TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING novel Chapter 42

CHAPTER 27: THE ELEVATOR AMBUSH–2

I shouldn’t engage. I should stand here silently and wait for this elevator ride to end.

But Knox just spent three hours ignoring me after making me feel like the center of his universe, and there’s something refreshing about someone who’s openly interested rather than running hot and cold like a broken faucet.

“We met at the dinner,” I point out. “You kissed my hand and looked at me like you were trying to read my soul. That counts as an introduction.”

“That was a preview.” Rafael’s eyes crinkle with amusement. “This is the full experience.”

“Lucky me.”

“You wound me, Miss Aragon.” He presses a hand to his chest in mock injury. “And here I thought we were building rapport.”

“You trapped me in an elevator. This might as well be a hostage situation.”

“Semantics.”

Despite myself, I feel my lips twitch. He’s ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. And yet there’s something almost charming about his total lack of shame.

“What do you want, Rafael?”

His expression shifts slightly–still warm, but with something more serious underneath.

“I want to know if you’re alright. You looked troubled when you left Knox’s suite. I thought perhaps you could use a friendly face.”

“You were watching his suite?”

“I was on my way to breakfast. The timing was coincidental.” A pause. “Mostly.”

I don’t believe him for a second, and he knows I don’t believe him, and somehow that honesty–within–the–lie makes me trust him more than if he’d pretended to be completely

innocent.

“I’m fine,” I say. “Just tired.”

“Mmm.” Rafael tilts his head, studying me with those gray eyes that seem to see too much. You know, I’ve known Knox for almost a decade. Watched him build his empire, consolidate his power, turn himself into the Lycan King everyone fears and respects.”

“Is there a point coming, or is this a history lesson?”

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“That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of your trustworthiness.”

“No,” he agrees. “But it’s honest. And in my experience, honesty is rarer than diamonds in circles like these.”

The doors open fully, and I can already see Nathaniel’s scarred face approaching from the stairwell, his expression murderous.

Remi Winters

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