All Chapters of Sold To The Scarred King: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

This was… a little overwhelming. Cassian was responsible for everything good that was happening to me.I didn’t even know what to feel.Angry that my husband didn’t believe I could succeed on my own, or touched by the fact that he had been helping me for a while now even when I wasn’t nice to him sometimes.“Ma’am? Are you okay?” Tony’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts.“Um.. yeah. I just need to be alone for a while.”He nodded. “Of course, I totally understand.”I watched as he walked out while I sat on my stool.I tried to resume my painting, but it was so obvious my mind was elsewhere. I could barely work. My mind was still processing what Tony told me.After what seemed like an hour, I stared at the work that was looking back at me. It wasn’t my best piece. More confirmation that my mind was elsewhere. I sighed as I kept it aside and placed a fresh canvas on the easel. I needed to focus.I didn’t come out of my studio until later in the evening.I ended up eating dinner alone,

“I’m serious. This is all a misunderstanding.” His arms were around my waist.“This is serious, Cassian.”I frowned at him.“Okay, fine. What do you want to know?”“What exactly is going on between you and Celeste? I refuse to be the other woman.”“You’re not. Celeste is the daughter of the doctor who treated me after my accident. We grew close after that. She was only trying to take a look at my scar. It wasn’t anything more than that.”“And the kiss? Why were you both kissing?” I asked, frowning.“Kissing?”“Yes.”“We weren’t kissing, darling. Celeste admitted to liking me, yes, and then she kissed me. While you were peeping, if you had stayed a while, you would have seen when I pulled back. Yes, I asked her to marry me once, but that was because I was desperate. I didn’t have feelings for her, but she didn’t either when I asked her to until years later. I thought it was just a crush or something, but I guess I underestimated. She left the house the next day because I told her what s

I watched Cassian as he received a call, my legs on his lap. He was massaging them. We were out in the garden talking when the call came in.This was the closest we had ever been, and as I read the book in my hands, I couldn’t help but smile as well.Cassian tickled my feet, which earned a giggle from me as I glared at him. He avoided my eyes, continuing on his call as he held back a smile. This was perfect. Everything was perfect.If anyone had told me that we would end up like this, I would have probably called them crazy. I barely even still believed it myself.Cassian drew me out of my thoughts by tickling me further. It was then that I noticed he was already done with his call.“You! I guess your call isn’t important if you still have the time to tickle me.” I narrowed my eyes at him.“No one’s as important as you, love.” He placed a finger on my nose as I laughed.“So what are we reading?” He asked.“It’s a book.” I said mischievously.“I can see that. What’s it about?”“It’s no

The scent of freshly brewed coffee drifted through the dining room as I descended the stairs. It was already a new day.When I got to the dining room, Cassian was already sitting there and dressed in a suit. When he heard my footsteps, he looked up.He smiled at me. I was still trying to get used to this new atmosphere around us.“Good morning.” He greeted.I felt heat rush to my cheeks.“Morning.”I noticed Rose try to hold back a grin, and I rolled my eyes.I even saw Tony raise an amused eyebrow as he looked between us.He stood up and pulled out the chair beside him.“Sit.”I blinked. “You don’t have to-““I know.”Knowing arguing would get me nowhere, I sat in the chair as he pushed it in and went back to his seat.I watched him pour me a glass of juice.“You know,” I bit into a croissant. “I never took you for the gentleman type.”I saw his lips twitch.“I’ve been accused of worse things.”I laughed.Breakfast passed as we continued talking. When we were done, Cassian stood up.

I stirred in bed for minutes before finally waking up. The sun was already peeking through the curtains in my room. I groaned as I stretched my hand out only to meet air.I raised my head up and opened my eyes. Cassian had already disappeared.I finally sat up, yawning. Was he already awake?I hope my snoring didn’t wake him up or something.I stood up from bed and headed to my bathroom.As I showered, every time I closed my eyes, I only saw Cassian’s face.Not when he smiled at me.Not when he came home with blood.It was the look he had when he asked me to stay out of the east wing.I couldn’t seem to shake the feeling off.When I came down, the manor was bustling with its usual activity. Maids were walking up and down, cleaning and running errands.Everything looked normal.“Good morning, Mrs. Rooke.” One of the maids greeted.I smiled at her. “Morning.”The smell of pancakes and fresh coffee filled the living room all the way from the dining room.When I stepped in, I saw Cassian