Chapter 44: First night (1)
"It is not too late to get out of this. I work in the court so I have a way to end this marriage in secret," Isaac offered Selene.
Even after attending the small ceremony on Xavier’s estate, Isaac was yet to get used to the fact Xavier was now married to Selene of all people.
Isaac would have never thought of Selene among the women to marry Xavier.
"Thank you but I want to stay in this marriage. You should be careful since Xavier will hear you. I want to thank you now for attending. It was too short notice for my friend to attend so I am glad Xavier had a friend to attend," said Selene.
"Oh, you are mistaken. I am not friends with Xavier. We meet to speak of matters concerning the kingdom at times."
"Then, if you have met many times and you have attended his wedding, aren’t you friends?" Selene asked, puzzled by the relationship the two had. "Is it bad to say you are his friend?"
"It is. The king would call upon me to know about Xavier and quite frankly, I would like Xavier to stop finding his way to my side. Trouble follows wherever he goes with his enemies becoming mine. I was waiting for him to go into a long slumber. I had the wine to celebrate ready but those plans have changed,’ Isaac sighed.
"I can hear it in your voice that you partially blame me. I am sorry he won’t be going into his coffin right now. I will send a gift to make up for it," Selene offered but she believed there was a chance Isaac might miss Xavier if he were to sleep.
Isaac held up his hand to stop Selene. "That won’t be necessary. You keeping him busy is all I need."