Evie stiffened at his words but she maintained her indifference. "Nothing happened."
"Look at , Evielyn." He said firmly. And when Evie refused to obey, Gavriel took a deep breath, closed his eyes for a brief mont, and opened them again. "Don't make repeat myself…"
Evie finally turned, and she could not believe that even at this mont, the stunning beauty of the man before her still could cause her breath to catch in her throat. Why does he have to be this bewitching?
Trying her hardest to keep her emotion hidden from him, Evie looked at him with emotionless eyes.
The muscle in Gavriel's cheek ticked along his jaw but he stayed very still for a long mont, as if he were having his very own internal battle within him while scrutinizing his wife's face.
"Alright… I won't ask why you're acting like this anymore." His gaze softened. "Why don't you question instead, wife? Won't you dig and find out the reason why I couldn't spend the day with you?" ca his impossibly alluring voice, coaxing her.
Evie bit the inside of her lips. Why? Why did he have to be like this? Please… stop Gavriel… stop doing this to … I don't want to get hurt anymore…
Forcing herself to rember the pain and telling herself that that was just the beginning of the turmoil she was going to experience if she continued acquainting herself to him, Evie managed to stop herself from giving in.
She looked into his eyes and had to swallow hard before she could say, "I'm not going to do that, Your Highness. I don't have the right to get upset even if you spend the day with soone else and I don't have the right to question why you can't spend the day with . So, I won't be doing that because It would be selfish of to deny you of your needs since I'm the one not allowing you to touch ."
Gavriel did not move at all and they just stood very close as Evie took a deep, shaky breath into her lungs, silently strengthening herself inwardly. The implication of her words struck Gavriel hard.
He laughed. It was a small derisive sound that left his lips as his face beca taut. And then, he stared at her in stony silence.
For so reason, what she said broke through Gavriel's veneer of control.
"So, we're back to this again, huh. You think of as nothing but a filthy monster, don't you?" he finally voiced out, after a long while. His voice was controlled but bruised and angered. "Alright then, since that's how you see , I might as well do what you're expecting of properly and go spend this night with as many won available in this castle." He hissed and then left the room.
Running his hands savagely through his hair, Gavriel clenched his fists tight. He couldn't believe he had just said those words. He could not believe how angry he was right now that he had to force himself to walk out of her presence for fear that he would burst in anger. He just could not believe that she could drive him to the edge of his sanity so easily like that.
Damn, why did he say those words? Why the hell was he so angry that she still didn't trust him at all? It wasn't even a month yet since they had gotten married. He should have understood that she was still unable to trust him. But… why can't she still trust him after all this? Damn. No one could ever make him this emotional… no one could make him lose his temper like this better than her… damn, she was driving him insane.
Cursing inwardly, Gavriel nearly smashed a pillar with his fist. Good thing he managed to stop himself because he didn't want to scare her. The thought that she'd probably think there was an earthquake, or so disaster happening ultimately stopped him and he laughed shortly again. He left their chamber because he was feeling the rising anger within him and he did not want to show her his rage. He didn't want her to be terrified of him – not that she wasn't already.
He could only curse again. He needed to do sothing to calm down. This was bad. She's making him act like he wasn't himself!
As he walked tensely along the corridor, two young won suddenly approached him. He knew them. They were among the ladies the Duke and the other officials introduced to him years ago.
"Your Highness, we ca to escort you." One of them said, smiling sweetly at him.
Gavriel groaned but he didn't even suspect anything fishy as his brain was much too occupied with Evie and his emotions. Thus, without question, Gavriel followed the ladies, thinking that duchess asked for him.
anwhile, inside the chamber, Evie was clutching her robe over her chest. His bruised and utterly offended expression and the anger in his voice… she rembered he wore that sa face when she confronted him about Thea. Could it be that she had co to the wrong conclusion again this ti around? But those ladies and the duchess' words… that he agreed… was it possible that…
Suddenly, her body moved on its own as she rushed towards the door, to chase after him.
However, as soon as she was in the corridor, her feet froze as she watched him entering a room with two of those beautiful won.
The mont the door closed; Evie felt as though sothing totally shattered inside her. And it seed to suck all of her life blood from her limbs until there was nothing left of her.
She just stood there, staring at the closed door far off from where she stood, her mind turning blank.
Eventually, her feet moved, and she turned to where she ca from. She walked silently until she entered their chamber. The door closed silently behind her.
Her gaze fell towards the closed windows before she approached it, abruptly shoving it wide open to let the freezing cold wind blow into the room and on her.
The tears that had threatened to spill over earlier did not co, only a numbing pain. Her robe fell on the floor and she moved closer to the window as if hoping for the air to freeze the pain in her heart and mind as well.
Staring expressionlessly at the space outside, the corner of her lips curved up as she sucked in all the despair, so deep it was making it hard for her to breathe. Oh, Evie… look at the predicant that you have put yourself into…
She laughed mirthlessly. The thought that perhaps this was her punishnt for trying to break her promise of not falling for him made her feel even more miserable and wretched.
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