Chapter 61

Since yesterday, a lot of things have gone wrong, and I decided to lie because I didn't want to let myself down again.

It was the only thing I could do to protect her and the one thing that would ease her concerns if I was absent from home for some time.

"I needed a change of clothes." When I moved my hand to the wreckage of my dress, she gazed up at me. Her eyes lingered for a while before she grinned broadly and hugged me to her chest, possibly unaware that my night had gone just as she had planned.

"My brother-in-law becoming the alpha king...