I was both delighted and helpless, but I didn’t stop him. Since I was pregnant, Rufus had been restraining himself. So I suppose I should appease him once in a while.
When we went back to bed, it was already midnight. I stroked my sore hand and felt really exhausted and sleepy. It was my first encounter with a lusty werewolf. If it weren’t for the baby in my belly, Rufus wouldn’t have let me go.
I yawned and found a comfortable position in Rufus’ arms. Soon I felt the sleepiness getting the best of me.
But before I could drift off to sleep, I caught the sound of a deep sigh. Then the man next to me got out of bed quietly.
When I woke up a little, I knew that Rufus had retreated to the balcony for a cigarette. I felt sad.
Although Rufus didn’t say anything, I knew he was still in a bad mood.
Even though we just shared an intimate moment together, all I felt was Rufus’ lust, not his true happiness.
While thinking, I felt sleepiness dragging me back again. Minutes later, I felt Rufus return to my side. After that, I was able to relax enough to fall asleep.
When I woke up the next day, Rufus had already left. The empty sheet next to me felt really cold. It seemed that he had been away for a long time.
I turned over listlessly as my emotions began to stir. Although the shackles were removed, I didn’t feel happy at all.
Soon it was noon. I barely ate anything and then went back to bed.
At this time, Maya came knocking on the door. She had a huge bag full of things when she walked in, most of which were just for laughs. But what made me really happy were the materials I requested last night.
Some of them were goods to feed the bug.
“Miss Todd, Prince Rufus has prepared something for you.” I turned around to find Maya carrying a cage, and inside I saw a kitten.
Incredulous, I exclaimed, “So cute!”
I unlatched the cage and removed the snow-white kitten. It sounded like the kitten had recently been weaned from its mother and was still meowing.
“Prince Rufus knew you would like it.” Maya praised Rufus profusely while tidying up the things on the ground.
I knew what she was trying to do. She must have been under the impression that I had fallen out of love with Rufus, and so she had been actively attempting to change my opinion.
I felt bitter in my heart and couldn’t air my difficulties and grievances.
After I played with the cat for a while, Maya brought it downstairs to be fed.
I looked at the kitten and was reluctant to part with it.
Maya laughed and said, “I’ll send it back after feeding it.”
I nodded. “Okay.”
As soon as Maya left, I began to get down to business. I tried to mobilize the black witch bloodline and inheritance in my body to practice the witchcraft.
Rufus’ POV
The atmosphere in the corridor was dull. I looked at the small iron door in front of me and went lost in thought for a while. When the cigarette was about to burn out, I signaled the guard beside me to open the iron door.
Blair was wearing a tank top and a pair of gym shorts. He was drinking beer and listening to music while relaxing on a massage chair.
People who didn’t know better would have probably thought that he was here for a vacation.
Hearing my footsteps, Blair slowly turned to me, pretending to be surprised. “Why are you here?”
“You’re sick, so I came to see you,” I replied, trying my best to keep calm even though my tone was laced with disdain.
Blair put down the beer in his hand, stood up, and looked at me. “Are you still mad?”
Then, he walked up to me and patted my shoulder.
I just rolled my eyes and then sat on a chair near the window.
Blair followed and poured a glass of water for me. “I’m not sick, and I don’t feel anything wrong with my body. In fact, I work out every day, and I’ve never felt so good.”
I glanced at his muscles and sneered. “What’s the point of working out every day? You can’t defeat me no matter how hard you try.”
Blair simply chuckled in response and sat across from me. “I know you’re still mad, so I won’t take that personally. But there is one thing I have to remind you; don’t hit me in the face next time. You almost broke my nose back there.”
“There is no next time,” I coldly retorted. “Even if there is, I’ll make sure you won’t survive to complain about your nose or anything else I’m gonna break.”
Blair rubbed the bridge of his nose awkwardly and didn’t say anything else. I simply looked at him as he did so-trying to anticipate what he was going to do next. I knew he wasn’t a person who would give up easily.
As I thought of the moment he shot me, it would be a lie if I said that I didn’t mind and I’d just forgive him. After all, he had been my only trusted friend for so many years already. If this whole ordeal hadn’t happened, he would’ve been my assistant when I took over the position as the king.
But now, I didn’t know if I could trust him anymore.
“Tell me,” I said in an audible whisper. “When did you start having a crush on Sylvia?”
Blair’s smile faded. “I don’t know. Maybe I had a crush on her the first time I saw her. I didn’t know she was your mate at that time.”
I clenched my fists in hopes of suppressing my anger. “Now that you know that, why did you still want to take her away from me?”
“I’ve been holding back before, but when you guys brought me back from the deadly curse, I realized that life was too short.” he gave me a bitter smile. “That’s why I decided to try my best to pursue whatever I wanted in life, or else I might regret it and-“
Before Blair could finish what he was about to say, I instantly leaned over and grabbed his collar. I glared at him as I barked, “She’s my mate. She’s the woman I love the most, and the one and only mother of my child. You have no chance, Blair.”
Blair didn’t struggle. He just stared at me with a gloomy, hurt expression. “I know what you mean Rufus, but what else do you expect me to do? I already tried my best to hold back.”
I took a deep breath to calm myself down. Then, I loosened my hold on his collar. “Since you care about Sylvia so much, I think you know why she went to the black market and then left the imperial palace.”
“She was probably bored and wanted to experience something adventurous and exciting. There’s nothing wrong with that,” Blair perfunctorily answered. I could tell that he wasn’t telling the truth.
“Sylvia might be hiding something from us, and I’m guessing it has something to do with Noreen.” I clenched my fists. “If she’s in danger, the consequences will be dire.”
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