Mated To The Cruel Prince novel Chapter 164

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Chapter 164: Her Traitorous Heart

It was amusing the way Islinda’s behavior took a swift turn and her once suspicious expression changed to admiration as she covered the distance between them in a twinkle of an eye, taking Maxi’s hand she had once ignored in hers, "You’re Issac’s wife?" The question slipped from her mouth before she could think about it.

"Issac’s wife?" Maxi was dumbfounded, her brows furrowing slightly, "What has that idiot been telling you?"

"Huh? You’re not?" Islinda was stunned, before she flushed with embarrassment. This is a good reason why she shouldn’t get ahead of herself.

"No, I’m not," Maxi said seriously, only for a wolfish grin to cross her features the next seconds, "But I like where this is going."

Islinda was taken aback by that statement, confused the more. Were they together or not? She needed a clear answer. And then Maxi winked at her suggestively and she realized what was going on, Issac was playing hard to get.

Tsk, Tsk, she should have known. That righteous Fae was as rigid as a tree. Of course, it would take the courage of a strong female to woo him. Islinda wondered if Faeries had monks among their ranks because Issac might as well pass off as one.

"Poor you," Islinda pitied Maxi.

She patted her hand before hugging the Fae tightly, saying, "You have suffered enough."

"Huh? I suffered enough?" Maxi was confused, peering up at her from their promixity. So when they broke apart, she told her, "I think you’re mistaken –"

"Shhh," Islinda instinctively pressed her finger on her lips, "You don’t need to say much. I understand, sister." She assured her, taking away her finger in the end and looking a bit red in the face.

Maxi blinked in surprise at the weird human, just what in the world transpired between her and Issac that made her - Islinda - pity her instead? Nonetheless, this was the first time someone ever referred to her with the title of sister for hundreds of years and it brought tears to her eyes.

The horse shifter didn’t care what the misunderstanding between her and Issac was anymore and capitalized on the feeling, pulling Islinda into a surprise hug instead.

"Thank you for understanding, sister!" She nearly knocked Islinda down with her weight.

Maxi was much taller than her, which was not surprising seeing as the Fae’s were unnaturally gorgeous. She might as well be a dwarf amongst them, Islinda exaggerated.

"Okay?" Islinda hugged her back, a bit overwhelmed and confused by the turn of events.

Islinda had to stare at Maxi’s pointed ears to confirm she was with a Fae because she was not behaving like one of their kind. The other Faeries were distant from her, even Issac, but not this one. If anything, Maxi was touchy-feely with her.

She caught her admiring her hair.

"You’re beautiful," Maxi said and Islinda’s heart skipped a beat. It wasn’t even a male complimenting her but Islinda found herself blushing so hard her cheeks became heated.

"Thank you." She answered politely and coyly, yet was screaming internally with joy.

Yes, it was not a male, but it was still so much coming from a beautiful female Fae. By the gods, if only Maxi wasn’t a female, she would have crushed on her. If only Islinda knew she could crush freely on her horse form.

As usual, warning bells went off in Islinda’s head not to trust so easily, no matter how nice Maxi appeared to be, she was still a Fae and she would be the one, the human, getting hurt in the end. Moreover, she knew literally nothing about her except she was together with Issac or something.