Chapter 171

Evelyn's pov

“How is he?” His cool eyes traveled gradually to meet mine, taking his sweet time to show he had minimal desire to do so.

“He?” he sighed with an arched brow.

“Do you mean your husband?” He said less mechanically, after 2 days of radio silence since my husband decided to test the cure I had come up with. I couldn't hold myself back anymore and my feet found their way in front of his beta's mahogany desk in his office, pleading to know what had become of him.

“He's fine…” he practically drilled out then returned back to the work I had found him with.

Now the disrespect was far too much for me to pretend that there wasn't any. I slammed my open palm on the table, he looked at me, his eyes filled with bewilderment. He had probably not expected me to do that, nor did I but I needed some way to get his attention and at least a little bit of his absolute lack of interest had flickered away even if I just had it for the moment I would use it.

I openly admitted to him that I