The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 201 "That certainly would explain his behavior in court," | retorted. Nina and Wendy lifted their heads with quizzical looks. Meanwhile, Alexander and Oliver rolled their eyes and snorted. "Pretty much. He really wanted to believe that we didn't have anything viable to use against Michael." "L will say, the look on his face was rather priceless when he was shown that video footage," | said. Yes, all sense of entitled smugness that the King had possessed when that trial first started had eventually depleted to nothing by the time the jury had reached an obvious verdict.

"My question is, do you think Caroline will try and release her own statement, given that Michael is her son?" | asked. The room fell quiet for a brief moment. Alexander appeared as. though he were calculating the probability of Caroline's interference "Even if she were to put something out, it wouldn't matter," Oliver noted. "The judge has already made his decision and there's no going back on it now. Not even the Alpha King would think it wise to try and swing something in Michael's favor." ---- "That's true," Alexander acknowledged.

"Even if Caroline was to try and go above everyone's heads and plead some kind of deal with the King, he couldn't lift the sentence without it causing some serious backlash to his own image." That made sense. Considering we were making it public knowledge that Michael had tried to kill Alexander, it would make the public end up questioning the King's judgment if he were to release such a dangerous person back into society. Part of the King's shift in attitude had to have been because he knew Alexander placed him between a rock and a hard place with this court case.

"| guess, we'll just have to see then," Wendy suggested. "Now why don't we all sit down and I'll call the staff for breakfast?" Sadly, she was right. There was no telling what Caroline would do once word reached far enough to inform her that her own son had been incarcerated. It felt like the calm before the storm... Nina helped clear away the tabloids and all of us took our spots around the table. As soon as the coffee and tea were poured, Alexander reached over to rest his hand over mine. "Do you wish to tell them about the news between us?" he asked quietly.

| raised my brows while my cheeks slightly flushed from almost ---- forgetting the major development that had unfolded this morning. | gently cleared my throat, gaining the attention of everyone sitting around us. "So, Alexander and | have decided that we want to get married again," | announced. Wendy nearly dropped her tea mug on the table out of sheer excitement. "Oh my God," she gasped. "You mean that you're looking to have a wedding with an actual ceremony?" | spared Alexander a glance to find him peering over the rim of his coffee mug with a peeved expression.

| also wasn't entirely sure if Wendy was being sarcastic or serious with her evaluation. | stifled a laugh. Inher defense, it wasn't as though Alexander made it possible for her to attend the initial ceremony; so, her questioning was understandable. "Yes," | said. "We're looking to have a real wedding that represents us," he chimed in. "And, perhaps, weather permitting, we'll be able to have it outside in the gardens." ---- This sent Nina and Wendy into a complete spin of pure excitement.

They nearly jumped up from their chairs and began bouncing ideas off of each other while my heart swelled as | stole a loving glance at my soon-to-be, already-husband.