NovelOnline"You know..." His voice trailed off, halting in its tracks. Instead of finishing his thought, he heaved a sigh of resignation.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe had laid bare the truth to her, yet the thorn lodged deep within her heart seemed immovable.
Aurelia scuffed her toes through the sand, with her voice drifting on the breeze, "You're always like this, Leopold. Always making decisions on your own, never bothering to consult me. As your wife, don't | at least have the right to know before you file for divorce?" Leopold wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Every t| think about four years ago when you leaped off the mast with a bomb strapped to you, | get scared. If | told you the truth, could you promise not to do anything rash?" She couldn't promise that. She'd rather go down with Megan than see him threatened.
But Aurelia didn't say that. Instead, she adopted a lighter tone.
"Oh, | can promise that. Better to be a miserable survivor than a noble corpse, right? Trading you for the antidote seems like a fair deal to me." She was obviously joking, but her words stung Leopold, leaving a bitter taste in his mind.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Clearly, I'm dispensable to you. You'd probably be happier without me." A shadow of anguish crept into his dark and icy eyes.
Aurelia caught the fleeting pain and instinctively reached up to loop her arms around his neck.
"You're Kane's father, my husband. How could you be dispensable?" His eyes sparked to life, "So, I'm important to you?" She grinned mischievously, "Of course, you are. With you, | get to live in luxury with a dominant status. Isn't that grand?" Leopold couldn't help but chuckle, "Alright, being useful is better than being useless, after all." Aurelia gently pinched his handscheek, "You better think it through, Leopold. If we do remarry, don't expectto step aside easily. | hold grudges and I'm petty and jealous. Cross me, and you're done for." His lips curled up in a sly smile, "I never realized you had so many flaws before. How did | miss them?" She pouted, "It's not too late to notice. We're not remarried yet. You still have tto reconsider." He leaned in, kissing her softly, "lI don't need to consider. I've made up my mind. It's you or no one." She smiled faintly, "I hope you can say the sin twenty years." He gently cupped her chin, looking at her with solemn intensity, "Not just twenty years, but thirty, forty, fifty years from now, I'll say the same. How could | be wrong about the woman | chose?" Aurelia realized this man was getting better at sweet-talking, with his words as honeyed as ever. The cold, harsh man she knew seemed to be a thing of the past.
"When did you becsuch a smooth talker?" He pinched her nose playfully, "I'm just being honest. But if you like it, | could learn to sweet-talk more, just for you." She glanced at him coyly, "I'm not fond of someone who's all talk, no action. I'm a practical person." "I know." He encircled her waist, "And isn't giving myself to you the grandest gesture of all?" She smiled, "Mr. Leopold does have his uses. Handsas a movie star, wealthier than a tycoon, powerful as a king. | must have saved the world in my past life to catch your eye." His lips curved into a charming smile, "If you're good with words, keep them coming." With a pout, she said, "Too much sweet talk loses its charm." His response cwith a playful smirk, "As long as it's sweet, | like it."
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