Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 75

Chapter 75: Bending rules (4)

Xavier arrived home shortly after Selene. He sought her out first to hear about her outing and found her standing in their bedroom with a sword in her hands.

Xavier cautiously entered the room. "I was not expecting this when I came looking for you. No one informed me that you were learning how to use a sword."

"I wasn’t," Selene carefully rested the sword against the bed. "I was testing how it would feel to swing it but it belongs to you. I bought it today."

"Me? How thoughtful of you," Xavier replied.

Xavier closed the door and walked to the bed to inspect the sword. "And here I thought you were practising how you would hurt me."

"Hurt you? Why would I think of hurting?" Selene asked, puzzled by his assumption. "Have you done something which requires me to hurt you?"

"No, not at all. I like to think that I have been a good husband. It is a good sword," Xavier said after lifting it. "Does it come with someone to use it on?"

"No. I am afraid you will have to find a target yourself. With all that is happening as of late, it shouldn’t take too long for you to find someone. Did your talk go well? I cannot smell any blood on you," Selene said, taking that as a good sign.

"It would have gone well if they would have dropped it but they are claiming they are willing to give you a chance. Do not get excited because I will not let them get near you. They will still do what they can to send you away and I don’t care for them to accept you. Nothing has changed," said Xavier.

"I see. Well, if they want to act like they will give me a chance then they might leave us alone for a moment. I think it is good so you should find some relief in it. It sounds like your day went far better than you were expecting," Selene said, relieved he had not fought his father.

Xavier placed the sword back where he found it. "And what about you? Was it good for you or were you the centre of attention?"

"The latter but I learned fast how to ignore it. I was approached by Gabriel’s mother but Lucas was quick to end that. I am happy I do not need to play nice with her anymore. I am lucky no one else approached me," Selene shared.

"And did you get all you needed?"

"I did. The dress I want for the gathering in a few days will need to be altered first but it should arrive by the time I need to leave. Lucas said you arranged for me to look at jewels but I did not go," Selene revealed, hoping he would not be disappointed.

"Had I known you would have reacted this way, I would not have spoken about my interest in you. Is it so bad that I would want to court you? Or is it that you have a hard time believing my interest in you is far more than our arrangement? Tell me instead of running," Xavier said, taking a seat on the bed.

Selene joined Xavier to sit on the bed. "It is both. It came out of nowhere. I am trying to think back to how many times we spoke in the past or is it that your feelings started now? It is all very confusing."

"I have always been curious about you since we were children but you sparked something recently. I might not be in love with you but I have thought of being something more that we started. Nothing will change," Xavier promised so she wouldn’t run from him.

"Well, other than you courting me. It might be a waste of your time now since I am not ready for any of this yet. It is funny since we are married," Selene laughed.

Selene continued, "I know it isn’t possible to stop your feelings so fast so I won’t tell you not to feel what you feel. Just remember it is all sudden for me. I feel relieved now that we have talked about this. It was becoming hard to avoid your eyes."

"No," Selene sat back down. "I will admit it would be wonderful but I must be without you at some point. I don’t plan to be there for more than two hours so I will make an excuse to return once that time has passed." _{fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com}