Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Lied That I Was The Mafia King's Wife: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 19

The question was simple, yet for some reason, it hit me harder than anything else. I stood there in silence, unable to answer. Suddenly, a question surfaced in my mind.Did I want Kael to leave?I should. From the very beginning, I had wanted him to leave so he could return to the life he had before. But seeing the dejected expression on his face left me speechless.“Why are you asking that?” I asked, wiping the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand.My eyes traveled over Kael’s clothes. Blood splatters covered his face and even reached his legs. I could already imagine how brutally he must have fought that wild boar.Kael lowered his head. His blood-covered hands clenched at his sides. “You’re looking at me like I’m a monster, Ivy. You’re afraid of me.”I pressed my lips together. For some reason, I couldn’t bring myself to look at his face. If he kept looking so dejected, I might give in.“I only killed a wild boar. What’s wrong with that? I didn’t kill a human,” he said. His

I immediately ran down from the porch when I saw Kael about to punch Mitch again. My heart was pounding so hard that it seemed to fill my ears. Before I could reach them, Kael's fist had already swung forward and slammed into Mitch's face, the impact making me instinctively stop.“Mitch!” I screamed.“How dare you touch Ivy!” Kael snapped, grabbing my arm before I could reach Mitch, who had fallen to the ground.Mitch touched the corner of his mouth, then looked at the blood on his fingertips. Instead of fighting back, however, he lifted his head and stared at Kael with an expression I had never seen on him before.Fear.I frowned. I had always known Mitch wasn't an ordinary man. He calculated everything carefully, even when he was dealing with Kael. He had never shown fear or hesitation. But now, Mitch looked shaken.His shoulders were tense, and his gaze remained fixed on Kael with clear caution.But more than that, I couldn't believe Kael had punched Mitch simply because the man ha

I pulled back slightly, giving Ivy enough space to breathe. My eyes roamed over her flushed face, her swollen, wet lips, and the reddish mark on her neck. Before I knew it, a satisfied smile tugged at my lips as I took in how disheveled she looked beneath me.Honestly, deep down, I wanted to make her even more disheveled. But I knew Ivy was still trembling whenever I touched her.“I need to make dinner,” she said, avoiding my gaze.“Yeah, use that excuse to get away from me again.”“I’m not making excuses. I really do want to cook,” Ivy denied.My thumb brushed over her flushed cheek before sliding beneath her lower lip. “All right. Want me to help you cook?”“No!” She answered much faster than I expected. “I can do it myself,” she added, quickly getting out of bed and hurrying away from me. She practically ran.As soon as the bedroom door closed, I lay back on the bed and let out a long breath. Damn, the pressure down there was almost unbearable. Without thinking, I rubbed the part o

“Why would you ask that, Kael?” Ivy’s voice rose, catching me slightly off guard. Her swollen eyes made it obvious that she still hadn’t been able to move on from Jason.What could possibly make her this devastated over Jason? She had me now.“Why? You should already have the answer to that!” I stepped forward and crouched in front of her, taking both of her hands.“Ivy, can’t you let go of Jason? Is that why you’re still keeping his picture in our closet?”“Kael, I’ve already moved on from Jason.”“But you’re crying over him, Ivy!” I said, squeezing her fingers. “If you’ve really moved on, then how could you still cry like this?”Ivy’s eyes widened. The light in them dimmed. Her parted lips slowly closed, unable to form an answer.She lowered her gaze to our intertwined fingers.“Ivy, forget Jason. You have me now. Your husband.”God, I couldn’t believe I had just said that. I knew Ivy was still afraid of me. My past behavior had already made her distance herself from me, and now I w