Chapter 19

Really?”

She opened her mouth, then closed it. She abandoned some internal battle as she finally nodded. “Really. Not because I loved him but because I wanted to dangle him in my ex's face. Not because I loved my ex, either, but because I wanted to prove to him that he didn’t break me like he thought he did. It was a silly motivation.”

“A good motivation,” he corrected. “I would have been way more petty.”

“You’re a magic,” she pointed out. “You guys are petty.”

regret the magical pact?”

“No.”

“That’s the spirit.” A dreadful feeling slithered in, wiping his smirk away. “Is the dragon your husband now?”

“No. My oldest sister was opposed to it and tried to stop it. She ended up marrying him to protect me and…” A small smile played on her lips. “They’re still together now. And thriving. It’s crazy how things work out.”

“It is,” he murmured, watching that smile. His fingers itched, so he crossed his arms tighter. “Tell me another secret.”

She raised a brow, and he knew she wanted to point