Chapter 98

ARGON

I don't want to go there and see that woman's face. I was expecting Jerome to do the work for me, but no, he's sick.

I sat in the living room watching a news about someone who was found almost dead at a warehouse, when my phone came ringing. 

"Who's this?" I wondered, noticing the strange number I have never seen before.

I decided to answer it and see who it was, only for me to hear Brielle yelling from the other end. "I asked for the groom and not his beta. Is Jerome the one getting married to Estelle?"

"For the love of... " I groaned, set to hang the call on her. "Don't you dare hang that call on me, Argon! If you do, I'll call the councils and tell them you're stressing me here! " She threatened, stopping me in my track.

What she said made me furious. "So, you've chosen to use the Councils against me for your own needs? Is this the kind of woman you've become?"

"Yeah, and it's all thanks to you. If you think you can trouble me