[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride":3,"chapter-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Alpha's Unwanted Bride",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496447,1945,"Chapter 23: A LIAR","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>I froze, and my heart was racing so fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alpha Xaden, good morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!\" He barked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His handsome face was rageful, and I could see his onyx eyes glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just trying to cook,\" I said genuinely, even though I was scared to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cool?!\" He said he was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he looked behind me and saw the meal I had made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like he hadn't even noticed that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His anger cooled to a tempo; then it went back to us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're trying to kill me and my men?\" He asked me. \"Are you trying to kill me and my men?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" I answered truthfully. \"I just heard the men complaining about food last night. So I came out to cook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't believe a word of what I had just said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire facial expression said it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A spoilt brat cooking?\" He asked me. \"I don't believe a word of what you're saying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he kicked one of the two cans of gravy, which toppled over and spilled its contents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All my hard work is gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, please,\" I begged him as I tried to grab the can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hauled me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand was firmly held at the neck of my dress and kept at ransom. \"Tell me the truth, or I will take you here before my men!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at him in utter shock and horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he wouldn't do that. He was trying to scare me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my heart begin to pound and sweat grow on my brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I think you vividly remember what I did to you the last time.\" He said to me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just stared at him in horror and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now tell me the truth, or I will fuck you in the view of my men!\" He spat out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tears in my eyes began gathering, and my entire body shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been such a fool. It was such a fool to think that they would think I was ever helping them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's the truth.\" I stuttered, the tears almost flowing down my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes glowed in anger; his entire demeanour terrified me, and then he pushed me against the tree in the middle of the camp where all his men were and positioned himself against me.\u003C\u002Fp>",396,"2026-06-06T04:22:12.730Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd139cdc0f03b6a024c1a7240fbcbf04954f0b4cc8bfa7025e71342fe80ece0b","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-24","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-22",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]