Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208: Guests (3)

"Your mother has decided to spend some time away from your father and during some of that time, she wants to be here with us. She promises to give us some space and then she will move to her other home. I think it is right for us to let her stay," said Selene.

"It sounds like the two of you had a wonderful talk while I was not present. Why did this need to be brought up when I wasn’t around? What did you do today?" Xavier questioned, curious about their time together.

"It is not like she had it on her mind from the moment she showed up. She was trying to fix my problems with the ladies not inviting me to their social gatherings and after I told her that I am happy, she realised she wasn’t. It is only right you welcome her during this time," Selene said, hoping Xavier would go along with it.

"Why would either one of you think I wouldn’t allow her to stay here? I have already made the offer and I wouldn’t have done it if I wasn’t serious. I do like my mother, Selene. That should never be questioned," said Xavier.

Why they thought they needed to be careful with telling him was a mystery.

"Oh. Josephine thought you would be against her now that she was finally accepting the offer. I told her that she was worrying all for nothing. And here I thought I needed to convince you. I will show her to her room," Selene said, eager to help Josephine settle in.

"Wait," Xavier held Selene’s hand. "I am still in need of some convincing."

"I am not falling for that, Xavier. I would say you should have waited for my offer but then I wouldn’t like you needing to be convinced to have your mother stay here. Perhaps another time you might learn of how I planned to convince you. I must go," Selene said, smiling while Xavier frowned.

Just as Selene started to walk away from him, she remembered what she told Josephine.

Selene turned around to face Xavier. "About last night. I am quite late with my response to your confession. I do love you as well. I am not saying this only because you said it to me. I mean it."

Xavier knew it came from her heart. The woman who came here with her heart almost closed off to love wouldn’t say it for fun or to make him feel better. "I know you would not have said it without meaning it. I would like to hear you say it."

"I love you, Xavier Blackthorn. Now I must go," Selene said, getting a sense that this room was no longer safe. They shouldn’t get carried away when Josephine was nearby.

Xavier’s arms around her waist were proof of this. "Why are you trying to run off?" He asked, pulling her back for a hug. "The estate has plenty of servants to help my mother and Gertrude will stick to her side until she is settled in. You and I have something to finish here. I want to hear you say it again."

Selene didn’t think it was a good idea for this to continue. "It is not because I don’t want to but like you said, they can hear us. I cannot easily ignore that they can hear us. Or does this room have stones like our bedroom?"

"It does not," Xavier reluctantly let go of Selene. "You are doing a good job at having me reconsider sending them away. Both my mother and Isaac. Isaac has a large room so he could take her."

Noise from outside the room which sounded like someone disagreeing with Xavier was all the proof Selene needed to know the others were listening to them.

"Your mother cannot go with Isaac. That would be rude to both Isaac and Josephine. The estate is big enough for her room to be where we cannot hear her and she cannot hear us," Selene said, feeling awkward from having to say this.