Chapter 36 – Not A Fairytale

Jett

The woman was too stunned to speak. I let her mind register my words and once she did, she let out a gasp. I was slightly caught off-guard when she surveyed me from head to toe, still wearing that suggestive gaze. If ever she was threatened by my identity, she's handling it well.

"Jett... Rios. Your identity was never documented, but I've heard you were a glorious man. Though I never expected you to be so..." Her gaze met my eyes. "Breathtaking."

I chuckled bitterly. "You meet the man who killed your husband and the first thing you do is.. compliment him?"

Naya McConney shrugged. "Oliver was not a loyal husband anyway. We did not live together for the entirety of our marriage, of course, I understand why he was... entertaining other women. And when he died, I felt a little bad—but in our line of work, death is honorary because it was for the country."

I smirked. "Was it a contracted marriage?"

She nodded without hesitation.

"So, it seemed he had other reasons in mind when he begg