Evelyn's pov He gave me a look as if what he had done and the reason for it was so incredibly obvious that it couldn't be overstated or even didn't need to be stated at all. That it was something that was supposed to be known like a universal fact but I wasn't really sure I had a few suspicions, of course, he always sees my step-family from day one and he found all of them deployable but I didn't think that he would go so far as to publicly beating up my step brother knowing his position.Even if it was something that I didn't respect I know that if his mother was able to pull all of the right strings then he would actually be able to get my birthright which was something that made him problematic enough and despite my own will next to see him as a member of the royal family it was something that I had to begrudgingly accept as a threat and something that had to be taken care of and I wonder if it was because of my absence that made him feel like there was nobody to hold him back so
Evelyn's pov As I sat down looking at my contract husband I wondered what made him suddenly feel like he could trust me with this information but I decided that I was not going to press into it I was far too glad that he was willing to trust me at all considering this was something that he didn't find particularly pleasant and he wasn't even eager to share at all in the first place.So I was glad that he was even able to say anything to me at all, all the time that I had known him it felt as if he was wearing a mask on his face and because I didn't really care about him all that much and I was more concerned about my own problems I didn't press into it but the more time we have spent with each other I couldn't just say that I saw him as a complete stranger anymore he was beginning to get under my skin in different ways and now there was this Mate Bond that I had to also worry about as well so when he told me that he was willing to tell me about his past it was as if he was taking a
Evelyn's pov I couldn't be able to measure my joy when my contract husband was finally released from that stinking home. Every moment that he spent there was adding to the stress but I already had and I regretted even agreeing to it at all. The worst part was that there was never a complaint that passed through his lips. I knew that I had provided a more considerable amount of comfort but I always expected that at some point he would blurt out to just how much he hated the place but he was controlled and graceful and he uttered nothing bad about it, of course, he was fully aware of the state of the dungeon.But despite all of this the only thing I was expecting was waiting until the moment when I had the keys to release him from that cell. On that very day, Kelvin had been discharged from the hospital and his mother celebrated. My belly tightened up a bit when I saw how she was decorating the Pack House but I decided that there was no need to enter another argument with her over that
Evelyn's pov There seemed to be a moment of surprise clearly written on her face as if she had expected me to clap my palm against my forehead and claim that I had really forgotten to give condolences to my step-sibling when in reality I wish that even more injury had been inflicted on him in the first place so much so that I wouldn't have to glance upon his face for several weeks."I understand that you must be very busy but definitely you could spare a moment or two to say a few kind words to your brother you of all people should know that the hospital is not a pleasant place for anybody to be in," My stepmother said wearing the most innocent smile on her face that was filled with a tremendous smile that would not make anybody even consider for a second that she was ruling in the sheets with a man who was once her son in law to be, and that she wasn't absolutely delighted at the possibility of the alpha losing his life so that she could get married to that said man. In fact, as I
Evelyn's pov When we finally went up to our bedroom I could feel the tension beginning to rise. The silence in the room that we had ignored for so long could not be ignored anymore. One of us had to say something but I decided that I would be the one to do it after all. It was better to just break the bandage completely than to continue lying to myself like this. "Kian…” I called out his name as if I was still trying to learn how to pronounce it and then he turned around to face me. He had been looking out the window as if expecting somebody to come out of the horizon then he turned around in response to his name, his attention fully fixed on me.He hardly ever got distracted like that, so I was a little bit surprised but I knew that if I tried to ask him about it he would only tell me what he felt it wasn't appropriate for me to know and sometimes I felt like I wanted to know how much more than he decided was what I needed but at the same time I didn't want to press him and I also
Kian's povHer face turned away from me and I could see the redness burning in them and my chest clenched tight like someone was squeezing it, things were not supposed to turn out this way.“It appeared that I had planned out for every single scenario except for this one. Despite the tension in the air, I reached out for her hand and squeezed it tightly."Look, if you want me to be honest with you this really means nothing to me at all. It doesn't change anything for me in the slightest concerning our contract but if you feel like it will be too emotionally draining for you I will not force you to do what you don't want to…"I said and then I added that if she felt she wanted to end the contract at this point then I wouldn't stop her because it was easier to keep out any feelings to keep everything simple. To push away any kind of attraction that was possibly blossoming on its own but this mate Bond was so much more than that. It wasn't something that you could overlook so easily."No
Evelyn's povI felt the sun dating on my face as I stepped out into the garden to ease my mind and to relax with my thoughts. We had concluded and come to a decision with each other but yet I felt like they were still so much. I felt like I wanted to share with him but I promised him that I wasn't going to make him uncomfortable and if it was going to be hard to hold back this spring, emotions were boiling inside of me like a heated pot.I was hoping that I would be able to get a break surrounded by the flowers and their beautiful scent that was so enchanting but I should have known that I was wishing for far too much because it wasn't long before I began to wonder inside the garden that's when I noticed somebody was following me and it was not something that I could overlook because the steps became more deliberate and they were obviously headed in my direction. Finally, when I turned around I was confronted by the hovering frame of my ex-lover who was looking down at me almost sus
Evelyn's povThere had been very few times in our contract marriage that I had managed to make Kian completely speechless and I guess I could add this to the list. I stepped in and my inhibitions lowered because of my curiosity as I asked him who was on the other side of the line and he remained in that post perfectly, not moving a single inch so much that you would confuse him for an artistically sculpted statue if you walked into the bedroom eventually. The steady breathing of his chest is also something that he was able to do without feeling like an athlete falling down on the track only to quickly get back up on their feet again and resume the race.I don't know what was more troubling, as the fact that he did it in the snap of a finger most times making me question my own sanity and if I had misread his expressions or the fact that he felt he needed to do it in front of me and that's brought a bundle of other questions running through my mind."You had a very short stroll in the