Chapter 124: Pretty sure eyes aren’t supposed to bleed
Everyone in the room froze, and Cass held his breath, unsure who the other man would react.
Like butter, Draken softened almost immediately, his anger melting away.
"Oh, you have a plan? Why didn’t you start with that Cassian? I wouldn’t have gotten so worked up." Cass felt worry fill him as Draken came over to him, his arms out. He had a right to be worried, as the man grabbed his face and began to pepper it with kisses, in front of Lady Fiona.
She sat in shock, hand over her mouth as she witnessed the attack.
"D-Draken! Stop! This is-this is unacceptable behaviour!" Draken pulled back with a pout.
"What happened to my first name? Why aren’t you calling me that? And what’s so wrong with kissing you in front of our wife? She’s fine with it." Draken’s voice was filled with indignation and upset. Like Cass had hurt him greatly.
Cass had turned his piercing gaze towards Lady Fiona, begging her to say something, anything to stop this. He watched as she considered it, before she made an apologetic face that Draken couldn’t see. Ah. She was betraying him once more.
"I’m sorry, Lord Cassian, but I don’t really see an issue here. You’re behind closed doors, and I already know that your relationship is a bit...more intense. I have apparently already given my consent, otherwise Lucy wouldn’t be behaving this way." She gave an apologetic smile. "And it wasn’t as if there was any love between the two of us in the first place." Draken gasped, pulling back, his shocked, orange gaze going between Lady Fiona and Cass alarmingly quickly. He was still holding onto Cass’ face.
"What? You two didn’t get married for love?" He demanded. "I thought that was the whole point of human marriages!" Cass gave Lady Fiona a suspicious look. What the hell did she teach Draken to convince him to get married to her? The proposals were biased, since they were from her perspective. What did she cut out?
"Draken, uh, Lucian." Draken’s gaze focused on Cass. Lady Fiona now looked nervous, and Cass had a feeling a white lie was about to be exposed, and it wasn’t as white as she thought it was. "Humans don’t just get married for love. Sometimes there are political reasons why someone might get married, or a benefit of some kind to do it. For me and Lady Fiona, we got married so that she could benefit from my money, and I could get the title of Duke. My grandfather made it very clear that he wouldn’t give me the title if I couldn’t show that I was going to produce an heir. He just wasn’t...specific." Cass said, his lips twitching as he tried not to smile. "Our is an alliance of sorts. We don’t love each other." Draken growled.
"No wonder I didn’t like how you treated Lady Fiona. She was a partner, but not that kind. Fuck! Is there anything else you’re keeping from me?" He slid his gaze towards Lady Fiona, clearly asking her and Lady Fiona squeaked. She ducked her head, and Cass wasn’t a fool. He found her action...endearing. Even Draken relaxed slightly, even if he was still pissed. "I can’t believe you didn’t tell me the full truth. I wouldn’t have treated Cassian the way that I had if I knew that, Fiona. I thought he was just a bad husband, but if I knew that you married for different reasons, Cassian’s actions make complete sense. I picked on him because I thought he was a bad partner!"