Chapter 23\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third\u2013Person POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan watched his younger brother, Lance, react to Ellie\u2019s appearance as she left his bedroom, still wearing her cartoonish pajamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance\u2019s jaw slackened, his eyes wide. He couldn\u2019t believe what he was seeing \u2013 Nolan and Ellie had slept together last night. But he knew his brother couldn\u2019t stand her, so it didn\u2019t make sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just look at what she was wearing \u2013 she looked ridiculous in those baggy, shapeless pajamas. How could that have possibly worked on Nolan? he wondered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you wearing?\u201d Lance asked, calling up the stairs. Ellie paused and gave him a questioning look.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance was used to seeing beautiful women in bikinis or fine gowns, aiming to impress. Seeing Ellie with her hair disheveled and that shapeless outfit just baffled him. Ellie just stared at him, a look of confusion and slight irritation on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t possibly have seduced my brother in that outfit,\u201d Lance added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He waited for her to blush, for her eyes to well up with tears as he embarrassed her in front of Nolan. But instead, Ellie put her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the side, glaring down the stairs at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s better than what you\u2019re wearing. Don\u2019t you even know how to put a suit on? Half the buttons are undone \u2013 you look like a call boy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A rush of embarrassment and anger flooded through Lance at her words. He looked at Nolan in disbelief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou let her talk like that?\u201d he demanded. \u201cYour homely little rogue wife \u2013 you let her talk to people like that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan didn\u2019t respond, other than to cock his eyebrow at Lance\u2019s outburst, which only seemed to make Lance angrier. \u201cYou have no control over her, do you? You just let this useless little rogue walk all over you, do\u00a0<\/p>\n
whatever she wants!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re the one who\u2019s slacking,\u201d Ellie called down as she descended the stairs, a look of anger creasing her brow. \u201cNolan does everything around here, doesn\u2019t he? You have absolutely no loyalty to your pack, so who the hell are you to judge how he runs his household? I mean, just look at the way you\u2019re dressed looks good? You think you\u2019re handsome?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow dare you talk to me like that!\u201d Lance shot back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s enough,\u201d Nolan said firmly, raising one hand. \u201cNot another word from either of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you think that\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance turned his glare to Nolan. \u201cOh, look at the White Knight, swooping in to defend his wife,\u201d he said sarcastically. \u201cDon\u2019t think that just because you\u2019re acting noble now, I\u2019ll forgive you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A dark look crossed Nolan\u2019s face as Lance taunted him about the memory of their difficult past. Lance had never forgiven him for getting their parents killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It hadn\u2019t been Nolan\u2019s intention \u2013 he\u2019d been rebellious, angry. He\u2019d run away from home, and when their parents followed, they were ambushed by rogues. It wasn\u2019t Nolan\u2019s fault exactly, but he had still caused it, and Lance had never forgiven him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 23\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan didn\u2019t think he ever would.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A tense moment of silence passed between the two of them. Ellie could sense that something important had just been said, although she had no memory of what it could be and not enough clues to piece it together. She simply stood there with her hands on her hips, looking between the two of them with frustration and confusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, I\u2019ll be at your stupid little celebration,\u201d Lance said suddenly, changing the subject. \u201cI\u2019ll make sure it looks good in front of the other packs, but don\u2019t think this changes anything between us.\u201d With that, he turned around and stormed out of the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The air around Nolan was heavy. He was never good at dealing with his emotions, especially when it came to his family. He just stood there, uncertain of what to do or say, feeling Ellie\u2019s eyes burning into him \u2013 couldn\u2019t bring himself to look at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n
though he\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she moved. He felt himself tense up as she approached. He didn\u2019t want her pity, didn\u2019t want her comfort. He opened his mouth to tell her off, but then Ellie just walked right past him to the table and grabbed a croissant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan watched her take a big bite of the flaky pastry, a confusing mix of emotions flooding through him settling on relief that she hadn\u2019t said anything, hadn\u2019t pried.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Beta, who had been drawn in by the sounds of arguing, didn\u2019t seem to understand that. He stepped forward, an angry expression on his face, and opened his mouth to berate Ellie \u2013 but Nolan stopped him with a sharp look.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A Cold Marriage That Turned Warm 23 Chapter 23\u00a0 +25 Bonus\u00a0 Third\u2013Person POV\u00a0 Nolan watched his younger brother, Lance, react […]<\/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-23592","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\/23592","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=23592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}