Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 180

Chapter 180: A day out (2)

By the time the carriage stopped, Selene had calmed down from the moment between her and Xavier. Now, Selene looked forward to walking around and getting what else she needed.

Xavier was the first to exit, offering his hand to offer for her to get out of the carriage.

"Thank you," Selene said, still holding onto his hand when she was safely out. Her eyes met with Lucas and as she expected, Lucas could not meet her eyes for long.

Xavier didn’t understand the look he received from Selene like she wanted to scold him. She reminded him of a very angry little kitten and now he wondered if Selene’s time on the estate would be better if she had a pet.

Xavier never cared for them since they required too much attention and it would be pointless with him going to sleep but Selene might care for it. When he would be out of the estate, a pet should keep Selene company.

The issue was there would be too many to choose from. If it was a pet for him, Xavier would capture a shapeshifter and voice them to remain as a bat but Selene wouldn’t like it.

Xavier watched Selene, trying to understand how two people with different hearts worked so well together. He enjoyed torturing others while Selene would be the one to take pity and try to free others.

Despite their differences, Xavier didn’t have any intentions of letting go of Selene so even now, he held onto her hand to not let her slip away from him.

"Where must you go first?" Xavier asked.

"There isn’t a place in mind. I thought we could walk around together to see what we like and then go on our way if we become bored. We have a lot of time before we are to meet with Francesca. Do you have anywhere you must visit here? For books or weapons," Selene said, regretting saying the latter.

"No. I have enough books and my weapons are made on the estate unless there is a special one to catch my eye. We will see today," Xavier said, starting to walk since they were gaining attention.

This attention was part of the reason why he was never fond of coming to the market in the day. The crowd around him acted like they had never seen his face before.

Xavier didn’t like the stares Selene received and the chatter about her parents. Selene seemed to have grown to ignore it well but the fact remained that she could hear it.

Lucas was puzzled by the gossip about Selene’s parents. The last time they came to the market, the gossip was about her previous and new marriage. What was starting back this talk about her family?

Xavier thought of Darius’s plans to take Selene to court to probe about the past. They would only get Selene in the court again over Xavier’s dead body.

"Whenever I came to the market before, I liked to get apples. I know their food isn’t of any use to us but the apples the farmer sells here have always been some I enjoy for the sweetness. Xavier?" Selene called out to him, now noticing how distracted he was.

Selene looked to the crowd who was eyeing them since Xavier was around. She expected it since before her marriage to Xavier, Selene hadn’t seen Xavier walking around like this so it was a rare treat for those curious about him.

"Ignore it," Selene advised Xavier. "I am used to it," she said, referring to the mention of her parents. "When they have nothing else to speak about that comes up. I am not bothered by it so please ignore it. This is meant to be a day we focus on the two of us."

Xavier followed as Selene wanted now only giving Selene his attention but he planned to look into what was said.