Book 2: Chapter 85

Odette’s POV

When my husband pushes the door open and walks into a room, a frown immediately settles on my face when I see him. He doesn’t have a bruise on his face but I can feel it, he looks tired and a bit worn out.

“What happened to you?” I ask him immediately and he comes to sit beside me but instead Malachi pulls me to a hug and rests his head on my shoulder. I allow him to do that, he clearly needs the hug but that still doesn’t stop the fear I felt when I saw him a while back.

We stay like that for a while until he finally lets go of me but our faces remain only an inch apart.

“Are you okay, babe?”

“Hm” he nods with a gentle smile, “I am fine, my love”

“Are you lying to me?”

“Why would I do that?” He asks me, tucking a few strands of my hair to the back of my ear, “I just had a boxing match with Zachary”

“What?” The frown on my face intensifies, why would he even do that? This is unlike Malachi to want to indulge my ex-h