The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 181 Michael was actually being kept inside of the house. A painful surge of emotion broke in my chest. | leaned back into Alexander's chest but | turned away from him. Buried my face into the sheets and focused on settling my erratic heart rate. "Evelyn," he started with a sense of urgency. "How could you bring him here?" | asked aimlessly. "Here?" "You need to understand." "What | understand is that he tried to take advantage of me," I hissed. "Michael had every and all intention to rape me. Do you know that before you found me? All | could do at that moment was pray.

| prayed for a miracle to come and stop Michael and to save me." | turned my head to glance up at Alexander's distressed look. | gave a watery smile and blinked back the tears that threatened to distort my vision once more. "But you did," | whimpered. "You came for me. You saved me. You stopped him and you saved me... just...| keep feeling the horrible way his hands felt on me. When | close my eyes, it's like I'm back in that house trapped under him with no escape." ---- Alexander's features were pinched with worry. He clenched his jaw and pushed my hair back from my face.

| knew this wasn't something he knew how to handle. | hadn't expected him to even find a solution to my problem He brushed the corners of my eyes. "I shouldn't have made any assumptions about your way of coping with what happened," he remarked. "| think | understand why he's here," | said quietly. "You needed to place him somewhere that he wouldn't easily slip away from." "Exactly," he confirmed. "| needed to ensure that Michael wouldn't be able to do any more harm. I'm sorry | didn't tell you that he was being kept in the house." | bit the inside of my cheek.

"I should have been more open about my problems. I have a tendency to just push everything down and forget about it." "You shouldn't be doing that," he told me. "If there is something on your mind that's affecting you to this severity, you must tell me. Or, at least, someone you feel comfortable with. To keep these thoughts and emotions locked away, you're going to end up doing more harm in the future. Take it from someone who. knows." He had a point there.

Alexander wasn't someone who expressed ---- his feelings and thoughts so openly, it was one of the main reasons why he'd earned the title of a ruthless War God. It paved the path for his success but the price may have been more damaging than he realized. | turned myself to be better situated beside him. | laid my hand over his heart. "Looks like we're both a work in progress," | humored. Alexander hummed while wrapping his arms around me, bringing me closer. "| wish there was some way that | could help you through this," he said. "Unfortunately, | can't kill Michael for his actions.

Even though he deserves nothing less." | gently shook my head. "What you're doing right now is what | need. And..." "And what?" My eyes widened. Shit. | hadn't meant to continue that thought My head was still somewhat reeling from earlier and | shouldn't have even been talking for fear of sounding like a complete fool I shook my head with the hope of dropping the conversation. But Alexander wasn't anything if not persistent. "Tell me," he insisted. ---- Aslow blush touched my cheeks that had not escaped his notice. "|...1t helps when...You touch me."