The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 134 [Evelyn's POV] "It's so nice to have you back, Evelyn," Nina said with a cheerful smile. I'd agreed to Wendy's invitation to have tea with her that following day. Part of me still wasn't sure how | felt about integrating myself back into my old routine. Something about it felt a bit forced on my end. | wasn't exactly looking to hide back in my room; but, | still felt as though I was receiving strange looks from the staff. And who could blame them? | honestly could have just as easily forgone the afternoon tea and remained working in the greenhouse.

| wish | could have said that returning to my old routine was easy, but | would have been lying. Things still felt a bit uncomfortable for me as | tried to maneuver my way around. But Wendy was rather insistent. And in a way, | was able to understand why. By continuing on the path | was on, it would have only prolonged my feelings of uneasiness. ---- Since Alexander and | were actually trying to make things work between us, it only seemed right that | would give the other facets of my life the same dutiful attention. "Thank you. It's nice to be back here," | said meekly.

While Nina was busy getting each of us our tea, Wendy turned to look at me with an expected glint in her eyes. She was eager to know how Alexander and I's dinner turned out last night. And, hell, | couldn't blame her. Even | was still taken aback by the amount of things we'd sorted through. | couldn't believe how open he'd been when explaining some of the more tense topics. "So, tell me. How are you and Alexander?" she asked. | graciously accepted the tea from Nina and took a few much- needed sips. | thought out my words carefully, not wanting to give off the wrong impression.

"We're...Taking things very slow with each other." Both Wendy and Nina shared a knowing look with themselves. "Define 'slow'," Nina prompted with a cheeky smile. "What do you mean?" ---- "It's just that we saw a delivery truck stop by earlier this morning. We weren't expecting any major deliveries today, so no 'one really had any idea what was being dropped off. From where we were standing, it looked to be a new mattress." There was no stopping the imminent blush from staining my cheeks. Oh. My. God. Well, it appears the man is actually staying true to his word.

One of the most shocking parts of our conversation was that he wanted me to move back into his bedroom. After Alexander had made it rather clear that he didn't find me unattractive, | understood the reasoning behind a majority of his actions. He was choosing to keep himself at a distance both physically and emotionally for fear of attachment. It made sense but | truly hoped that he was serious and meant what he said. | wanted him to let me work more closely with him. If he said that Michael was behind the car accident, then | was inclined to believe him. | let out a defeated breath.

"One of the things that Alexander wanted to negotiate was having me move back into the master bedroom." When this whole matter was initially brought up, | hadn't thought that he intended for me to sleep in the same damn bed with him. ---- Oh, who the hell am | kidding? Some of the best sleep | ever had since | came here was when Alexander and | shared the same bed. Tonight was going to be a tad bit strange. Knowing that the new bed had already arrived, would Alexander expect me to move back into his room immediately? It wasn't something that he and | had actually discussed in great depth.