Chapter 14_Elodie

ELODIE

Ignoring the question he asked, I could only focus on the name he had called me. Had he just added Vinters to my name? Does that mean he has finally acknowledged me as his wife?

Waving my head, I brushed off the thoughts. Definitely not.

“Who visited while I was away?” He asked with a serious look on his face.

I averted my eyes, avoiding his gaze. How could I tell him about what I saw? I don’t even know what I saw. It was more like a hallucination, but the mark on my neck was proof that what I saw was real.

Was that a reciprocal of Tedros, or was it him? I thought about it hard, but I couldn’t think of anything. I had heard the sound of his footsteps approaching while he choked me. No, while the reciprocal strangled me.

There was no way that it was him. And I can't tell him that he was the one who made me like that. I am not even sure it was him.

“It was my ex.” I lied before I could stop myself. That was the only excuse I could come up with.

“You have an ex?” He asked, sound