The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 154 It wasn't long before | felt a dreadful feeling of someone watching from within the shadows of the room. My heart slammed violently against my rib cage as | dared to glance over my shoulder. | squinted my eyes and saw the frightening sight of someone emerging from the darkness. Isabella. | fought back an ugly sneer as | went about my business. But, of course, she wasn't planning on just standing there in silence. "So...What's the situation with this Michael?" she hummed in question. I rolled my eyes. "There is no situation," | said.

"He's Alexander's Stepbrother." "Based on the way he was looking at you before, | could tell that he must carry some strong feelings toward you. | mean, he came all the way out here to see you." | snapped around to stare at her. "| can neither confirm nor deny Michael's feelings. But either way, it holds no concern to me. Less you've forgotten, | am married to Alexander." Isabella merely laughed and leisurely moved closer to the counter. ---- "He's quite handsome though, isn't he?" she prompted.

"I'm sure Alexander isn't necessarily the easiest person to get close to, given his unfortunate physical state. Anyone would understand if you were, at the very least, tempted to let your eye wander elsewhere." | had been grasping the glass mug in my hands so tightly, that | was certain that it would shatter. Stay calm. She's trying to bait you, Evelyn. Stay calm. Placing the mug carefully down on the counter, | turned my back for a single second to grab a spoon to stir in a bit of honey.

"If you're asking me if I've ever thought of having an affair, the answer is and will always be 'no'," | stated firmly. "Goodnight, Isabella." | grabbed my tea off the counter and headed back toward my brother's rooms. Taking small, even breaths through my nose, | did my best to ease the anger that simmered just beneath my surface "What the actual hell is wrong with her?" | mumbled to myself. | took a large sip of my tea and felt an odd bitterness on the back of my tongue.

Slowly, | glanced down into my mug and noticed a strange discoloration that wasn't quite normal for my basic Earl Grey tea. ---- It didn't take long for an overwhelming wave of dizziness to crash over me. | swayed back and forth on my feet, unable to gain a real sense of balance. Then, came the excruciating heat that bloomed in my cheeks and began making its way down my body only to settle in my lower abdomen. It had me clenching my thighs together as a means to ease the ache between them. But it was no use. The heat turned into a roaring pain that needed to be satiated Poison...No.

Not poison... The aphrodisiac Somehow, Isabella had managed to slip into my tea. Before | knew what was happening, my mug had slipped from my hands and came crashing to the floor. I let out a series of low gasps and tried to get my way back to my brother's room. Close. | was so close to a safe and secure space that | nearly felt the door handle brush my fingertips. "Evelyn?" a deep voice called out | snapped my head around to find Michael standing just a few feet away. "I heard a loud noise," he claims. "Is everything ok-" ---- "Stop," | said shakily.

"Don't come any closer." Michael didn't listen to me. He closed the space between us and gently reached out to grab my arms. The second his hands came into contact with my skin, | let out a broken, needy whimper.