Chapter 263: _ Villains Have Feelings Too
My throat tightened painfully. My eyes stung. I looked away, staring hard at the corner of the ceiling like a man clinging to sanity.
She didn’t know what she’d done. How deeply that hit. And thank God she drifted off to sleep before she saw me clutch my chest like a teenage girl in a Netflix show.
She murmured something in her sleep, then rolled toward me, her head dangerously close to my pillow. I just... looked at her for a moment. Wondered what life would’ve been if I’d met her earlier. If I hadn’t been broken. If the world hadn’t made a villain of me before I had the chance to be anything else.
I lay there, still, listening to her breathing. The rise and fall of her chest. The soft warmth radiating from her skin.
And I loved her. Madly. Hopelessly. Like a lunatic clutching a star.
Carefully and reverently, I turned toward her, settling beside her and over the sheets as promised, like we were two puzzle pieces made to fit. I didn’t touch her. Not yet. Just the closeness, just the sound of her—was enough.
Until... I heard a movement just beyond the door.
My ears twitched, and I heard the sound of approaching footsteps still outside the door. As if someone was trying to find a way to silently sneak in.
Well, someone was, and it was none other than our dear Axel. His scent gave him out as it slithered into my nose. He must have come to check up on her.
That mangy Alpha prince was outside her door. I turned my head slightly, grinning like the little wolf in my story. Guess who’s back, Axelito.
He was close. Probably debating if he should knock or not. Probably wringing his pathetic hands together, wondering if his fiancée was safe in the same house as the creepy guard who flirted too much.