Payback

Lilian's POV

I was scared at first, because of the way he was talking to me. Because of the tone he used in speaking. But then I thought about it. I wasn't really with any man. It was just me and Yuria so what was the fuss?



And I knew that he was expecting me to apologize and tell him that I was with a female friend and stuff. But that would give him the much needed satisfaction that he so much craved. I wasn't in the mood to satisfy him tonight. Matter of fact, I wanted to do the exact opposite of that.



I had every intention of riling him up. Of making him get angry and then some more.



And frankly, I was already doing a good job. I glanced at his hands. The way he was clenching and unclenching them. I could tell that he was doing so subconsciously.


I could also see the way he was gritting his teeth. It was all in anger and agitation, I could see and that made a small smile tug at the corner of my lips.



The poor guy was going to get a contraction for no tangible reason and I felt pity for him. But that didn't mean I wasn't getting satisfied. I enjoyed seeing him uncomfortable, riled up and agitated. And to think that he was all that because he thought I was with some guy.



Pft, “I'm not jealous” my foot.

I inwardly rolled my eyes as I sat there.
Then I stretched forward and picked up a chunk of neatly sliced meat and put it in my mouth, chewing carefully while I watched the performance unfold before me.


This was payback for avoiding me all these while. I thought to myself. I wasn't cruel enough to actually have an affair with some guy but I was going to make sure that he was tormented by the mere thought of it.


You could say I was evil.
Ahem.
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Soon I was already getting tired and sleepy. I was bored and most of the pack members had retired to their houses. The only people left in the feast were those who were either too wasted to return to their chambers or were still drinking.



It was an open event and so the pack members were allowed to all sleep in the pack meeting ground if they chose to.


I soon got up and headed to my bed chambers without another word to Kaiden.


He wasn't going to respond to me anyway if I had told him I was retiring for the night.


I walked back to my bedroom in time to see that my maids were leaving, having set the place and dressed my room. They greeted me and left the room and I was left alone in the room in no distant time.



I sat on the chair and pondered on the things that had just taken place. Kaiden had been glaring at me when I had entered the room and then he had seemed unbothered that I was there only to lean into me and threaten to cruelly amputate the genitals of my alleged secret lover and then he became silent and uncomfortable all together. He was just so difficult to keep up with.



One time he was being rude and mean and the next, he was acting all protective and stuff. Then the next? He was acting like I did not exist in the world.



If there was a world class definition of the word asshole, then I think Kaiden would be the perfect example.



Sadly I was falling in love with this asshole even though I knew I wasn't supposed to.


Henrik's words flashed at the back of my mind. I could feel dread creeping up my body and the next thing was that I heard a loud knock on my door that startled me.



I jumped at the sound as I felt my heartbeat race in instants. I placed my hand on my chest and tried to steady my heart beat when I realized that it was only the door.



I breathed out and then the knock came from the door again. Loud like the last one but not startling as I was already used to it now.


Who the hell was it?
It had to be the maids and I was preparing to yell at them for startling me in that manner.


I walked to the door and opened it in time to see Kaiden standing at the door. That seemed to startle me again. Except this time, I didn't jump. I just stared at him, awestruck.


What are you doing here?

Soon as he saw that I had opened the door, he pushed the door and walked past me into the room, leaving me to have to shut the door behind me.


What are you doing here? I asked again as I locked the door and went back into the room to meet him.


I was about to voice out the question in my mind when he beat me to it by speaking first.


"Who is the guy you were with all day?" He asked me and that made me shut up.



At first, I was surprised. But then it turned hilarious.

Was he that bothered?

I wanted to laugh at him, to tell him that I was only joking but when I saw the seriousness in his face. How eager he was to know who I was spending time with, I decided that I was going to mess with him some more.



"Answer me Lilian!" He demanded in a loud voice.


"Why do you care?" I asked. "It's not like you had time for me in the first place." I taunted him. He scoffed at that.


"Is that what this is about?" He asked me. "You decided to see some punk because I've been away-" he was saying but I cut him off.


"Away you say" I asked him. "Is that what you're going to call it?" I asked him. I was beyond riled up and I was hell bent on making him the more angry.



Suddenly I saw the way he was looking at me all over, I was already putting on my night dress and it made me look more or less exposed and so I used my hand to cover my body away from his prying eyes.



Lord knew that the last thing I wanted was for him to come at me in an attempt to take advantage of me. Again.