Chapter 42

Avery Elise's P. O. V.

"What are you saying?" After a long silence between us, Duke chose to break it with his cold and deep voice. I gulped while looking at his emotionless and cruel eyes. "You think you were interfering in my life?" Duke took a step closer to me. "Do you still think that our marriage is all about the 'job' like how you view it?"

I took a step back after hearing his question. There's something about his question that doesn't sit right to me. I mean, it feels… dangerous. It feels that if I answer him wrongly, he'll do something I wouldn't like.

I took a deep breath to calm myself before I spoke to him again, "No, Duke. It's not like that."

"My Luna?" His hand moved to caress my cheek. "Stop it." I creased my brows at him and gave him a confused look.

"What?"

He clenched his jaw before he released a deep breath. Duke held my hand and he pulled me to sit on the nearest bench.

He placed a kiss on my shoulder as his arms wrapped around my waist again.

"Forget it," he whi