Lycan King's Regret: Punished The Wrong Daughter novel Chapter 129

Chapter 129: 129- His Office

Arabella:

"N... no..." I started moving back, not realizing that tears were coming out of my eyes. "You’re lying. That’s... that’s not possible... yes... now I know... you’re lying."

"I’m not lying." This time he didn’t try to approach me, and that made me more scared. The only person who tried to help me, who offered me his embrace, was no more. And I was responsible for his death.

I kept moving until my back hit the wall. I dragged down against it and pulled up my knees. "Oh, Goddess. What did I do?" I whispered to myself, "WHAT DID I DO? I screamed, not understanding why my chest hurt so much.

"Arabella," He knelt beside me and held my shoulders, but I kept pushing him back.

"Lucien. I didn’t kill him. That wasn’t poison. I was told that it was meant to make you unconscious..." I said between my hiccups, not knowing if he understood my words. Because the pain in my chest wasn’t letting me speak, "Oh, Lucien. Why... why am I not in prison? Why didn’t you put me in dungeons forever? I ... I belong there..."

I placed my hands on the floor and tried to get up, but he held me and pulled me to him. "Arabella. Sweetheart."

"Don’t sweetheart me, Lucien!" I said brokenly, "That beast... he was so gentle with me. You were the one who was an asshole... but he..." I started crying again and hid my face in his chest.

Holding me tight, he kept rocking with me.

"I’m... I’m sorry," I tilted my head to look at his face where I could see raw pain, "I’m so sorry, Lucien. I wish you’d let me go... I had to put that potion in your food... I was told... you will be unconscious and that time will be enough to escape. If I’d known what I was doing, I would have..."

I stopped talking when I realized what Jasmine did. She betrayed me. Goddess. It was her.

My eyes snapped up to Lucien’s face, but I didn’t say anything about his precious fiancée. Let me handle that bitch.

She was scared that I might attract Lucien. Now I’d tell her who she tried to mess with.

You two-faced bitch!

I gritted my teeth and clenched my jaw, closing my eyes, letting those tears fall. Lucien’s arms were still around me, and I could feel his cheek against my head. I raised my hand and touched his face, feeling his stubble against my palm.

"I tried to warn you that I wanted freedom, but you weren’t ready to let me go..." I told him in a whisper.

He straightened and looked at me. "Because I was stupid, Arabella. I thought as my mate, you should stay with me."

His words made me freeze as my eyes widened. "Excuse me! What!"

He nodded and sighed, "You were my mate. Being wolfless, you couldn’t smell me, but I knew from day one that..."

Pushing him back, I got to my feet. He wasn’t ready for this mini attack and fell on his back. The look of shock was evident on his face.

"Arabella..."

"You jerk!" I leaned ahead and held his collar. "I’m your mate? And you didn’t even bother to tell me? You..." He got up and tried to hold my wrists, but I backed off. "Stay away!" I wiped the tears off my cheeks with the back of my hand, but the more I looked at him, the angrier I became.

"You knew?" I went at him again, pounding my fists against his chest. "All that time, you knew I was your mate, and you didn’t tell me?"

I hit him again and again, pouring all my anger into every blow. Lucien didn’t stop me at first. He simply stood there and took it, his face tight with pain. It only made me angrier. "You should have told me!"

When I raised my hands again, he finally caught both my wrists and held them against his chest. "Arabella, enough." I struggled against his grip, breathing hard, but he didn’t let go.

"I’m sorry too," He whispered, and that was when I realized what was there in his golden eyes. Pain. Longing.

I avoided looking into his eyes and stared at the wall behind him. "You should have told me."

"I know... and I suffered." He released my wrists slowly.

I closed my eyes for a moment. When all this time I was busy enjoying my life, discovering myself, he was fighting the pain of losing his beast.

The thought brought another wave of guilt crashing over me. A sob escaped before I could stop it. I covered my mouth, but another followed, and suddenly I was crying all over again.

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