“Let’s just say I survived by the skin of my teeth,” Nadia said calmly into the deadly silence, “and decided to keep a low profile long enough to understand why someone wanted me dead.”The entire wedding hall remained frozen.Nobody moved.Nobody even seemed to breathe.Nadia adjusted Conrad Junior slightly in her arms before her eyes lifted toward Conrad again.“So if I had really died…” she continued softly, “you would’ve married my cousin without making any effort to find me?”Conrad looked shattered.“No.”The answer came instantly.Raw.Desperate.“Nadia, no. You misunderstand.”A faint smile almost touched her lips.Interesting.The mighty Alpha King looked one breath away from collapse simply because she sounded disappointed in him.Inside, Scarlet purred in amusement.Look at him trembling for us.Conrad stepped down from the altar slowly, his entire focus locked on her.“It wasn’t what you think.”Nadia raised a brow lightly.“Oh?”“I thought you were dead.”Pain crossed his
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