Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160: Test (2)

"Welcome home, Lord Blackthorn," Gertrude greeted Xavier at the door. "I can hold this for you, Milord."

"Thank you but I will take it. It is a gift to my wife and I want all the credit for it. Where is she?" Xavier asked, wanting to keep his promise.

"I last saw Lady Blackthorn near the storage room. She has kept herself busy with seeing what is there. The servants have been following her lead to decorate the estate or throw out what is old," Gertrude informed Xavier.

"Good. Do whatever is needed to keep her distracted. There will be a delivery of dresses and other things for my wife arriving soon so please, have the maids ready to put them away in our room. Or perhaps, she wants to make use of her private room," said Xavier.

"I shall put away what can hold in your room and speak to the lady about where to place the others. I have heard the shelves and other necessities have been added to the room she uses. The lady has been back and forth there all day."

"That is good. Excuse me," Xavier said, lifting the gift he brought him as he searched for Selene.

"Oh!"

Xavier didn’t get too far when he heard Gertrude sound surprised by something.

"Milord, there is a visitor at the gate," said Gertrude.

"The guards will deal with it," Xavier replied, continuing on his way. He had been away from Selene too long.

"But it seems to be the one of the guards. I can never miss that white uniform. Milord," Gertrude said, holding onto the gift Xavier had been carrying after he placed it in her hands.

While it was terrible timing with Xavier only just returning home, Gertrude was glad it wasn’t something Selene needed to deal with to disturb her. These matters were best left to Xavier.

Gertrude stood by the door so should Selene be needed, she would be quick to relay what she witnessed.

Xavier returned to the gates where a few of his guards had already gathered but backed away when he came near.

Eugene got down from his horse. This time, he came alone not to worry Selene. Unfortunately, being the only one present did not help with Xavier’s anger.

Eugene contemplated getting back on his horse to leave when the gates opened and Xavier came closer to him. "Lord Blackthorn-"

Xavier grabbed Eugene’s shirt, pulling him close so he wouldn’t run away. "I’ve lost my patience with all of you fucking bastards."

Had he not returned home now then Selene would have to hear about this and be pulled away from what she was doing. That was what bothered Xavier. Could she not get a break?

Eugene thought Xavier had lost his mind to grab a guard like this but with how Xavier looked at him, Eugene knew his guess was right. "While this might annoy you, I am only doing my job. If you would keep to yourself, no one would suspect you."

"I want you to stop coming here. Stop coming here to bother my wife," Xavier warned Eugene.

Xavier guessed it had something to do with Fiona. It was the only thing they could be here for. It was thanks to Jasper that he knew something happened to that woman.

"Then prove it. That is your job," Xavier reminded Eugene.

"You won’t like the day I prove it," Eugene replied.

Xavier laughed. "You didn’t sound very confident. I wonder why." _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

Eugene could only watch as Xavier returned behind the gates. Eugene already had his reason why. No one was ever going to allow him to take Xavier from this estate and lock him away.

The Blackthorns and other notable families would not allow it but when you had a king putting pressure on the guards to find any reason to tarnish Xavier’s name, Eugene could only keep coming when he heard Xavier’s name.

It angered Eugene that Xavier thought he didn’t care about the recent attacks. He did but his orders were to deal with matters concerning Xavier. At this rate, the only way he could stop coming here was to leave the town guards but it wasn’t something he wanted to do.

"Where to go from here now?" Eugene wondered. If Xavier didn’t kill this woman or her husband and since it was found it couldn’t have been Selene who harmed Lucinda, then they had a very big problem on their hands.

Who were they missing that was responsible for these attacks?

Away from Eugene, Xavier came across Lucas who was to be watching over Selene.

"Come with me," Xavier said, having Lucas follow him.

There was something he needed to test but didn’t know if he could go through with it.