Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 273: Even the Kindest Heart Can Feel Jealousy

"T-then, please excuse me, Your Majesty. I-I still have many things to do!" Meredith bowed once more and scurried out of Swan’s room.

Meredith seemed to be a very meek, honest and hardworking girl, which reminded Swan of herself when she was just a maid working in the Holy Achate Palace.

’But she is cuter and has a pair of working legs,’ Swan thought.

As ridiculous as it seemed, she still felt a bit envious of women who weren’t a cripple like her. Sometimes, she fantasized about wearing those beautiful heels that Aria wore, which made a rhythmic tapping sound that alerted everyone whenever she strutted at a party.

Swan also wanted to dance, just like Aria when she danced with those men at the party.

Swan had no intention of dancing with those men, simply because she wasn’t comfortable with those men to begin with.

However, she still wished to dance alone in her room before. Now that she already had a husband whom she loved so much, Swan wished that she could dance with Gale.

’I should’ve danced with him in the dream before,’ Swan thought. ’Maybe if I can enter his dream again, I will ask him to dance with me. It would be fantastic.’

Unfortunately, as much as Swan loved the idea, she knew it was all just a dream in the end, and she still couldn’t dance with her husband in real life.

’Does that mean Meredith can dance with Gale if he finally moves on from me instead?’ Swan thought, and her heart began to burn in jealousy as she imagined Gale dancing with another woman.

She knew that she wasn’t supposed to feel this way when Gale hadn’t done anything wrong, but it made her mad just imagining Gale with another woman.

’This loneliness will make me go mad. How long will I have to suffer? Does he not realize I can feel very lonely too?!’

Swan felt overstimulated for a moment. She quickly looked away to the window, so the cat maids wouldn’t see her eyes glazing with tears.

After she calmed down, Swan told herself;

’Don’t be selfish, Swan. You’re being punished for a mistake that should’ve cost your life. It was already fortunate enough that Gale spared you. You have no place to question whatever he wants to do.’

Swan kept telling herself that she would be alright if Gale ended up doing something with that new maid.

But the more she tried to convince herself, the more she knew she was just lying to herself.

She was, in the end, still a human.

She was selfish and wanted Gale all for herself.

’Oh, Goddess, what should I do if my husband decides to wed that woman as well? I do not want to share my husband with anyone...’ Swan asked deep in her heart.

Soon after, she heard the voice of the Saintess in her head, asking her a very simple, yet painful question, ’And what would you do if that ever happened, Swan?’

Swan closed her eyes as a drop of tear flowed from the corner of her eye. She caressed her belly and said, ’If that ever happens, then I hope I can just disappear into foam in the sea. So he will never find me, no matter how hard he tries...’

**

Gale had been reliving his bachelor life these days.

Before he got married to Swan, he was still doing the usual male wolf activities, such as working in the throne room, going on a war to protect his kingdom, went to hunt big prey to eat; giant falcon, tiger, or even elephant, and lastly, went to his private lake, bathe himself and rest after a long day. Sometimes, he would rub his manhood on a certain tree bark just to relieve himself, since he didn’t feel like marking or mating with any woman before he met Swan.

He didn’t need sleep, but sometimes, when he was mentally exhausted, he still went to his private lake to take a quick nap under the moonlight, or went to Sacred Selene Lake and dipped himself in the cold water to wash away all the mental exhaustion.

However, he knew that he shouldn’t continue his bachelor lifestyle for long. After all, he had Swan by his side, and even if they were still having a cold war, Gale still believed that the tense situation between them would eventually subside after Blaze and the rest of the scouts brought Matoa.

’That old man needs to stay in one place. He’s already so old and still travels alone,’ Gale thought. ’If they still can’t find him, then I guess I will just take Swan to Sacred Selene Lake in summer. Hot summer should be the safest time of the year, so she won’t feel sick, or feel constant aching on her leg.’

Gale couldn’t wait to bring her to the Sacred Selene Lake, but the path would be way too cold and dangerous for her if they went right away, so he had to be patient.

’I’m sure she is pregnant with our cub, possibly a male cub, but she won’t be convinced without a proper diagnosis. I need either Matoa or that stupid white rabbit in the lake,’ Gale thought.

He smiled as he strode his way to the guest room where he decided to stay for now, so he would be ready to protect his wife even if they couldn’t be in the same room. ’I bet Swan will be very happy knowing that she is pregnant, then we will forget about the entire problem with Rock Silverfang and start anew. It’s never too late to start a real family this time with our cub, right?’

Gale was feeling giddy as he entered the guest room which should’ve been prepared for him.

However, when he stepped into the room, he saw the new female human maid, Meredith, looking busy trying to clean the carpet.

Meredith took a step back, and her back accidentally bumped into a wall that somehow felt warm.

She turned her head and went pale instantly when she realized she had just bumped into none other than the Beast King himself fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com