The Wrong Brother's Temptation novel Chapter 190

Chapter 190

Sienna

Love. I wasn’t sure if I understood that word anymore.

I exchanged a glance with Connor whose eyes danced with mischief so I quickly looked away.

Then the woman stepped aside as I murmured a thank you to her.

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Just then movement caught my eye near the mansion’s front entrance, and the warmth dropped several degrees at once.

Sandra was standing at the top of the steps in a perfectly fitted dress, wearing flawless makeup but a sour expression.

And I realized why a second later. She noticed the love and warmth being showered on Connor and me and that face which always looked smug crumpled a little.

I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy seeing the corner of her mouth tighten. I had no proof but I knew very well she was the reason for Connor’s suffering last night, the instigator to fuel Johanson’s wicked schemes.

For one small and relieved second, I felt something close to satisfaction watching it happen.

Then she turned and disappeared back through the front door without a single word, and the satisfaction curdled fast into something akin to dread.

Sandra didn’t know when to back down and she certainly didn’t take a failure in stride.

In all the days I had gotten to know her, I was sure she always wanted to be the center of attention and hated anyone who took the limelight from her.

I could already imagine her stomping her feet to go cry a river to Aaron and then come up with some wicked scheme in a few hours.

“You saw that?” I asked quietly to Connor, once the crowd had started dispersing back to their tasks after everyone was satisfied now that they’d confirmed with their own eyes that he was fine.

“I saw it,” he nodded without a hint of unease on his face.

“She’s going to do something. I know that look in her eyes” I shared my concern with him.

“She’s always doing something,” he answered in that same unbothered tone, guiding me up the front steps. “The question is when will it stop bothering you.”

I blinked. “Bothering me? You almost died in the arena and calling it just ‘bothering‘ is weird, even for you. You should be more than bothered”

He raised a finger to flick my nose like we were arguing over something silly.

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“You are too easy to read, Speckles. Calm down. I’ve got this”

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“But you…” I began but then he gently pushed me aside, making my back hit the railing of the staircase and placed a finger on my mouth.

My eyes went wide as his face hovered just a hair’s breath away from mine.

“Do you trust me?”

How was I supposed to answer when he was touching me like that, just near the entrance anybody could walk in any second.

I tried to express frantically but he pressed his finger firmer on my mouth, leaning further into me.

“You can nod or shake your head for the answer”

Why was he so damn annoying?

I refused to let my body feel anything except irritation and after a long, shaky exhale gave him a nod.

He gave me a smile, and patted my cheek. “Try to run away again and I’ll tie you down.”

My eyebrows shot up way beyond my hairline but I said nothing, afraid of what words would tumble out of my mouth.

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We stepped into the main hall together, and it was, blessedly, empty. Sunlight came through the tall windows and pooled across the marble floo but there were no elders and no immediate scrutiny.

My gaze flicked to the stairs and I wondered if I could persuade Connor to go to our room instead.

“We should go up,” I suggested, already turning toward the stairs. “You should actually rest. Properly. The doctor advised no unnecessary strain so having a full breakfast with the entire pack council doesn’t seem like we are heeding to that advice”

“Nope, we are not going upstairs,” Connor said but that slow smile had turned sharper now.

There was an edge in his voice that hadn’t been there thirty seconds earlier, and I understood why the second I actually listened past the quiet of the empty hall.

Faintly, from somewhere down the corridor I could hear soft laughter and the clink of cutlery against porcelain.

The dining room was full and the important pack members were already having breakfast.

“You just got out of the hospital,” I tried one more time to quickly build an argument before he could take a step forward.

“You should take it easy. I can have Maria bring something up to the room, it would be so much more comfortable, and the doctor specifically said that…”

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“Speckles..”

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I tried to turn him around and half–succeeded which I considered a win and continued my steady stream of

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