Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Lady Jade

Swan dipped her feet slowly into the bathtub. It was quite hot for her, who was used to taking a cold shower every day, even during winter. But it didn’t take her long to adjust and dipped her entire body up to her neck.

She began reorganizing her thoughts once more as she realized that she hadn’t been abandoned by Gale after he took her virginity. Considering how she was still allowed to keep her attendants, Myra and Maya, this meant that Gale still cared about her.

’But why?’

That question lingered in her mind.

’Why would he still care about me after he had what he wanted? What use do I have now?’

She had been living in the maid’s quarter her whole life. She realized that once a maid wasn’t useful anymore, be it getting hurt to the point of being unable to do normal servant duty or getting too old, they would be kicked out of the palace to live on their own.

Wouldn’t that be the case for Swan as well?

"I don’t understand him at all," Swan muttered.

Swan cleaned after herself in the warm bathtub, and once she was done, she sat on a stool, drying herself while staring at the reflection of her nude body in the mirror.

She had always been thin and petite even though she was already twenty years old this year. Aria was taller than her and had a fuller body, which made her look beautiful in any dress she wore.

Meanwhile, she had her rib cage protruding given how little she ate throughout the years.

There were many love bites and hickeys all across her body after last night’s affair. She felt disgust creeping up in her.

Not because of the hickeys and love bites.

Swan was disgusted with herself.

How could Gale—The King of Beasts—who had such an attractive face, would be lustful enough to give her so many hickeys? Was he drunk? Or he simply pitied her and didn’t want to embarrass her while they were consummating their marriage?

Again, Swan had many unanswered questions about him, and she was left hanging, confused with the whole ordeal.

Swan saw the dress that had been prepared by the maids for her in the bathroom. It wasn’t hers, because hers had many patches and were black and white colored, since they were just old maid dresses that she sewed together.

Swan grabbed the dress that had been perfumed. It was so soft. This kind of dress would fit someone with soft skin like Aria, not her.

But if she refused to wear it, Gale might be angry.

Thus, she decided to wear it.

Thankfully, she was used to doing stuff on her own, so she had found a way to wear a dress neatly without any help.

After she was done with everything, she used her crutches and walked out of the bathroom.