Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 293

Chapter 293 Steal

Chapter 293 Steal

He blushed, heat rising into his face.

Elowen’s earlier bad feeling settled into certainty.

She had words, but none she could safely say right now.

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Kaelan saw the hesitation and immediately stepped back, quick and embarrassed. “I’m not asking you to decide today. I’m not forcing anything. I just wanted you to know you have a way out. So you can feel safe.”

He bowed, then turned and left before Elowen could stop him.

Elowen stood where she was for a moment, then let out a slow breath.

This is a mess.

She turned back toward the inner courtyard, mind noisy.

She’d barely passed a stand of bamboo when a voice drifted out from behind a rockery, dark, edged with mockery.

‘Aunt really is popular. The old ones like you. The young ones like you. Even younger ones like you.”

Elowen stopped.

Alaric stood there with his hands behind his back, expression laced with sarcasm.

He’d seen her with Kaelan. He’d heard Kaelan’s confession.

Elowen only shrugged. “So I’m not stuck relying on you.”

Alaric’s brows lifted. “Oh?”

Elowen’s voice stayed flat. “If you don’t help me, I have other options.”

Alaric paused, then laughed quietly.

He remembered why he’d liked Elowen in the first place. She’d always been different.

Other noble girls followed rules. Elowen didn’t.

f Alaric got angry, normal girls would beg for forgiveness.

Elowen would glare back and say she’d hit him if he didn’t knock it off.

And somehow, that used to make him feel better.

In his last life, part of why he’d resented Elowen was because his mother disliked her, and he’d been punished because of it

But even then, he shouldn’t have spent years without ever touching his wife.

He hadn’t touched her because she’d turned into someone bland, someone like every other woman, and he’d lost interest.

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And yet, she was the only woman who’d ever truly loved him, and the only one he’d ever truly loved.

Now, coming back into this life, he saw Elowen was like she used to be again.

Maybe even more.

He wanted her so badly it made him feel unsteady.

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“Aunt,” Alaric said, stepping closer, voice smooth, “don’t worry. Everything’s progressing exactly the way I planned. Cassian keeps a woman outside? I’ll make him pay for it. I’ll get your revenge.”

Then he lowered his voice. “But afterward… you should repay me.”

Elowen looked at him. “Repay you?”

“For example,” Alaric said, gaze fixed on her face, “be my crown princess again.”

Elowen stared.

Alaric smiled, almost indulgent. “I know what you’re thinking. Daphne is already in my wing. I feel nothing for her. I married her because I had to. Give it time and I’ll find a reason to get rid of her. I can divorce her, or if you want, I can give her to you as a personal maid.”

Elowen’s gaze didn’t soften. “You’d better mean what you say.”

Then she left him with a single word. “Goodbye.”

She walked past him without slowing.

Behind her, Alaric raised his voice. “Aunt, I swear I will!”

Elowen didn’t turn around.

When he said “be my crown princess again,” the meaning was too clear.

In his memory, this wasn’t the first time.

At that point, Elowen was certain.

Alaric had come back too.

The next day, there was no court session.

Theodric’s head ached from hearing officials complain about Cassian. He dismissed court for several days just to have some peace.

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