Selena’s POV
The day ended with me at the annex, and something about that made me want to punch a hole through the wall.
I was charming, I was caring.
Ian reciprocated to it all.
You could tell that he had to keep his wolf on a very tight leash.
After all our first-and only-night together was something that I thought would have been repeated by now.
Yet even on the moments when it felt like he was finally about to quit and give in he was so frustratingly resilient.
“Couldn’t he cave just once? ”
“Who isn’t caving?”
It was like cold water had been splashed over my back and and began to rapidly trickle down I turned around gasping and swinging my fist in reflexive protection a grip stronger than I had expected held my hand in place.
“Didn’t you know it was me?” He said the group softening as he robbed around my wrist a yanked my hand away from his.
“I already knew who it was from your annoying voice,” I told him.
He chuckled, “well at least my voice is memorable to you. That’s a good thing right?”
I balled up my fists.
“I’ll take it as your sneaking in here must be for a good reason right….”I said stomping closer to him, “… Maybe you can start by explaining why exactly you tried to put me out of Ian’s favor?”
“Oh sorry…
I’m just surprised you know it’s going to take me a while getting used to somebody just casually say in my brother’s name,” he said then scratched the back of his head as if he couldn’t have a single clue what I had been talking about earlier, “…
By the way..
what do you mean I put you out of his favor?
If anything I was trying to help you out,”
My eyeballs bulged out.
“And what part of that exactly was supposed to be helping? If I had not done damage control myself I would currently be packing my bags and on my way to the south. What you did was anything but helpful…”
Suddenly is finger was pressed on my lips I looked at him already smoldering with hatred then he turned his head from side to side.
“I know you’re excited to see me Scarlet, but you will have to tone it down a bit you know what they say the walls have ears,”
I shoved his finger away but the next time I spoke my voice was noticeably in lower.
“Then what were you trying to achieve with that folder that you gave him?”
“Well…”he said thoughtfully as if he was trying to come up with the reason right there on his feet when he had claimed that it had been from my benefits then he began to flick his fingers.
“I just thought that it would make him feel sorry for you and change his mind, you know once he realized how bad you had it and how easily you could fall pray to all of those things again I thought he would pity you enough to let you stay but it seems like you’re made Bond is not all that strong,”
Razor immediately rose to life at this after being forced to sleep for a while.
“How dare he say that? What gives him the rights to insult our bond?”
I had to agree with my wolf on that.
“It’s not that the bond isn’t strong…”I said carefully, “… But he… Well he’s so stubborn that it is genuinely a pain. From the little that I’ve seen he clearly wants me but he’s trying to disregard those feelings,” Find the original chapter at novelping . com.
“Why do you think he’s doing that?”
I nearly answered that question but then I allowed it to simmer in my mind for a minute.
Indeed Cassius was more dangerous than he gave off.
Krb been able to guide the conversation so well that I was about to open up to him about something that he shouldn’t have any idea concerning.
“I don’t really know, I was hoping that you would since your family….”
He gave me a long consistent stare, as if he was wondering if he should unravel the very core of my words to check if I was lying or not then deciding at the very last minute that he didn’t need to.
Cassius made himself comfortable, maybe a little too comfortable with how he threw himself over the sofa and allowed his body to just melt on it.
“I’m going to be having a visitor in the next 2 minutes do you mind?” The words alone sounded like my opinion almost mattered but there was air of arrogance that carry through he threw his eyes towards the watch on his thing that the person he wanted to discuss with me not arrived he look at me.
“I’m thirsty could you get me a glass of water?”
In that moment I knew that it had nothing to do about the water, he was just trying to knock me down a peg to remind he really saw me.
Looks like I’ll have to give him a memo on who I am it was clear that just reading my friend alone would have not been enough to understand the way my mind worked.
L” just a glass of water?” I asked her nodded smugly like he’d found it’s all very amusing he seemed to be amused very easily.
Then what I’m about to do should surprise him too.
He waits for his glass of water to arrive and it does I step conspicuously in front of him with a glass of water then when he stretches his hand to take it I tip the glass over pouring it down.
I have expected him to yank his hand away and yell but he just kept it there till the contents of the glass were emptied he met my eyes with the self satisfied grin but a huge part of the arrogance had been dented.
But he chuckled to me taking back his nose drenched hand placing it on his lap and said; “you’re one interesting woman,”