Chapter 69: _Too Much Of A Gentleman

Chapter 69: _Too Much Of A Gentleman "Do you have any idea how hard it is to make potions as a powerless witch?" I asked Kaelos, defying his earlier words and proceeding to grab the bottle of wine. He blinked at me with curiosity before his once plain face broke into a slight smirk. "No. But I’m guessing it’s very hard. And I’m guessing you’re going to give me an explanation on it or something even though it’s clear I don’t want one." He remarked, tilting his head before he sat down on the seat beside me. As we interacted, the people around us, which included Alpha King Leonardo, his wife and delegates, Elder Davina, Marcellus, the pack doctor, and Layla, all went about their different activities. They ignored us even though I could feel the underlying pressure between all of them, most of it focused on Kaelos. I could only guess why that was the case... Anyway, I crossed one leg on top of the other before I nodded my head with a sarcastic smile. "Well, as your wife, I must educate you on things like this. But anyway, potions usually require tons of concentration and attention to detail. Any slight mistake in the mixture of the ingredients could be disastrous in different ways." I stared at Kaelos as I spoke and to my surprise, he seemed to listen attentively, placing his right hand under his chin as he did. He even nodded slowly, signifying that he was listening. For an odd reason, seeing that he wasn’t disregarding me as usual or trying to be distant made my heart flutter, causing my face to heat up with a blush. "Does making potions also make a witch’s cheeks flush red like a tomato or do the side effects vary?" Kaelos asked with a sly smirk on his face, causing me to hide my face with my hand and look away. Screw him! He seemed to be enjoying my predicament and chuckled mildly, ignoring the gazes of the people around us. Another little detail that had my heart racing... "My point is, a witch with magic could rely on that to make the potion-making process seamless and easy, most times allowing them to make powerful potions," I explained, lowering my head and fiddling with the bottle of wine. "A powerless witch like me doesn’t have that leisure–" "Yet, you were able to gather the ingredients and make the potions within an hour or so and they worked perfectly," Kaelos stated, his expression calm and neutral as he shrugged. "I’m no expert, but that seems good enough to me." After he said that, I became silent and so did he as we stared into each other’s eyes. His piercing silver eyes glinted with an unknown and mysterious light that drew me in like a siren song. My heartbeat quickened as I tried to hold back the thoughts telling me to lean closer and kiss him. I couldn’t let myself get tempted... we were in public for crying out loud! Suddenly, Kaelos cleared his throat and stood up, his gaze on the bottle of wine still in my hands. "Anyway, since I listened to your explanation, I guess it’s only fair that you listen to mine." He remarked before snatching the bottle from my hands, causing my mouth to open in surprise. He ignored that and continued plainly. "The reason I told you not to drink this is because Alpha King Leonardo was poisoned by Wolfsbane. Which was slipped into his drink. Which he drank at this same gallery in our presence." My mouth formed an ’o’ as I began to understand where he was going with this. I couldn’t help but look away from him as I scratched the back of my head awkwardly. He chuckled dryly before he dropped the bottle aside and stretched his right hand to me, gesturing at me to grab it. "Come on. If you really want to drink that bad, we can go have wine in my chambers." The slyness behind those words was hard to miss, even though he had a seemingly neutral expression on his face. But I blissfully ignored it and grabbed his hand, allowing him to help me get on my feet. He was being way too much of a gentleman tonight but I wasn’t complaining. "What about the South American Alpha King and his delegates?" I couldn’t help but ask with a whisper, glancing back at them as we headed downstairs. But Kaelos merely grunted before he yanked my hand, forcing me to remove my eyes from them. "After everything that happened tonight, it’s clear that the boat has sunk." I remained silent after he said that as he led me out of the event hall. . . When we finally got to Kaelos’ chambers, he closed the door behind him while I walked inside first. The place was dimly lit, forcing me to squint my eyes as I searched for the light switch. However, before my hands could get there, Kaelos suddenly grabbed my wrist, forcing a soft gasp out of my mouth as I raised my head to stare at his face. "W– What are you doing?" I asked, trying hard to ignore the way he stared at me with his piercing silver eyes. But before I knew what was happening, he pulled me into a steamy kiss that caused my eyes to widen in surprise before my body began burning with a need that I hadn’t realized was there in the first place. Kaelos pushed me backward as his hands went to my chest and he began squeezing my breasts despite the obstruction of my ball gown. I made myself busy as well, wrapping my arms around his neck as I continued kissing him as if he was my only tether to the planet itself. Just when we got to his bed and he made me sit down on top of it, he pulled away from the kiss, placing his right hand on my face and staring into my eyes. The fact that I could see a myriad of emotions in his eyes at that moment made my shoulders relax and my stomach dance with butterflies. However, instead of him continuing our little make-out session, he smirked before he blurted. "Let me go get those drinks."