Chapter 43: Rumours of a wedding (3)
How did Selene succeed in getting Xavier to marry her?
Gabriel was certain his mother heard the news wrong. Selene was only staying with Xavier at the moment. Nothing about her relationship with that man was real unless she had gotten close to Xavier during the six months her husband was away.
"What if she fills his head with nonsense about us and he comes after us? She’s not going to leave us alone. You must do something," said Lucinda.
Lucinda needed to rethink her plans of embarrassing Selene if she now carried the Blackthorn name. "I told you that woman was a user. She keeps attaching herself to men she could use. That woman never loved you."
"Stop it, mother. There’s no need to get so worked up. If Selene is smart, she would leave us alone. I still have my request to make with the king so I will rise to be a man who is not easy to touch," said Gabriel.
Cassandra wanted to laugh at his delusion but she saved Gabriel from being embarrassed. Everyone knew that unless Gabriel were to somehow become a pureblood, he wasn’t going to rise to be untouchable from Xavier Blackthorn.
Cassandra’s mood turned sour upon knowing it would have been so easy to get Xavier to marry. She couldn’t place what about Selene enticed Xavier.
Was he a man who didn’t think highly of marriage and would still discard Selene later on?
Cassandra shook her head, dismissing that thought. He didn’t seem like the type to marry all for nothing. Xavier wanted something from Selene but what?