Chapter 0014
[Evelyn’s POVI
Wait a minute.
If by some chance Alexander was listening in on what was going on downstairs in the living room, then that surely meant that I was being placed in another goddamn test.
The mere thought had me seething.
What was the point? Was this him trying to make me back out of the marriage?
The other potential Lumas had never even made it down the aisle much less had to be put through these mindless trials. It made me seriously think…Was Alexander still trying to scare me off?
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find a single reason to think otherwise. Alexander had purposely sent me down to deal with his parents alone. The question was, why? Was he trying to find out how I would act around them?
I couldn’t imagine what he was expecting to hear. It wasn’t as though I knew either of these people. Oh, yeah. Something was definitely going on.
I swiftly recalled what Nina had mentioned just moments before I entered the living room, regarding Alexander‘: Grandmother’s outlook toward Caroline. Perhaps, this was a test to once again prove my character. It was to see how I would align myself with Alexander’s family.
I was tempted to let out a sigh and forgo this entire ridiculous ordeal. All these trials–it was getting exhausting!
If Alexander was so suspicious of me, then why couldn’t he just keep asking me questions instead of doing all this?
But, as usual, it appeared that I had little to no choice. Granted I was exceedingly tempted to march up those main stairs and personally haul Alexander down myself, but I knew that I was meant to face this trial alone.
I turned back to face Henry and Caroline who seemed no more interested in my presence than when I first stepped into the room. However, something must have changed in Alexander’s father’s mind. He glanced in my direction and actually gave me a once–over.
His gaze filled with skeptical doubt as he spoke. “Just fine? You’re telling me that my son, who’s been dodging Luna’s left and right, decided to settle on you?” he scoffed. “You don’t seem like you’d be Luna material.”
“E–Excuse me?” I hated myself for stuttering, but I just couldn’t block the surprise from my voice.
What the hell?
My eyes widened in sheer shock at the man’s blunt, unfiltered remarks. He wasn’t even trying to hide his displeasure. Henry Kingston was a clear mimic of my own father–someone whose unpleasantness came as second nature whenever they opened their mouth.
“I don’t see how you could be worthy of such a pack, even if Alexander is paralyzed,” he spat. “My guess is that you’re just after his money.”
I bit the inside of my cheek, again as a means of keeping my comments to myself. It was one thing to snap at my own family, but I certainly couldn’t get away with doing the same to Alexander’s.
Caroline suddenly decided to take a small step forward and offer her two cents into the conversation. My head was. swelling from all the aggravated pressure by the second.
The sickly sweet tone of her voice was an obvious indicator that she was merely pretending to be nice.
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Chapter 0014
“Well, even if you did marry Alexander for his money it would still be alright. Since Alexander is now physically impaired, it’s been hard to find such an excellent Alpha daughter to be Luna, considering the previous ones had all been scared off,” she said.
Henry let out a sigh and rubbed a hand roughly over his face “The other Lunas came from equally smaller packs. And I have no doubt that this one comes from an ever smaller, useless pack as well,” he scoffed.
My anger was beginning to get the better of me. This time, wasn’t able to hold back the retort that came flying out directly at Henry.
