Coming to the dining hall, which was no different from a banquet, as many servants were busy setting up the tables, I looked at Alina.
"You lied to me."
Hooking her arm into mine, she just smiled warmly.
It was exactly two hours, like she had said, but there was no sign of her family yet. It wasn't a big problem, but she had a habit of lying that ended up in manipulation.
"I want to come here early."
Taking a fruit wine from the table, she dragged me to the corner of the hall. I didn't like sweet, especially as a wine, but I guess she wanted me to be in my best form.
When she spoke, her face became serious.
"There are some people you need to know first."
Putting my thoughts away for now, I listened to what she had said.
Now that I was...tricked into becoming her wife, I really needed to watch myself around Kingsley.
I grimaced as the events from last night replayed in my mind. Not the sex—I didn't have a recollection of that—but what happened before that.
