Chapter 104: What do you want?
Selene POV
As soon as Noah left the room followed by Reid, I quickly crossed the room to where Conrad was standing trying to look as distressed as I could while giving off the aura that I was scared.
"I...I didn’t know you were going to come here," I said with a stutter giving him a small smile "Would you mind if I ask why you’re here? You know, the conversation you had with Noah... not that I am demanding you tell me but I want to know, so..." I trailed off.
Conrad’s eyes flashed with amusement as he came up close to me "Nothing important... I mean I could have told him a lot of things because you’d agree with me that there was so much to talk about especially after I realized that your visit to my hotel room last night was done without your mate’s permission. I thought marriage was all about communication or did someone suddenly change the rules,".
I turned towards the door of the room with apprehension and then turned to him, trying to control the way my voice was already shaking. I could see he was deriving pleasure from what he thought I was scared of... The fool!
"It’s not like I was there to do something evil. I was only looking for King Tanner, Princess Jade’s father. I wanted to have a discussion with him and try to settle out a few things. I didn’t know he was dead already. There was no reason for me to be there anyway,".
"Right!" he nodded, and smiled at me leeringly as he jerked my jaw to him so our eyes met "But who will believe you? You’re not supposed to be there in the first place but you did. A married woman, mate to King Noah and Luna to the Great Moon Whispers. I wonder what the people will say when they hear that you visited the hotel room of a man unaccompanied. From what I heard, they really do not like you, no?"
I forced myself not to spit at his face at that moment. I didn’t even try to fight his hand under my jaw as I met his cold, calculating gaze. At this point, I knew he was already buying into the whole story, so it was my duty to sell it out. I had to play the role of a troubled mate who loved her marriage so much and wouldn’t want anything to happen to it.
"Please," I willed my expression into one of pleading desperation "I beg you, don’t tell, Noah that I was at the hotel. I swear to the moon goddess, I only came there to look for your brother and nothing more. Everything that happened was done out of the purest of intentions. I wasn’t even thinking... I only wanted to save my marriage. I wanted King Tanner to call off the wedding proposal between Princess Jade and Noah. I was only trying to protect that. Please...".