Chapter 26Evelyn's povThe final decision of the council members was like a bomb falling into the middle of the room and exploding right in my face the composure that I tried to keep with my expression immediately broke and my lips wobbled as I searched for the right word but found nothing while tears were burning in the back of my eyes.And with that, the meeting came to a close with me still fixed to my chair like a statue the members of the elders council avoided looking at me as they made their way out of the meeting room there was only my stepmother shooting me a dirty look while still pretentiously wiping her eyes with her handkerchief her son followed behind her seemingly dragging his feet his eyes passed me for a moment with his needless pity soon enough I was all alone.Or at least I would be if he could just leave too.I sat there for half an hour saying nothing at all, still keeping the same position from the moment when I heard that announcement. Finally, he squeezed my f
Chapter 27 Evelyn's pov"You are not alone…" he assured me in his deep and resonant voice and I didn't even realize when more tears started coming out of my eyes but this time it wasn't just purely out of sadness there was a feeling of relief that truly, I wasn't all alone.The next day I got a call from the hospital, and I would have gone there anyway even if I had not gotten that call initially. I planned to go by myself but then I remembered the conversation that I had with my contract husband at that point while I stood in the mirror brushing my hair and raising my eyebrows. How far could I really trust this man that I had only known for a couple of weeks?I allowed another stroke to pass through my hair as I remembered the council members that had immediately withdrawn their help and I had known some of those people since I was a child. There was no doubt about it that I would just have to trust him now more out of desperation than anything else.So I informed him that I was goi
Evelyn's povAs I saw my stepmother approaching I knew that the alteration that was about to go down could not happen so immediately I stood between her and my contract husband like a world wedding myself between them her face deepened in disapproval.But it was at that very moment that the doctor stepped out of his office and he looked at the three of us with surprise immediately my stepmother had to put on her mask of being a concerned wife who was simply pushed to the wall to make a choice of letting go of our husband she had her handkerchief at her eyes quicker than I could even blink and looking over to the doctor."Doctor I was hoping that I would be able to catch you, we need to discuss something very important,"Since she was finally out of our hair I looked at my contract husband and he seemed to be looking in her direction. His eyes hardened up but then I held his hand and his attention was immediately brought back to me again. Then I signed out for him that this was our cha
Evelyn POVArriving back in the pack house did not lighten the weight that was resting heavily on my chest, in fact, it only seemed to be intensified by the familiar surroundings that I had so many memories of my father seeming to play with me and I shook my head reminding myself once again that he was still alive and he was one of the strongest Men I knew he would definitely wake up from that hospital bed.Wouldn't he?Was I just being delusional because I couldn't accept letting go of my Father? Was there a chance that the last conversation we had with each other was really truly going to be the last one just thinking about it was enough to have hot tears bubbling up in my eyelids and I quickly had to wipe them away with the back of my hand watching Kian to see if he had noticed.He looked at me with a warm smile and didn't say anything, redness came up to my cheeks. All I had been trying to do since I met him was hide just how vulnerable I was but somehow he still managed to see m
Evelyn's pov“Princess Evelyn…" Jones, my lawyer, called my name as if he was waking up from a very deep and very unpleasant sleep. "I want to be honest with you…it's quite unfortunate…but there's not much that can be done…"He said to me and my heart sank deeper, this was the first time that I had been to his office since he arranged my court wedding and even though things had been tough I was hoping for some good news."Nothing at all?" I inquired rather desperately, leaning more on his table until I was almost resting my entire arm on it. His response was to shake his head sadly and look at me with his eyes dipped with pity and my stomach twisted as a dry smile cracked my lips.Even as a princess that I was, people were either looking down on me with pity or annoyance."... there's already the issue with your assets and if your husband is going to help, your father's bills might…" he kept talking and I watched his lips move but I wasn't catching on to anything that he was saying a
Evelyn's povI was not prepared for the amount of phone calls that my phone was going to be bombarded with after my announcement to Kian, he was calling me like his life depended on my response and then blasting me with concerned texts at the same vigor.He wanted to know where I was so that he would come and pick me up and we could talk but I bit my lip and hardened my heart to all of his attempts…I knew that if I were to agree to that he would immediately be able to convince me not to call off our contract marriage.As the taxi stopped at a red light, I thought about the more humiliating fact that I was just that miserable and lonely right now…and I didn't want to let him go…it was pathetic, I felt like a child who didn't want to let go of their parent's hand.But I couldn't keep holding on to him even when I knew that I was drowning and taking him down with me as well, that would be so selfish and cruel after all the good he has done.Eventually, I got down from the car and entered
Evelyn's pov While in the back of my mind, I still couldn't figure out who on earth this mysterious benefactor could be, in front of me was Kian.His face was unreadable and he tried to walk side by side with me but the feeling of his eyes roaming all over me quietly judging me was more than I could bear, how did he feel about the phone call? He definitely wasn't thrilled about it at all there wasn't a stray smile to be found on his face but he wasn't pouting or frowning either.I groaned deep inside of myself, I wanted to reach out and pluck out the thoughts in his head…desperately wanted to know just what was going through his mind, as we continued to walk together I realized that I could never truly read him.Whenever there was an emotion that was clearly reflected on his face, it was because he allowed me to see it…had permitted it but when his handsome face and sharp features would take a poker expression like this it was near impossible to read him, trying to read a tall brick
Evelyn's pov I watched him as he stretched his hand in front of the table and kept his eyes on me at the same time then with an almost nonchalant shrug he told me that I should know more about that than him since the person was my friend after all. I drew back a little while my fingers were being placed on the table and I fiddled with them nervously.As I did so I admitted to him that I had no idea who this person could possibly be so far everybody that I had reached out to for assistance during this tough time would tell me that they were also going through a similarly rough patch, every single one of them. If there was anything that this troubled time had taught me to understand, it was that people were quick to desert you when they saw that they might not benefit from being on your side.I was still struck by the fact that the entire elder council had betrayed me and my father like that. With little to no hesitation they sat on their chairs and with the most robotic logic told me