Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Unexpected person in the hall

Belle was out of breath as he slowly let her slide down his solid body in such a slow motion where she felt every inch of him graze against her. She was momentarily stunned to feel something below his abdomen prodding against her stomach as he let her slide down to her feet. What was that she felt in his trousers that grazed her?

Belle was still wondering about that when she saw his lips pull up into a smile, and then he whispered, "It’s over, little bunny." He then leaned down and pressed his warm lips against her forehead. It lingered there more than it should have, and then slowly, he pulled away from her.

"You can mingle and make acquaintances. I will see you again in a while." He turned and walked in the opposite direction, and she blatantly realized the music had stopped and had slowed down to a much softer tempo.

Belle flushed as she realized he had left her in the spotlight and disappeared into the crowds. Everyone, including the king and queen, were staring at her with an expression that seemed somewhat like shock and...was it displeasure? The women in the hall and men pinned her down with a stare that made her swallow hard and utterly uncomfortable.

She had somewhat helped him, but the heartless devil left her to suffer the aftermath of it alone, Belle thought in nervousness. She hated attention.

She decided to move away from the dance floor. Instead of mingling like she should, she made her way to a set of comfortable sofa sets in the shadowed part of the hall and went to sit down and observe everyone.

As much as she knew her father—who had strictly told her to try and mingle and make as many vampire friends as possible to make the mission easier—would be disappointed if he knew she had come to sit and observe, Belle did not make herself care at this moment, as she was still cooling down after the dance that had taken more than a few minutes but then just felt like seconds to her.

She finally caught sight of her husband. He had not left the hall but was talking to some people on the other side—more accurately, some women who were smiling and giggling at what he said to them. She couldn’t see his face, only his broad back, but she could see the three women’s faces clearly.

They were beautiful, and two of them were vampires with light-colored red eyes, while the other was a striking human with blue eyes. Their dresses were revealing, baring their shoulders and displaying a generous expanse of smooth, pale skin. A sharp, hot sensation bloomed in her chest as one of them reached out and patted his hand. The touch had been brief, but it lingered in her mind longer than it should have, making her fists tighten on her lap.

What could he possibly be saying to them? They didn’t carry the air of refined guests, but rather resembled the kind of women who existed in the shadows of society, the ones known for keeping men entertained. Could they be part of his whore harem?

To think he had needed her help just now, and she had offered it, only for him to leave and meet his whores in a public place, leaving her amidst strangers without even introducing her to anyone!

Two-faced devil! She gritted, fighting the urge to remove her shoe and hurl it at his back. And as if sensing her heated angry gaze, he turned to look in her direction, his eyes narrowing down at her before he causally looked away to resume listening to the women.

If they were not in a place where people seemed to be looking at her, she would really have followed the urge to hurl her shoe at his back!

Why did she even care if he spoke to his whores? What was happening to her lately? Whenever it involved this husband of hers—this stranger she barely knew—it stirred something in her, something she couldn’t quite control. She hated how much it affected her. It was utterly ridiculous to feel this way for someone who should’ve meant nothing to her.

Belle watched as he walked from there with the human woman following behind him. They disappeared behind a corner, and she was almost tempted to follow them to see where they were going when she heard the sound of clicking shoes approaching her. She looked in the direction to see the last person she had wanted to see.

Lady Cordelia.

For someone whose family had been swarmed with debts, she did not seem to look the part. She wore a gold-colored gown and a pearl necklace, and her smooth black hair was styled in a way that revealed her smooth long neck. She was smiling as she walked toward Belle.

"Good evening to you, Lady Dagon. What a pleasant surprise to see that you made it to the banquet," came her words that held hidden meaning. She had not thought the human would live until now after the incident with the plants that day. Though her family was going down in debt, Cordelia refused to adjust to the life of not having everything she wanted and hiding in shame. She was never a coward, and she wasn’t about to become one.

Now, seeing it around the human’s neck made her want to reach out and wrap it around her fragile human neck and choke her to her death. When she died and Rohan finally forgot about her, he would remember how much he had once found amusement in her before the human. But then she fought back that urge—for now. She would kill the human, but it wasn’t now, where everyone was watching them. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Verify captcha to read the contentVerify