Babel Novel
Chapter 47
As I watched Mara slide up to Aston, draping herself over him like a snake coiling around its prey, a wave of disgust washed over me. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t see that she was lying. I didn’t get it one bit. Was it that he trusted her too much to see through her obvious lies? Or did he know the truth and chose to ignore it instead?
Whatever it was, I wasn’t very pleased about it and neither was Brax. Her hands trailed down his chest and it felt like someone ignited a fire in my chest and my heart was gasoline. I was burning with jealousy that I couldn’t explain. The only person that I should have been feeling anger towards in that very moment was Mara and for what she put me through not where she placed her fingers! I needed to get my head screwed on straight.
I was furious. My head was spinning in all the wrong directions and I couldn’t think straight. Their faces were so close that I was sure as hell that they could feel each others breath. Literally one more step and their lips would be touching. What the hell was he doing exchanging breaths with a woman who he ought to have thrown in jail and tortured till her breath stopped?
Why were they talking to each other with their heads so close together?! What were they doing?! I needed her to get her slimy fingers off him! I couldn’t even understand why, I had no use for any of them, I just wanted to be avenged for what I went through so why was I caring that Aston just patted her on the shoulder? Why did it bother me so much that he gave her soft smile? One that I had never seen on his face before.
“Thank you so much for believing me. You know I would never do something like that, I don’t know why they would want to frame me for something so unspeakable, all I’d done is treat those maids the way they deserved to be treated.” She purred, Aston had seen the way she treated me and the rest of the maids and yet he still nodded in agreement like there was some sort of spell binding him from speaking the truth that he knew. Was she a siren? Because if she was then that would explain a whole lot of things that weren’t very clear to me.
I didn’t expect much from Aston. I knew how he was and how he treated woman but I still though he would at least pretend to be nice after everything that happened today and by everything, I meant how he found out that I was his mate. I felt so disgusted but beneath that disgust, another feeling lurked – jealousy. It caught me off guard, and I struggled to understand why it was there. The man had done nothing for me to like him. Why the hell would I be jealous?
To everyone else’s but my utter bewilderment, Aston declared that he believed Mara’s story. It had been so blatantly obvious that she had been lying, and I couldn’t fathom how he couldn’t see that but I was glad I wasn’t the only one that could see through her lies. It was Aston that needed to get his head checked.
“Get them the hell out of here.” He ordered the guilty parties to be taken away and locked up, his voice ringing with authority.
“What the hell are you doing?! You know that this isn’t right so why?!” Brax demanded to know why Aston wasn’t locking Mara up instead, his voice laced with frustration and disbelief. He looked like he was barely holding himself back from seizing Mara himself and although I was p**ed that Mara was getting out of almost ending my life Scott free, I was glad that someone thought I mattered.
I was happy that there was someone in the room that was more than willing to speak the obvious truth and defend me, it made me feel a little better about my shitty life.
“Who do you think you’re talking to that way? You forget who I am? You have no right to question my decision. I have made it and it’s final! What you think about it does not matter! Let this disrespect not repeat itself!”
Aston’s response was firm- he told Brax that he believed Mara and that he knew she would never send someone to harm
“Mara is someone that I know and trust. There is no way in hell he would do such a thing, okay? So stop acting like you know it all, okay?” he growled and the frown on Brax’s face deepened,
“You mean just like you trusted your friend that also tried to harm her?” Brax snapped and memories of that unfortunate incident at the garden came flooding back to me. I didn’t know what to do with my thoughts.
Brax stormed out of the room, his anger as evident as Mara’s lies, and I remained there, feeling lost and unsure of what to do. The only person that was on it side had finally left the room and I didn’t know what to do with myself. I wanted the leave the room but it didn’t feel right. Leaving didn’t feel right, neither did staying.
As if Aston could read my mind, he dismissed me, his tone cold and distant. I felt a deep sense of disappointment wash over me. If I had thought that Aston cared about me when he came to save me, I had clearly been mistaken. Clearly.
As I made my way through the halls, the maids’ curious gazes followed me, their eyes boring into me like tiny daggers. I felt exposed and vulnerable under their intense gazes, and all I wanted was to escape to the safety of my room. I wondered what was running through their minds as they stared at me. The looks on their faces were not revealing much.
A handful of them stared at me with pity in their eyes, some with disgust, some with curiosity, it all felt familiar to me but still nonetheless embarrassing,
After what felt like forever, I reached my room and shut the door behind me, leaning against it with a heavy sigh.
I laid on my bed, the wheels in my brain spinning overtime, just as I was Beginning to process everything that had happened, I heard a knock on the door. My heart was racing fast as I walked towards the door and wondered who it was. I looked around for some sort of self defense but there was none. I considered locking the door instead of opening but I didn’t get a chance to think I through when Brax let himself in pulling me into a tight hug
His hands wrapped around me like a big warm blanket and I felt safe with my head on his chest. All the pent up emotions. inside me melting like a popsicle under the sun. I felt hot tears roll down my cheeks as he pulled me closer.
“I was so scared.” I found myself telling him, my chest heaving as I sobbed.Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.
I admitted to him all the things that I didn’t think could ever leave my mouth. I told him everything my voice barely above a whisper as I spoke and he listened, not letting me go as I spoke.
“I promise not to let anything like that happen to you again. No one is going to ever try to hurt you again, not on my watch. He told me and I was so grateful to hear it from him.
He eventually let go of me, ending the hug and I felt a little lost for o a few seconds before realising we had plans before I got kidnapped I apologized for the ruined picnic, but Brax dismissed my concerns, telling me it wasn’t my fault that I had been kidnapped. He suggested that we could easily reschedule, and I nodded in agreement, feeling a small sense of relief.
Suddenly, Brax asked how Aston had managed to find me so easily, and I realized I didn’t have an answer. I had been just as shocked as he was when Aston showed up out of nowhere to rescue me.
After Brax left, I was alone with my thoughts once again. I couldn’t help but wonder how he would react if he found out that Aston and I were now fated mates. The thought filled me with unease, and I quickly pushed it aside, deciding to focus on something else like taking a cold shower and seeing if I could put myself to sleep because every part of me ached.
I tried to take of my clothes and that was then that I realized I was still wearing Aston’s shirt. A deep blush crept up my neck and onto my cheeks as I remembered the way he had given it to me, his eyes piercing mine. I decided that a shower would help clear my head, and I gathered some fresh clothes before heading to the bathroom.
Thirty minutes later, just as I was finishing getting dressed, a knock came at my door. Assuming it was Brax, I called for him. to come in, only to find Aston standing in the doorway. His presence filled the room, and Lfound myself unable to look away from his captivating gaze.