Kayla
The air in the chamber suddenly felt heavier at the moment of his last word. I froze like a dash of icy water had been poured on me, and a chill ran down my spine as I pulled away from Asher. His gaze was heavy and spellbinding. I placed my hand over my chest, feeling my erratic beats.
His golden amber irises were drilling holes into my skull as he muttered again.
” What do you want from me, Kayla?” His cold eyes regarded me thoroughly. For a split second, I thought I saw a flash of emotion stalk his amber eyes. That was impossible, though.
He continued to watch me with his hands folded across his chest, as his words morphed into annoyance as the memories of the night he had spent with his mistress came flooding. Pain enveloped my heart. Slowly, the pain morphed into rage. I felt absolute anger spreading through my body. It felt like my blood was beginning to boil at an extreme rate.
I couldn’t even make out my emotions, I didn’t know when I became this violent. I took some steps backward.
I stared daggers at him and yelled, ” l want a husband that won’t leave his wife in the middle of the night alone, to spend a night of heated passion with his lover. Marriage is not a game, it’s sacred. Why tarnish its purity by defiling your body?”
I was enraged with the way he was acting confused. What was there to be confused about? Could he probably be pretending about it? Or maybe he was trying to play with my emotions?
I saw him holding her in his arms. I saw him kissing her. Then in the morning, his silly mistress had taunted me about it. Then what could he possibly be confused about? I tried reading his aura and expression but he was completely impassive.
He shook his head and looked at me with a hardened gaze, “Believe me, Kayla, I didn’t sleep with her last night. I couldn’t bring myself to do it.” He said, his voice getting sharper and pointer, losing his patience, as he ran his hand through his hair in frustration.
I furrowed my eyebrows, his words made irritation flare inside of me. I clenched my fists.” Do I look like a joke to you? You want to deny it right? I yelled at him.
He seized my wrist, his death grip was firm and I yelped. I tried to escape his grip, but it was next to impossible. My eyes snapped back at him in rage. “Let me go!”
And in no time, my body was pressed against his.
” Asher?” I squirmed in his arms, draped around me. “What’s wrong with you? Is that your way of trying to act smart, and deny your affair with your mistress?”
His eyes were telling a complete story that I could not read, unable to understand, and unable to decipher. I knew he wanted to say something but he didn’t.
I gasped as he pulled me closer. I made some distance between us. His hand wrapped around my waist and yanked me to his chest. My hands were placed flat on his chest as we peered into each other’s eyes.
There was a smooth silence between us. A silence that felt as if every word we spoke reverberated into a fading abyss. We kept peering at each other, worshiping the silence until he said,
” I told you, Kayla, I didn’t sleep with her. That night I slept alone and I had a lot on my mind, so I needed some time alone. Believe me, nothing like what you’re assuming happened.” His voice was hard and steely as his gaze bore down on me.
I looked at his towering figure and ignored the heat rising up in me. “How dare you lie about it? I came to your study yesterday after you left our chamber in haste. I was actually insane to think that the ruthless Alpha Asher was in pain. I thought maybe you might need someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on. Only to find out that you were in there with her, in each other’s arms kissing passionately.” I said, forcing my emotions out of my voice. The memories of seeing her in his arms, kissing each other was hurting me. It was deeply hurting me. It was like a sharply pointed sword was pushing its way into the deepest, darkest cave of my soul.
Asher’s eyes narrowed as he looked at me. It was as if his face was drained of all color and the bright spark in his eyes disappeared. At that moment, I just looked at his face which seemed defeated, shaken perhaps. There was a hint of realization on his face and it annoyed me. The emotions suffocating my chest were too intense to bear.
I didn’t want him to admit it but a small part of me was hoping that he would prove me wrong and give me a thousand and one reasons why it happened.
A lot of questions were bubbling in my head and I had no answer to any of them.
His frosty eyes pulled right up to mine, he regarded me for a long time, with his expression unreadable.
“It’s not what you think? Not exactly the way it seemed. I couldn’t do it.” He said in his deep throaty voice. I swear I would have been turned on if it wasn’t for the anger brewing in me.
“It’s a lie, I know what I saw” I bit out angrily and clawed at Asher as he wrapped his arms around me firmly, locking me in his embrace.
I was hitting him with my hands, kicking my legs wildly, to get away from him but his grip on me was like iron.
I was angry, I shifted my gaze back to his. I tried to move my hands again but they were pinned by him.
“Go and be with your mistress. And let me be, you cheating husband.” I growled.