Love Across the Light Years -The Devil CEO Indulges My Lies.

The men heard her threat and frowned.

However, before they could react further, Adelyn had already moved.

Her patience had truly run out. She had none left to entertain them.

Karl and Pier instinctively leaned closer, whispering under their breath—

"They are so many in number. Do you think she—"

But before Pier could even finish—

A sharp thud echoed through the room.

A body slammed violently against the wall.

Both of them stiffened and turned at once —only to see two men collapse onto the floor, their bodies going almost limp.

"She—"

"Did she do that?"

They swallowed hard.

Pier’s hand over Eira’s ear nearly slipped in shock, but Karl quickly grabbed his wrist, tightening his hold as he reminded him in a low voice, "You’d better not defy my sister-in-law’s orders. Keep your hand firm. Little Eira cannot hear their cries and screams."

Pier immediately nodded, snapping back to his senses. He pressed his hand firmly over Eira’s ear again, eyes wide as he stared ahead.

At this point, it could no longer even be called a fight.

Because a fight required two sides.

Here—

It was completely one-sided.

Adelyn moved through them like a force of nature, taking each man down with precision —swift, controlled, and utterly overwhelming.

Not a single one of them was given the chance to retaliate.

In just a handful of movements, the entire group —fifteen men —were down.

All of them lay scattered across the floor, writhing in pain, unable to even gather the strength to rise again.

"You said we wouldn’t be allowed to leave until we satisfied you," Adelyn spoke, her gaze sweeping across the heap of bodies. "Are you all satisfied now?"

The men barely had the strength to respond.

Yet they forced themselves.

Nodding weakly, their voices trembling—

"We are ..."

"We’re satisfied ..."

"You can leave ..."

Adelyn watched them, her gaze filled with unmistakable disdain.

Earlier, she would have left without a second thought.

But now—

She wasn’t satisfied.

"No," she said.

That single word made every man freeze in dread.

"I can’t leave just like that."

They stared at her, confused and terrified, unable to comprehend her meaning.

"B-But ... didn’t you want to leave earlier?"

She nodded calmly.

"Yes, I did. But you weren’t ready to let us go."

"But now we are! You can go —we won’t stop you!" one of them blurted out desperately.

Adelyn shook her head again.

"No. I can’t. How can I leave when I’m not satisfied?"

They were completely baffled.

Not satisfied?

What more could she possibly want?

Even Karl and Pier exchanged confused glances before looking back at her.

"Y-You ... aren’t satisfied?" someone asked weakly. "Then ... how will you be satisfied?"

Adelyn slowly pulled a chair and sat down, crossing one leg over the other with unhurried composure.

"That," she said, her tone calm, "is what you should be asking."

Her gaze swept across them before drifting toward the scattered deck of cards.

"When you wanted to play, I played with you —betting on something precious to us. You lost, and we won ... but you weren’t satisfied."

She paused, letting her words settle before continuing again.

"So ... to satisfy you, I played again. Yet you lost once more. This time, however, we didn’t place proper bets."

Her eyes lifted, locking onto them.

"So ... how about we play another round? With proper stakes this time."

Another round?

Every single one of them froze.

Play again ... with her?

They had barely survived this.

Another round would end them ... completely.

They were about to refuse immediately—

But Adelyn spoke again, cutting off their escape.

"Don’t rush to refuse," she said lightly. "This isn’t just another round ... it’s your chance to get back at me."

Her lips curved faintly.

"You wouldn’t want to waste that opportunity, would you?"

The offer was tempting—

But only in ignorance.

Now that they knew what she was—

It was terrifying.

They couldn’t dare.

"Alright ..." Adelyn sighed, as if seeing through them completely. "If that’s not tempting enough ..."

She leaned forward slightly.

"How about this —this time, I’ll bet myself."

The room went dead silent.

"Didn’t you all want to enjoy the night with me earlier?" she added casually. "Here’s your chance."

The men nearly choked in horror.

Enjoy the night ...?

Would they even survive it?

"Young lady ..." one of them spoke, voice trembling. "Please forgive us. We understand our mistake. We won’t repeat it again. Please ... let us live."

Others quickly followed—

"Yes, yes —please let us go!"

"We won’t dare cross your path again!"

"Please ... spare us ..."

Adelyn looked at them, her expression unreadable.

"Are you sure?" she asked calmly.

They nodded frantically without hesitation.

But she sighed softly.

"What a pity ... I’m still not satisfied."

Her gaze slowly swept across each of them.

"I really want to play one last round ... with all of you."

At that—

Some of them nearly burst into tears. They had nothing left in them.

"G-Goddess ... please let us go ... We will make sure even our descendants bow to you."

"Aye—" Pier suddenly cut in, frowning. "How can you call her goddess? She isn’t your goddess."

The men turned to him, pausing before becoming utterly speechless.

Even Adelyn glanced back at him, lips pursing slightly.

"S-Sister-in-law ..." Pier said awkwardly, scratching his head. "I’m just keeping that title reserved for myself. If Brother Karl doesn’t let me call you sister-in-law tomorrow, at least I can still call you my goddess."

Adelyn went silent.

These two were truly something else.

Pinching the bridge of her nose lightly, she said, "He can’t stop you ... because I’m not his sister-in-law."

"Sister-in-law!" Karl exclaimed dramatically, looking as though his heart had shattered. "How can you say that? You are my sister-in-law, and you always will be! You can’t abandon me!"

"I am not your sister-in—"

Before she could finish—

Bang!

The door to the private room burst open.

A piercingly cold wind swept inside, freezing the entire space in an instant.

Even Adelyn felt it.

She turned—

And stiffened the moment she saw who had arrived.

Karl’s face went pale instantly.

His lips trembled as he stared at the doorway.

"B—Big Brother...!"