Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100: What mother wants.

Kael.

By the time I arrived at the dinner table, mother, Zevran and Caelum were already waiting with a large feast spread out before them.

My eyes immediately snagged on mother’s smiling face and as soon as that happened, a feeling akin to dread enveloped me. I drawled; "Mother," but she simply smiled, gesturing to me to join in.

Just then, Chalice emerged from the kitchen draped in a simple pink silk dress exposing lots of cleavage. Her left arm was wrapped in gauze and she still had a limp in her walk. However, besides that, she looked fine— fine enough that her face was covered in layers of make up.

She beamed at me. "Babe!"

But I didn’t respond immediately. I glanced at her and then back at Caelum who looked so enthralled by her presence. Zevran, as usual, seemed unbothered, so I smiled. "Chalice."

After greeting mother and planting kisses on Zevran’s and Caelum’s faces, she then came to sit beside me but for some reason, as soon as her sugary vanilla scant drifted into my nostrils, I immediately lost my appetite.

She squealed; "Kael, I missed you!" whilst planting a kiss on my cheek, but I couldn’t help but wonder why she still hasn’t said a word to me yet.

Not now. I meant a word about that day.

That day she’d caught me masturbating with Leilani’s name on my lips.

Was that why she’d gone to Leilani’s house two days ago? Was it why she’d gotten into this accident in the first place?

But she swears she never met Leilani at home and that what happened to her was purely an accident.

However, I couldn’t help but think that she may have lied about that... or was this just me letting Leilani’s words get to me?

I was however snapped out of my train of thoughts when maidservants began serving us our foods. They had just finished and stepped back when Chalice turned to me with a bright smile.

She muttered; "Could you help me please?"

I frowned. "Help with what?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"My food." She answered coyly. "As you can see, my left arm is as good as useless at the moment, and that makes eating difficult."

And as soon as she said that, my mother and brothers turned to us. But Caelum seemed the most concerned. He drawled; "Let me help you, baby."

She shook her head. "I want Kael to do it."

Usually, being chosen by Chalice would’ve made me very pleased. I would’ve been grinning from ear to ear, glad that she was taking so much interest in me. But for some reason, I felt none of those.

Instead, I was uncomfortable and frustrated. I gritted my teeth and spat; "Or you could just use a fork. Your right hand is fine. I could help you slice your steak and you’ll do the rest yourself."

Chalice’s face fell when she heard me say that. She lowered her lashes just as tears filled her expressive blue eyes, and muttered; "Do you not want to help me?"

I frowned. "But I just said I’ll help slice your steak!"

"It’s not the same as feeding me. I feel unwell and that’s the least you can do for me!" She cried, but now, I was beyond frustrated.

My nostrils flared. My hand on my lap balled into a tight fist. I usually do not hit women but for the first time in my life, I contemplated hitting Chalice. I squeezed my eyes shut, counted one to ten in my head and opened my eyes.

But just as I was about to say something cutting, mother drawled;

"When are you guys getting married?"

"Not now." I snapped so fast, everyone turned to look at me. And it wasn’t until then that I realized what I’d just done.

Chalice’s face crumpled even more.

Mother, on the other hand, who looked like she was experiencing some kind of real life soap opera, cocked her head to the side. She asked softly; "Last I heard, you all had decided on a very close date. So tell me, what happened?"

But I didn’t respond. I did not want to. I couldn’t bring myself to because deep down I knew... I don’t know when it happened... but deep down I knew I no longer wished to be married to Chalice.

—At least not now.

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