Chapter 25\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ellie\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
I noticed Nolan staring at me and paused, staring right back at him. He looked genuinely surprised \u2013 I didn\u2019t know if it was just because he was surprised to see me, or if it was because my appearance had changed so drastically since breakfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Either way, there was a heat to his gaze that I wasn\u2019t accustomed to seeing from him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I asked, feeling a little bit defensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t wear that one. It\u2019ll attract too much attention,\u201d he said tensely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But his eyes never left me. I watched his gaze drag up from the floor, following the slit at the side of the dress up to my hip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes narrowed at him, but he didn\u2019t notice. Did he actually like this dress a bit too much? Was that why he was so tense? He couldn\u2019t seem to tear his gaze away from the bit of skin that was showing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI like this one,\u201d I said stubbornly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan shook his head, glancing up into my eyes before looking down again. \u201cIt\u2019s too revealing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I tilted my head as I looked at him. Was the dress really the problem \u2013 or did he not want other people looking at me the way he was right now? Could this be possessiveness?\u00a0<\/p>\n
That didn\u2019t make any sense, not with the way he usually treated me. But there was no mistaking the look on his face. Still, he couldn\u2019t really like me. He couldn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said it would be my choice what I wore,\u201d I pointed out. \u201cAnd I\u2019m choosing this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan looked at me with irritation, adjusting his stance, his shoulders rolling back and his chest puffing out as if to intimidate me \u2013 but I only smirked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cChoose a different dress,\u201d he insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re being immature,\u201d he shot back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I grinned wider. \u201cCall me whatever name you want\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pick this dress. I think it looks good on me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes flicked down again, just for a moment, and no matter what he said, I knew he agreed. He liked the way this dress looked on me I could see it in the way his eyes darkened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sound of heels clicking on the floor drew both of our attention. It was Felicity \u2013 of course it was her long blonde hair swaying along with her hips as she moved toward us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I saw the look on her face as she noticed Nolan\u2019s expression and the way his eyes lingered on me for a moment before turning to her. Her jaw clenched, her lips set in a tight, angry line,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s with that dress?\u201d Felicity said, stopping beside Nolan and glaring at me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 25\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s my dress for the party,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying it on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look ridiculous,\u201d she scoffed. \u201cClearly only wearing that because you\u2019re trying to seduce Nolan again. It\u2019s not going to work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rolled my eyes at her comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBesides, your marriage will be over in three months,\u201d Felicity added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re so confident about that, then why are you being so insecure about my dress?\u201d I shot back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felicity laughed, but it was a sharp, embarrassed sound. \u201cI get it \u2013 you\u2019re trying to get Nolan\u2019s attention in a new way. It\u2019s not going to work. He has better things to pay attention to,\u201d she said, wrapping her arm around Nolan\u2019s and leaning into him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t move out of her grip, but he didn\u2019t lean into it either. I tilted my head at her and smirked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not interested in getting Nolan\u2019s attention.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan moved suddenly, pulling his arm away from Felicity. \u201cThat\u2019s enough,\u201d he said firmly. \u201cDrop it, Ellie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I crossed my arms tightly and glared at him. Of course he was taking Felicity\u2019s side \u2013 I shouldn\u2019t have been surprised. Despite the fact that she was the one who started with the insults, he would choose her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Obviously. He was always so kind to her, babied her, even when I was the one being targeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Any amusement or warmth I felt toward him soured just a little bit more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m wearing this dress,\u201d I said again before turning and walking back upstairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third\u2013Person POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felicity pulled Nolan back into his office, her grip a little too tight on his arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to talk to you about some of the party plans. I know we\u2019re going to have visitors from many other packs here, and I want to make sure that everything goes off perfectly. After all, it\u2019s going to be my first opportunity to meet some of them \u2013 and in just a few months, when you and I get married, I want to make sure I\u2019ve already made a good first impression.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Cold Marriage That Turned Warm 25 Chapter 25\u00a0 Ellie\u2019s POV\u00a0 I noticed Nolan staring at me and paused, staring […]<\/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-23594","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\/23594","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=23594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}