Chapter 8
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Madeline
For the last three days that Malcolm had moved into the Spane residence, I was able to keep Percivus at bay. His s****l advances had become more frequent and obvious. He was blind to the fact that I loathed him, even though the mate pull was still there.
I would be lying if I said that it wasn't getting to me. There was a point that I enjoyed bedding my husband two and three times a day. It had been over a year since I had s*x and I had desires too. Yet I could not deny the fact that he talked to me like I was trash. I could not deny the fact that he had bedded someone else for a year of our marriage. Those were things that I could not forgive. I planned on divorcing him as soon as Malcolm was safely married to Carmen.
I sensed his presence before I heard him, " Maddie, have you seen Malcolm? He was supposed to have gotten with the gardener a while ago." He asked me. I hated telling so many lies, but whatever it took to insure my son's happiness, I would do. I looked up at him, "I saw him about fifteen minutes ago. He was angry at Charlie. Something about him spending a fortune on the wrong equipment. He said that he had to go into the village and get it straightened out. I had not realized that he had left already." I said, I was getting just as good at lying as my husband was. Percivus shook his head," I can imagine that he was pissed off. Every time we trust Charlie to get something done, he messes it up. Percivus said disgusted.
I feigned interest, "Surely he can't be that bad." I said. Fortunately we had paid Charlie a handsome sum to pretend that he had actually made the error. "Worse." He answered. Suddenly he looked like a proverbial light bulb went off." Where is Silas and Ahrayna?"He asked standing too close to me for comfort. I had seen this look too many times before. The lust in his eyes let me know exactly what he was thinking. "They had to take paperwork to the council." I answered. I was trying my best to hide the disgust that I was feeling. I had been able to avoid his overtures for the last few days. Mostly because there was others in the house. Now there was only a few servants around and it might not be any avoiding it.
He put his hand under my chin. I immediately felt my body respond. I cursed the mating bond. I thought that by now the damn thing would have broken considering my husband had been bedding someone else for the last year. I had not thought once that I needed to mentally and physically reject him. I had automatically assumed that he had rejected me. I should have known that the selfish bastard would want me and his mistress too.
I could see his arousal and the human part of me felt repulsed, my wolf was hungry for s*x. It had been a long time. He walked behind me and pressed his arousal against me, " I want you Maddie, I have taken you for granted. If you give me one more chance, I promise that I will cherish you forever." He said with a break in his voice. That surprised me, could he be sincere? Even so, it would not change the fact that he had broken his vows. "How can I believe or trust you again?" I asked him, playing my role well. It surprised me that I was so good at pretending. I had to only remind myself that this was for my son's happiness. I would do anything for my child. "One chance Maddie, that is all that I ask, one chance to make things right for us." He said.
I looked at him in his eyes, and just as I suspected, I saw deception. I wasn't sure what the deception was about, but I was suspicious that it was about the woman that he was bedding. I was not even disappointed anymore. I had long stopped believing the words that came out of his mouth. Although it was a bit insulting that he was so arrogant that he thought that I could not see through his lies.
When he leaned into me to kiss me, I had to swallow the disgust. Fortunately for me, I was well versed with my wolf. I could let her take control without actually shifting. I hoped that he enjoyed himself, because although I was prim and proper, my wolf definitely was not, I thought sarcastically.
Vera
I watched the interaction between Percivus and his wife with interest. Curiosity made me want to see if she was gullible enough to believe what lies Percivus would tell her. At first glance, it appeared that she was believing every single word that he was saying. I could not believe that after a year of him not bedding her that she would be stupid enough to believe that he had been faithful to her. After the way he had spoken to her and disrespected her on many occasions. When he had ignored her and came to bed late, was she naïve enough to believe that piece of s**t? That is when I saw it, it was quick as a flash but it was there. That look, the look of disgust and hatred. I was more than intrigued. When he wasn't looking at her, the look of hatred for him was there. I giggled to myself when he seemed not to notice what was right there in front of his face. The question was, would she let him f**k her? I watched him undress her so tenderly. Maybe she did still love him after all. If she did, she was the stupidest woman that I ever seen. That's when I saw it, my mouth dropped. Oh she was a crafty b***h. She had amazing control over her wolf. She did a partial shift. I was glad that I had put up one of my strongest shielding spells or they would have heard me laugh out loud. It was clear. She hated him, but she was playing the game. A woman only played this type of game when she was going to benefit from it. Normally I would be curious to what her secrets was. This time, I did not care why she was playing this game. I just knew that my plans to make him suffer for humiliating me would be so much easier now. I did not know that it were possible but I think that I had a newfound respect for Percivus' wife at this point.
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