes… you know exactly what I am talking about. Trying to blindside me by bringing me here without mentioning those other women first, and now acting as if it's no big deal."
Caius smiled.
"You are at risk of sounding ex
