Chapter 61\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHey,\u201d Lance said softly. \u201cFor what it\u2019s worth, I\u2019m sorry that you\u2019re dealing with this. It must be so difficult.\u201d I stared at him, genuinely taken aback by his concern. I couldn\u2019t help but smile slightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Lance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third person POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
He watched Ellie as she polished off her second strawberry daiquiri. She didn\u2019t seem particularly drunk yet, but she did seem more relaxed, which was the entire point of bringing her out tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t really want to think about why he cared so much about her mental health, but he found that he did. Knowing that she\u2019d been locked up in her room since Nolan pulled his little stunt at the dinner bothered him more than he cared to admit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, aside from the little stunt he pulled with his growling, how have things been with Nolan?\u201d Lance asked, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A flash of anger crossed Ellie\u2019s face, and her fork clinked as she set it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you think it\u2019s going?\u201d she asked, her voice strained. \u201cThis whole marriage is a joke. I don\u2019t know why I\u2019ve stuck around with him for so long.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c}\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance\u2019s eyes widened at the sudden and forceful confession \u201cYou say that like you\u2019re planning on leaving.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t told you?\u201d Ellie frowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance shook his head, his heart beginning to race at the implications of her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTold me what, Ellie?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re getting divorced in three months,\u201d she confessed, Her expression unreadable. \u201cOnce the deal with the Moonstone pack is finalized, I\u2019m leaving Nolan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2026 I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m hearing,\u201d Lance said, his voice stuttering as he struggled to get the words out.\u201d You\u2019re getting divorced? That\u2019s going to be a massive scandal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to talk about scandals? Just wait until he announces his engagement to Felicity. They\u2019ve already got it all planned out. As soon as I\u2019m gone, she\u2019s going to become the Luna,\u201d Ellie said, taking a deep drink of her daiquiri.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance could see the tension around her eyes, the firm set of her jaw as she struggled to hold back her anger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to marry her?\u201d Lance asked in disbelief. \u201cAfter everything she\u2019s done to embarrass you both in public? He really thinks that\u2019s going to go over well with the pack-marrying his mistress?\u201d He scoffed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think he cares. And I know she doesn\u2019t. She\u2019s bragging about it to me every chance she gets,\u201d Ellie said bitterly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that why you\u2019re not leaving your room?\u201d Lance demanded. \u201cBecause she\u2019s harassing you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ellie sighed and ran her finger along the rim of her drink.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI just\u2026 I don\u2019t feel like dealing with either of them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that\u2019s completely understandable. I mean, what kind of man even does that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance\u2019s face was the picture of disgust. All the negative feelings he\u2019d ever had for Nolan seemed compounded by the idea that he would betray his fated mate like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chap 41\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t deserve you. He never did,\u201d Lance said. \u201cYou know that, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ellie looked at him with a slight smile. She almost looked relieved, as if she needed the external validation that his words provided.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re right, he didn\u2019t. I\u2019m not upset about the divorce. I might have loved him once, I don\u2019t remember. But I know that now, I feel absolutely nothing for him other than anger for the way he treats me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance returned her smile, a sense of relief washing over him at her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood. You deserve better. You deserve someone who sees you like I do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 27\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Cold Marriage That Turned Warm 61 Chapter 61\u00a0 \u201cHey,\u201d Lance said softly. \u201cFor what it\u2019s worth, I\u2019m sorry that […]<\/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-23630","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\/23630","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=23630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}