Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord
Chapter 91: Stuck in the past (2)

Chapter 91: Stuck in the past (2)

Xavier couldn’t help but laugh at another fool thinking he cared for their opinion. He heard of Vivienne throwing tantrums in the palace but this was going too far. "It scares me that you’ve convinced yourself that I must hear your opinions and do something to please you."

"I speak as your friend," Vivienne replied.

"I don’t need any friendship with you now," Xavier said, hoping she would remember this well.

"Since I married Darius, you have not cared for me," Vivienne said, hurt that he would end everything between them so fast.

"I thought the kingdom only needed to be concerned by Darius playing the role of king but there needs to be concern about the queen. I will make a note of that and bring it up the next time we gather. I suggest you go back to your seat now," Xavier said, ready to leave.

"You abandoned me and then slapped me in the face by marrying that woman of all people. You could have saved me from marrying him. We all know it. Yet you settled for a woman who-"

"Vivienne," Xavier interjected before she took it too far. "That woman is my wife. I don’t care if it is the queen speaking on Selene. You will regret it."

Vivienne didn’t know how to respond at first but then she started to laugh. He was being this way over a woman hardly anyone knew? Where was this side of him when she needed him?

"You, you’re surprising me right now and I don’t like it. I would have preferred you just went to sleep instead of being like this. I am never going to forgive you for not helping me then," Vivienne said, secretly wishing for him to care.

It couldn’t be that she was the only one thinking of what could have been.

Xavier didn’t respond since it wasn’t his duty to save her. It had to be that Vivienne twisted the past in her head. They were nothing more at the time talk of her engagement came around. He had only allowed her to use his name for protection from the men her father wanted to pick.

Xavier decided to walk away before he did something he wouldn’t regret.

"When you turn your back on me like this, I can’t help thinking about hurting her. I might not be able to get to you but I can get to her. I can make it so none of the ladies in town invite her to these gatherings. She will have to surround herself with humans," Vivienne said, feeling triumphant when he stopped.

Vivienne hated for it to come to this but she truly hated his choice. If it was someone else from one of the other families or even the princess then she might have been able to accept it but not that woman.

Seeing Selene today, Vivienne suspected there was something off about the marriage. She had hesitated at first but now she was even more convinced to help put Selene in Darius’s hands.

The one thing Vivienne knew she could trust her husband to do was to ruin Selene to the point that no other man wanted her. It was cruel but Vivienne could not accept Selene by Xavier’s side.

Xavier’s laughter frightened Vivienne since it was not the response she expected. Did he think her threats were empty?

Vivienne approached Xavier so he could see how serious she was. "I am the queen. If I give the order that no one is to meet with her then it will happen. She will be nothing once I am through with her."

"Good," Xavier replied, his laughter stopping. "You’ll be doing me a favour by keeping your little followers away from her. I would have hated for her to be surrounded by them. You are the queen but that doesn’t make you untouchable. Plenty of royals have lost their heads."

"You should be careful," Vivienne warned Xavier.

"I am not the one who should be careful. I can already see your head on display. Do not trouble my wife. This is the last I will say it," Xavier said, his tone in a low pitch but Vivienne heard every word.

There wasn’t a point in Xavier continuing to warn her when actions spoke better. It would be a headache to deal with the families not liking he killed royals but he was tired of the idiots placed to act as royalty.

Vivienne couldn’t say anything more since she knew from first-hand experience how Xavier could be. Why couldn’t he see that she wouldn’t be this way if he would just answer why he hadn’t helped her? Why hadn’t he picked her? Why did he wait so long to marry and then this was his choice?

Vivienne had many questions she failed to get from Xavier as he continued to walk away.

Vivienne missed the times when she could come to his side when he was trying to avoid others and he would enjoy her company. Now he threatened her and walked away from her.

Why was she the only one holding onto the past?

Vivienne watched Xavier until he got out of sight. She might have made a fool of herself today but Vivienne didn’t mind it. She didn’t care who had heard their conversation. There was something to enjoy about being so close to Xavier.

Despite the threat from Xavier, Vivienne still loved him. She realised it even more now that she was not over him. She loved him so much that she could not allow a woman like Selene to sully his name.

If Xavier was going to move on then it had to be with a woman Vivienne thought was equal to her or he should just sleep as the rumours said he was going to do.

Vivienne turned around to head back to where the women were. She didn’t spare Selene a glance when she joined the women again.

Rather than give Selene so much of her attention as she did before, Vivienne decided that this time she would treat Selene as she was, which was nothing.

Selene did not exist among them.

"I hope my maid was helpful to you," Francesca said as Vivienne sat down.

The conversations were better when Vivienne was not present since Juliana and Natalie had nothing to say but now the table was quiet as they waited for Vivienne to speak.

"Yes, she was quite helpful. Please continue with what you were doing before I returned. Don’t let my presence stop you," Vivienne said.

Juliana took that as her cue to question Selene. "I was just about to-"

"Juliana," Vivienne spoke up before Juliana could annoy her. "We’ve all grown tired of your questions. Let us just enjoy each other’s company."

Juliane did not understand Vivienne’s behaviour now when she was the one who said to question Selene every chance she got. She looked to Natalie to see if she was also confused but Natalie seemed more amused. What exactly was she missing that made Natalie so happy?

Juliana sat back, deciding to stay quiet for the rest of the gathering. These two were starting to annoy her with their behaviour.