Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Please

Swan hurriedly finished her bath. She was only doing it to wash off the dirt and mask Rock’s scent with soap anyway.

She wore a new nightgown that the cat maids had prepared and walked out of the bathroom with her crutches.

She saw that Gale was already sitting on the bed, resting his body on the bedpost while staring at the open window.

He glanced at Swan for a second before shifting his gaze back to the window.

Swan knew instantly that Gale would be upset for a while. Normally, he would quickly approach her and carry her back to the bed.

Swan bit her lower lip. She felt sad and wronged, but at the same time, she realized that she had no right to feel so, because she was the one who helped Rock to escape, even though Gale didn’t know about that yet.

Meanwhile, Gale kept glancing at his wife a few more times, making sure that she wouldn’t accidentally kick her crutches and fall. She had always been clumsy, so Gale was quite distressed as he held himself back from helping her.

Swan put the crutches on the side after she sat on the bed. She lifted her legs and then sat next to her husband who was still upset.

They were in this awkward silence for a while until the cold wind of early autumn blew from the window, and Swan shivered in response.

It had always been like this. Gale disliked having to close the window because it would be too stuffy for him, but Swan naturally had thin skin and was susceptible to cold.

Gale got up and closed the window so his wife wouldn’t feel cold, only for Swan to respond, "Y-you don’t need to do that. You need rest too..."

"I don’t want you to get sick," Gale said. "You humans are so fragile, getting stuffy is nothing compared to dying due to the cold wind."

Gale returned to bed, he pulled the blanket and covered Swan’s body with it before hugging her onto his chest, "Sleep. It’s late for you."

Swan couldn’t fall asleep, but she was listening to Gale’s heartbeat for a while and muttered, "Gale, I’m sorry..."

"For what?"

"For arguing against you about Rock..." Swan replied. "I truly never divide my heart. But I can’t let you hurt the closest person you can call a friend."

They had this conversation over and over, and Gale still didn’t believe that Swan didn’t divide her heart.

In beastmen culture, when they were mated for life, then it was them against the world. There should be nobody between them, and she should always agree with his decision.

It had always been like that, but maybe because Swan is a human, it was difficult for him to accept the human concept of ’friend.’

"Are you happy that he escaped once more?" Gale asked.

Swan couldn’t lie as she thought it would only hurt him if she lied, "Yes. I’m relieved."