What are you doing here?” the she-wolf asked grumpily.
I guessed that she must be Henry’s younger sister, so I wasn’t surprised that Lena was a rrogant.
“It’s the bathroom. Of course, I went to the toilet,” I replied indifferently.
I didn’t bother to check my tone. I would rather not tolerate people who disrespected me anymore.
Between Tara and Margaret, I was done.
Of course, my tone, and words pi ssed Lena off even more.
“Humph, I think you’re playing hard to get. You’re deliberately hiding so that Jackson will be worried about you. Don’t think that just because you’re Jackson’s female companion, you’ll be able to climb the social ladder and become a Cinderella!
“Jackson will be mine!”
Lena’s warning made me frown slightly.
I was hiding here to avoid Griffon. What did it have to do with Jackson playing hard to get?
I didn’t bother to find an excuse to explain it to Lena, who stood in front of me with her hands on her hips and her face red.
She didn’t look like she made a very attractive wolf…
“Miss Wilton, you’ll never be Alpha Sterling’s mate. You don’t have to look for attention in front of me.”
Jackson was going to mate Edith. Lena’s status was far inferior to Edith’s.
Let’s face it, it was better for her not to be delusional.
However, Miss Wilton did not think so.
She slapped me hard in the face.
Who do you think you are?”
That slap was beyond my expectations.
I didn’t expect the Wilton pack’s gentle and weak-looking young lady would slap me.
I wanted to fight back, but even though this she-wolf looked puny, my frail human body was no match for her.
After being slapped, I was in a daze.
Lena must have thought I was afraid, and she became even more arrogant.
“I’m warning you, you’d better stay away from Jackson. Otherwise, it won’t just be a slap!”
After saying that, Lena left the bathroom.
While I was watching her back as she walked away, my vision blurred, and it was though everything was split into a thousand pieces.
Before I fell down, I vaguely saw a man rushing in and catching me before I fainted.
When I caught my breath, I realized that the person who had caught me was Griffon.
“Alpha Knight…”
He was difficult to read, but his slightly furrowed brows made him look annoyed and uneasy.
“What’s wrong?”
After calming myself down, I said in a low voice, “I was slapped by Miss Wilton just now and almost fainted.”
Fortunately, I only fainted for a few seconds this time and could use this as an excuse to cover it up.
Griffon’s frown deepened. “You’re willing to be slapped, for Jackson’s sake. You really love him.”
There was sarcasm in his voice, which made me very uncomfortable.
The fear in my heart slowly faded away, and I replied lightly, “If Alpha Sterling finds out that I was slapped by Miss Wilton, he will definitely have a bad impression of her. It’s worth it.”
Griffon didn’t expect me to have such thoughts, so he looked at me with contempt.
“You are truly capable of using all sorts of methods.”
He loosened his grip on my waist, took out a handkerchief, and wiped his fingers slowly.
I was mortified. If he disliked me so much, why did he still help me?
After wiping his hands, Griffon glanced at me. “Didn’t I warn you to stay away from Jackson?”
When I saw him, I thought he was here for the banquet. I never expected he would come to an event like this just to get even with me.
It had only been a day, but he already knew what Jackson and me were doing.
At least, what he thought we were doing.
But no way was I taking the blame for this. If it weren’t for Tara, I would have been home and waiting to die a long time ago. I never would have accompanied Jackson to such an event.
I didn’t intend to hide it from him and said frankly, “I intended to stay away from him, but Tara insisted that I entertain him. She made it obvious that there would be repercussions if I didn’t agree. My only choice was to go against your warning and see him again.”
I wanted to clarify it that HIS Tara was the reason I was here.
A scowl marred Griffon’s attractive face. “If you hadn’t climbed into Jackson’s bed, would Tara have asked you to accompany him?”
Of course. I should have known. No matter what Tara did, Griffon would place no blame on his future Luna.
Nothing I said would matter, and I probably shouldn’t provoke the Alpha more, so I clamped my mouth shut.
Griffon took a step closer and pushed me against the wall. Then, he placed one hand on top of my head and lowered his chin to look at me.
“Jackson just canceled his mating agreement with the Knight pack in front of everyone. Did you ask him to do so?”
I was stunned for a moment, and then I felt confused.
What did I have to do with Jackson breaking off his engagement?
I pursed my lips and didn’t say anything. There was no point in explaining anything…or trying to.
Griffon moved closer again, and a faint fragrance wafted out to my nose, causing me to panic once more.
He was so close-too close.
I didn’t have any room to move, and I tried to twist away from him, to at least turn my head away from him.
But my lips accidentally brushed past his cheek.
Griffon’s cheek was warm beneath my lips.
A zap of electricity sparked between us, and Griffon’s body stiffened.
He stepped back, and the expression on his face was almost pained.
The panic I’d been feeling melted into embarra*sment. “I…I’m sorry. I…I didn’t mean to do that.”
I saw the muscles in Griffon’s jaw tighten, and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed roughly.
“Is this how you seduce men?”
I stopped breathing for a second, and my embarra*sment gave way to…defeat? Humiliation? Powerlessness?
There were too many feelings competing right now for me to settle on just one.
After a long silence, I managed to respond. “Alpha Knight, you don’t have to worry. You aren’t on my list of men to seduce.”
Griffon’s expression darkened, and his eyes shifted to that of his wolf’s as he stared into my eyes. His eyebrows furrowed as he examined my face, as if he was trying to tell what I was thinking and couldn’t figure out how to take what I’d said.
I hoped like hell all he could see in my eyes was indifference.
He remained silent for a moment longer, and the muscle in his jaw ticked again-the way it did when he was annoyed. His eyebrows straightened, the look in his eyes shifting back from wolf to human, his expression returning to his typical one of coldness.
“That’d better be the case. If I find out that you have feelings for me…” His voice was a low growl as he spoke, devoid of emotion.
“I haven’t had feelings for you for years, let alone since we’ve separated from our…arrangement.”
Something that resembled cruel rage swept over Griffon’s face, and his body tensed and shifted as he leaned closer to me, pinning me with his stare.
Looking at him like this, I was actually a little scared. I lowered my chin, not wanting to meet his gaze and wishing I could just sink into the floor to get away.
We fell into a long, strained silence.
It was as if whoever spoke first would be defeated.
After a long while, Jackson and Lena’s voices came from outside the door.
Only then did Griffon straighten his back and take a step back.