The Bully's Hated Mate
The Bully’s Hated Mate – Chapter 45

CASSIA’S POV:

I liked that the Alpha had decided to respect some of my wishes.

Surprisingly, Lucius had asked the servants to take all of his things from the room we had both shared, and moved them to a seperate bedroom that was on the other side of the palace.

Even though, at every given opportunity, the Alpha would sneakily ask if Lucius and I were ok. I made sure to tell him that I was ok and that I didn’t know about Lucius — even if he was seated in the same hall with me.

I always left two chairs in between us at breakfast and then, lunch and dinner was held in my own space, solo.

It was a new feeling, a wonderful feeling. Even though at times, it was hard being away from him. I realized just how toxic he was, how much he had done to me, things I didn’t deserve and that Boone would never appreciate.

It was high time I was solo because I started to realize that he was not only toxic, he was a monster.

The Alpha took his time to sneakily mention something about fixing whatever was happening but I was in no mood, no right sense of mind to fix anything because there was nothing worth fixing here.

I had given him chances upon chances to change, I had even given up a good part of myself to fix what I didn’t even know and either I was met with extreme rejection or I was told to back off.

As I sat, cross legged on my bed now I watched as his last belongings were pulled out of every corner of the room, the bathrooms, the closet, everywhere and I had the sense of relief wash over me in great momentum.

He needed to leave so that I could at least breathe, I could at least know what was good for me and what was not.

If there was anything that these few weeks had taught me, it was that there was cleaner air present when Lucius was not around anymore.

I got dressed and made for the dinning hall as I had promised the alpha while I made my earlier demands, I only respected this tradition because we started it when I first arrived and a part of me still loved having breakfast here.

I got to the halls and even though the alpha regarded me with smiles, I knew he wasn’t happy with the development and yet I knew how this would play out as it always did every other day since I made known my intentions.

As usual, I kept a hand on the chair closest to me as Lucius took the third seat in the row, I was glad that he got the aura and started to get used to it, i couldn’t have us embarrassing ourselves in front of the alpha, it would ruin all of our moods.

“Cassia. How did you sleep?” The alpha asked, as he always did. I gave a stretch of a smile as I put a piece of fried eggs in my mouth, allowing the taste dance with my tongue and it’s taste buds.

“You know, when I was still married, my Luna and I toured the emperor’s garden endlessly. It was there I’m sure we conceived Lucius” Lucius seemed to cough a bit and even though things weren’t alright with any of us, I managed to give a genuine smile before I started to think if maybe it was best they stayed home and maybe Lucius wasn’t conceived at all and then I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t be having Marcus dead soon.

“We had alot of differences but we managed to spend a good amount of time together” he said but I wasn’t following on the subject anymore. I was quickly spooning food into my mouth so that I would quickly excuse myself as I always did.

“There’s nothing that can’t be fixed with patience cassia. Trust me” he said and finished first before us, leaving us in the dinning together.

I didn’t wait for Lucius to look at me, I was cleaning my lips with a napkin and getting ready to let him enjoy his meal alone. A situation that righteously befitted toxicity.

I walked out of that dinning with not a glance in his direction and got back to my bedroom, getting ready for school. We were supposed to come out of the palace together and this was the first time I was going to attend that wretched school since Marcus’ decree.

My stomach churned at the fact that I was going to have to pretend to be happy just before we got into our seperate vehicles and then pretend again when we got to school.

I made it alright till I got to the car and Lucius stepped in front of me, opening the door for me to get in. I was stopped walking in shock, I didn’t know if this was part of the act or his games.

He motioned for me to get in and when I finally regained my reality, I walked briskly into the car and closed the door with force. I knew his hands still held the door’s handle but he deserved every act if pettiness.

We got to school and again, we needed to pretend for a while just before we got our seats and thankfully, it was again seperated by a chair.

I took my seat first, and as my luck decided to run out, Ariadne decided to be the barrier that seperated both of us.

She cast me a look that screamed ‘ in your face’ but I didn’t have a care in the world who decided to fill the chair, I didn’t want anything to do with lucius.

Lucius must have noticed my lack of care as he sat in the other side, with Ariadne all over his face and his space.

Whatever her drama was going to be, I didn’t want any part of it as the teachers troped in one after the other as their periods ended and began.

I didn’t even want to be here in the first place, every lecture seemed to remind me that Marcus was going to be executed. I let the time pass by with my hand on my chin and my eyes staring straight ahead, unaware of my surroundings.

I didn’t know it was lunch break and I had unexpectedly been in that spot since the beginning of the classes, I felt a light tap on my desk and as I snapped back to reality, lucius’ face was the one that greeted me.

“Are you alright?” He asked. I furrowed my brows in response and slowly leaned into my chair, suddenly irked by how much of my space he was currently consuming.

“I got you lunch, I didn’t know if you were hungry but here” he said, gently keeping a large tray on my desk. I looked at the food and looked back at him, brilliantly hiding my shock and instead showed him great disapproval.

I said nothing to him as I quietly got up and moved out of the classroom. I don’t know who he thought he was deceiving but clearly I wasn’t about to be played.

I got my own lunch and as the classes continued with Ariadne making it a point of duty to notify me and everyone else if her presence, I caught myself being jealous but self conscious in a way I hoped sent a message of how much I didn’t give two f***s.

I looked at Lucius one time as the class was ongoing and Ariadne was making silly jokes at something, he looked at me in that moment, his eyes searching and inquiring but my gaze held blankness.

Lucius was free to do whatever he wanted, if he decided he was going to be with Ariadne as he laughed at some of her jokes then so be it, I wasn’t going to interfer or show concern. It was way beneath me.

Classes ended and like lightening, I bolted out of the classroom temporarily forgetting that we were supposed to walk out as a couple.

As I approached our cars, I was shocked to replace Lucius already there, hand on the car’s handle and standing like a body guard.

He opened the door for me, motioning with a small smile for me to get in.

I stopped in my tracks. wondering what the hell Lucius was up to and what the hell was wrong with me for noticing.