Chapter 22\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you think she\u2019s up to?\u201d the Beta asked conspiratorially.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean? Ellie?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHer little innocent act earlier\u2013do you think she\u2019s trying to seduce you again? You\u2019ll probably walk in the room and find her in that cheap lingerie she always wore for you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she\u2019s wearing something like that, it\u2019ll prove she\u2019s faking this whole amnesia thing,\u201d I said coldly. \u201cThen again, she should be ovulating soon, so maybe that has something to do with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I dismissed the Beta with a wave of my hand as we reached the door and walked into my room. Ellie was already in the bed, the covers pulled up over her. Judging by her breathing, she was fast asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stepped up to the bed, looking at her warily, only to find, as she rolled over and the blanket slipped low, that she was wearing pajamas covered in little cartoon bears that covered every inch of her\u2013baggy, shapeless things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whatever her reason for sleeping in my bed, she clearly wasn\u2019t trying to seduce me, and that only left me even more confused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I woke early the next morning and prepared for the day. Ellie was still fast asleep, and I decided to leave her there. It would be easier to get through my morning meetings without her causing any distractions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had to meet with my younger brother today, and it was something I did not look forward to. I had a strained relationship with him- and that was putting it lightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My brother, to put it bluntly, was a party boy, never wanting to leave his yacht long enough to take care of pack business. No matter how many times I told him that his presence would benefit the pack, he was likely having another wild party just last night, so I wasn\u2019t surprised to find that he was late.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He only ever came back for major events and pack\u2013wide parties. I\u2019d originally invited him over today to discuss the upcoming party and stay for breakfast, but he made it very clear that he had no intention of spending more time with me than necessary and would leave as soon as he was done with the meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was probably for the best. The two of us never spent much time together without an argument erupting, and I was stressed out enough dealing with Ellie\u2019s dramatics. I didn\u2019t need to fight with him too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still, he was late, so by the time he arrived, breakfast had already been prepared and I had an extra seat set for\u00a0<\/p>\n
him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He staggered into the room, his blonde hair a tousled mess, his dark eyes filled with irritation as he entered the dining room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood morning,\u201d I greeted formally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t know what\u2019s so good about it,\u201d he grumbled to himself as he stared at the table, noting the three plates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expecting someone else?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEllie, obviously,\u201d I replied, irritated by his attitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He scoffed, clearly unimpressed. \u201cYou expect me to share a table with that unlovable rogue of yours?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 22\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
I fixed my eyes on him coldly. I was becoming irritated with the number of people who felt comfortable mocking Ellie to my face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It had never bothered me before, but after seeing the reaction of the Moonstone Pack Alpha to Felicity\u2019s open insults, it made me realize that I\u2019d miscalculated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Allowing Ellie to be insulted openly only made me appear weak. It had to end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t insult my wife,\u201d I said angrily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My brother raised an eyebrow, looking amused by my reaction. \u201cYour wife?\u201d he asked. \u201cWhy do you suddenly care?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t pry into my affairs,\u201d I said irritably.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He turned and walked toward my office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s get this meeting over with,\u201d he said. But he paused at the sound of a door opening from the upper floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We could see up the stairs to my bedroom at the end of the hall. The bedroom door creaked open, and Ellie emerged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Cold Marriage That Turned Warm 22 Chapter 22\u00a0 \u201cWhat do you think she\u2019s up to?\u201d the Beta asked conspiratorially.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-unremembered-mate-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}