The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 168 | fought to suppress the joyful cry that wanted to tear from my throat. Oh, God. | felt so relieved, so filled with happiness and relief that | wanted to cry tears of joy. | sucked in a sharp breath and managed to level out my breathing. "Thank you so much for staying with him," | said "It's no problem. | told Alexander this last night, that I'm going to have his room placed under surveillance going forward. There will be a guard keeping watch twenty-four-seven.

Once they arrive and | give them their instructions, I'll be back to the manor shortly after." "| understand, thank you for telling me." The second the call ended, | handed the phone back and made the effortless decision to head toward Wendy's room. | know that | had just declined the offer of tea from Nina. Much of my mental and emotional exhaustion had fizzled away after that call from Oliver. Knowing that my brother was going to be okay, made me feel utterly rejuvenated. "Wait, so, let me get this straight...

Your own Stepmother slipped ---- you an aphrodisiac with the hopes that Michael would end up sleeping with youall so that it could generate a rumor that you were cheating on Alexander and destroy your reputation?" | took a long sip from my tea cup. "Yeah, that pretty much summed up what happened in those last few minutes before the drug took effect." Nina and Wendy were stunned when | told them everything that had gone on since Wendy was called away due to that false call. Poor Wendy was trying to take the blame for what occurred with Isabella slipping me the aphrodisiac into my tea.

| was quick to shut down any feelings of guilt and shame. "There is no way that any of what happened is your fault," | told her sternly. The two of them had remained solely attentive when | spoke, not wanting to miss out on a single detail Wendy was purely appalled by Isabella's behavior. "Oh, to think that woman had essentially bought that awful aphrodisiac for her own daughter. It makes me sick." | merely shrugged my shoulders. "Honestly, it's none of my business what goes on between Samantha and her own marriage.

| just hope that Isabella knows | don't intend on letting her get away with what she's done." ---- They both nodded their heads in agreement. Suddenly, the mood of the conversation shifted and | could tell that Wendy was just too eager to discuss the elephant in the room. "So, you finally know the whole truth about Alexander's situation," she said with a knowing smile. "I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it all. | don't think I'm. going to be used to seeing him walking, let alone standing up on his own, for quite some time," | told them. "That's understandable," Nina commented.

"What are Alexander's plans for the rest of the day?" Wendy asked. "Did he mention anything to you this morning?" "Just that he had a few files in his office that he wanted to finish reviewing, | think. Why?" A mischievous yet playful smile played on the older woman's lips. "Because | think it's time that the two of you finally have a real dinner together, face-to-face, as husband and wife," she explained. Nina was quick to jump on board with the idea. "Oh! Like a real romantic evening," she gushed. ---- "Exactly," Wendy confirmed.

| glanced between the two of them for a long moment before ultimately tossing my hands in the air and agreeing. The thought of a romantic evening with Alexander excited me as much as it intrigued me. Without an aphrodisiac thrown into the mix, would he still want to touch me as intimately as he had before? One way to find out..