The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 107 When | first entered this marriage, | had made a clear promise to Alexander that | would never interfere with his work. However, the mere thought of having him be taken away for some unknown business had me feeling like a child whose new toy was being taken away. "What is it?" Alexander asked with annoyance. "A call has just come in," Oliver said with his usual vagueness. " It's rather imperative that you take it." Oh, please. Please, don't. Stay with me so we can finish the conversation we started. Alexander let out a long breath and paused. "Fine," he bit out.

| tried to ignore the disappointed feeling in my stomach and went on to lie through my teeth. "It's alright," | said. "I'm going to find Wendy and Nina, let them know what an amazing job they did." | got up from the chair and headed off through the small cluster of people without so much as glancing over my shoulder. If | turned around to glance at Alexander, he would have been able ---- to see right through me. That kiss we'd just shared told me that we'd very likely entered into a new stage of the relationship; however, we weren't at the stage in which | came before business.

What bothered me was the worry that | may never reach that level of importance to him. Thankfully, it didn't take me too long to spot Nina near the refreshment table. The kitchen staff had really outdone themselves with the spread that was prepared. All of my favorites were laid out, yet | didn't have much of an appetite at the moment. "Hey," Nina greeted me. "How are you feeling?" I gave a light shrug. "Tired, if I'm being honest." | must have gone through every possible extreme emotion in the last hour since | walked into this party.

My body felt heavy and worn "| just wanted to come over and thank you again for everything," | told her with a smile. "It's incredible." Nina wrapped her arms around me and gave me a quick, meaningful hug. "You're welcome," she hummed. "I ought to tell you, Wendy and | had a lot of fun planning it. It isn't often that we get a reason to celebrate occasions." ---- "Well, maybe we change that," | suggested.

"I'm not saying we need to have a party all the time, but we could surely plan smaller events that are just as enjoyable." Nina jumped at the possibility and began rattling off a couple of ideas that must have been sitting at the forefront of her mind. | was glad that of the two of us, she was still jovial. Somewhere along the line, she must have noticed my pensive expression. She stopped her one-sided conversation and reached out to pat my shoulder. "Evelyn, are you sure you're alright?" "Truthfully?

I don't know." | wasn't sure how | felt about opening up to Nina about my slow- building love life with Alexander. But there was something else that was eating away at my thoughts. "Actually, I'm a bit curious to know something," | began. "Has anyone from my family tried to reach out for me today?" All that talk about my past with Alexander before, had me wondering if by some small chance at least one of them would have acknowledged the fact that it was my birthday. My own.

father, who all of a sudden wanted to treat me as though | was the gem of the family, should have at least been the one to reach out. ---- "No, I'm sorry." | merely waved her off. "Don't be. | shouldn't have even bothered to ask."