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Lilith’s POV;

Our marriage wasn’t built on love, but it still hurt that he had brought his mistress to the house we shared.

He had promised that he was going to give me time to open up my heart to him. It was barely a month later and he was already tired. I scoffed at that thought and finally pushed the thoughts of him and his betrayal out of my mind. It really wasn’t worth it.

To make matters worse, he didn’t appear for dinner and neither did she, and I couldn’t help but imagine if he was somewhere with her. There was no word from any of the maids either and Ben might’ve noticed, for he ate with me and, thankfully, didn’t say anything.

He seemed like a good person, so I wanted to ask him if what I had heard was right, if indeed, he was after the throne, but I couldn’t find myself doing that.

“Lilith!”

I glanced up, breaking my reverie and definitely surprised to hear his voice after what had happened the day before with Ben.

I stood up and bowed. I had already got dressed and was about to go down for breakfast and my heart clenched at the thought of him being absent again. I wanted to see him, if not for anything, to see his face as he professed his love for me, while screwing the woman beside us.

“I was very disappointed yesterday with…”

I decided that I wasn’t going to listen to him. For some reason, I had the thought that he was going to change the entire narrative to suit him, just as Ben had said.

“–your etiquette. I think you need a…”

“It’s time for breakfast,” I cut him off as I walked out of the room. Julia had left earlier to attend to something else I had no idea about, as I didn’t pay attention when she was talking. I was only too glad that she was leaving for a while again as it would afford me time to be alone, away from her prying eyes.

When I got to the dining table, Maya was already there waiting for us, she had a smile on her face.

“Lilith!” She stood up to embrace me and I stood still, my hands by my side.

“She is a Queen! You don’t refer to her by her name,” Adams, who must’ve followed me, stated, and I scoffed inwardly.

They were trying so hard to act like they weren’t screwing each other. I would’ve been deceived if I hadn’t seen everything I’d seen.

“Oh! She’s my friend, I’m sure she doesn’t mind. Do you mind, Lilith?”

She had that same genuine smile on her lips, the one that had deceived me, but not anymore.

“Let’s eat,” I said, ignoring her as I fought back the urge to say something back at both of them or let them know that I was aware and that they couldn’t deceive me any longer.

Breakfast was quiet. They both tried engaging me in conversations, but I was quiet, and immediately I was done, I stood up.

“You’re done? You didn’t even eat much! Are you sure you’re fine? I heard that you didn’t allow the doctor to check you,” Maya’s voice came out muffled as her mouth was filled with food.

The only way Maya was going to know about that was if he told her and, who knows, how many other things about me that he had told her.

“We need to talk…”

“Your highness! I’m sorry for coming so late, something important came up,” Ben said as he walked towards us, his lips were curled in a small smile.

“So late? To where?” Adams, who had stood up and seemed as if he was going to follow me, furrowed his brows in confusion as he turned to Ben.

“Oh, her highness, out of the kindness of her heart, had invited me for breakfast, but unfortunately….”

“She invited you for breakfast!” His face was laced with disbelief, and he turned to me. “You invited him?” His tone was accusing, and I couldn’t help but notice the irony of the entire situation.

I should be the one accusing him of letting his mistress stay in the mansion and then letting her join us during mealtimes. Ben was family, he was his brother after all.

“Let’s go, your highness,” Ben ignored him and held his hand out to me, which I eagerly took.

I didn’t need to look back to see the look of surprise and horror on Adams’ face. But after what he did the day before, I knew that he wouldn’t dare cause a scene again.

I walked hand in hand with Ben, although I had no idea where he was taking me to, neither had I invited him for breakfast nor wanted to go anywhere with him. He must be trying to irk Adams, who I could see was already working.

I said nothing as he led me out to his car. “We’re going somewhere you’ll like.”

A couple of minutes later, he pulled up in front of a bar. A bar!

I glanced at him, my face still remaining expressionless.

“Relax, don’t worry. I care about you and want you to be fine. I don’t like how all your feelings are just so bottled up. I know you’re sad and want to cry, but you think that crying doesn’t do anything. After all, it won’t bring back your parents,” he paused, and I winced, thinking about how right he was.

“But crying makes you feel a little bit better. Just let it all out and see.”

I glanced at the bar, noting how noisy it was and thinking about going back or just going in. I eventually walked in. He was right, I needed a drink.

“Would you like to hear some things from the recorder you placed in the room?” He questioned as soon as we sat down. He asked for an ale.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

I shook my head in response, knowing that I was better off not hearing my husband’s dirty talk with my so-called friend.

Ben was saying something, but I wasn’t listening and was only focused on the drink in front of me.

“Your highness,” someone called, and I popped my head up to glance at the men in front of us.

“What are you doing here?” Ben questioned, standing up to face the beta of the pack and the two big men in black suits behind him.

“The king’s order,” Ronan replied and faced me.

“We need to leave now, your highness. It’s for your safety and the king is worried about you.”

“Safety? She’s with me,” Ben interrupted.

“I’m sorry, it’s the king’s order,” his eyes never left mine.

“The Queen can make her own decision,” Ben pointed out, but Ronan said nothing, his eyes still fixed on me.

I popped my head up to glance at him, his eyes seemed to be pleading and, for a second, I was tempted to tell him to get out and go back to Adams and tell him that I didn’t want to see him.

“Let’s go,” I stood up and glanced at Ben, the only true friend I’ve had in a long time. “Thank you.”

He looked like he was about to say something, but smiled instead. “I’ll see you around, your highness.”

I went with them to the car, and they never said a word throughout the drive.

All through, I was wondering what my husband was going to do. I had seen how scary he was after what he did to Ben and I knew that he was going to be angry.

“What the hell, Lilith!” He roared as soon as I walked into the main house.

I halted in my tracks and stared at him, my face remaining expressionless.

“How could you just walk into that filthy, despicable bar?” He asked, dangerously still, as though if he moved, it would only be to strangle me, something that wasn’t entirely impossible, given how he had looked when he tried to strangle Ben.

There was nothing filthy about that bar, but I said nothing.

“And drinking? Common Lilith! I thought you were smarter than that?”

Yes! Smart enough to know that you’re having me tailed by even my own maid and your mistress is here with us!

“Lilith!” Maya screeched as she approached us. “What’s wrong? Are you– yelling at her?” She faced him.

“Come, let’s go,” she linked her arms with mine and pulled me with her to my room. I glanced back at him and saw an unrecognizable expression on his face. It was as though he was holding back words.

“What happened? I’ve been looking all over for you? Not even your maids could tell me anything,” She began, as soon as we entered the room.

Even her voice irritated me and I wondered if they talked about me, if they spoke about how foolish I was as they cuddled each other, right under my nose.