Chapter 222 | What Bad Things Did You Do To Selene

Her eyes widened as her nostrils flared and the spoon, which had been hovering in the air, descended toward the bowl with lightning speed as she ate.

Dexter watched her take the first bite as her eyes closed and her expression shifted from eager to stunned to blissful.

He sighed in relief.

At that moment, Mira arrived.

Her Spectral Arms pushed her through the hallway and into the dining room and she parked herself at the table, her crimson eyes scanning the food as her nose inhaled deeply the scent.

"Good morning."

She said unconsciously as she started eating her meal.

Dexter blinked his eyes and replied. "Morning."

Mira didn’t seem to hear as she descended on the food too.

Dexter was about to start eating when he noticed something, Selene wasn’t here.

Dexter immediately stood up and left the dining room and walked to the girls’ bedroom.

Selene should have finished bathing by now. She should have emerged, found her way to the dining table, and begun eating as that was the routine.

But whe he checked the girls bedroom, it was empty.

Dexter stood in the doorway and blinked.

"Don’t tell me she’s still in my room."

He walked across the hall, opened his bedroom door.

Selene was still in his bed.

She hadn’t moved and was exactly where he had left her, curled up beneath the duvet he had draped over her, her silver-white hair spread across his pillow, her arms wrapped around it too as she slept soundly.

Dexter stood in the doorway and stared.

Then he smiled softly. He could wake her but it would be useless.

He watched her for a moment, then he turned and walked back to the dining room.

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Mira’s eyes tracked him as he returned.

Her eyes stared at the doorway, then stared at Dexter, then at the doorway again, then at Dexter.

She didn’t say anything as she continued eating for a few minutes. Suddenly she spoke.

"What did you do to Selene?"

The question landed on the table like a grenade as Dexter’s spoon froze halfway to his mouth.

Lyra also froze and her dark eyes, which had been exclusively focused on her bowl, widened and shifted to Dexter’s face.

The food had been so engrossing that Lyra had not noticed Selene’s absence until Mira spoke.

Dexter’s expression changed slightly but then, he dropped his spoke and then glared at Mira.

"What do you mean by what did I do to Selene?"

Mira’s lips curled upward into a smirk.

"You know exactly what I mean."

Dexter pursed his lips.. "You’re acting as if I’m some kind of villain."

"Of course you’re not a villain," Mira said in a honey sweet tone. "I’m pretty sure you want to do bad things, though."

Lyra’s ears turned pink and red at the same time !

Mira continued, completely unfazed by the destruction she was inflicting on Lyra’s composure.

"Who knows what you’ve done to Selene? Maybe she’s tired from all the bad things you did to her."

Dexter stared at her.

"I woke up this morning," Mira continued. "and Selene was not in the bedroom. She was not in the living room and she was not in the backyard. Which means she was either in the bathroom or in your bed."

She paused.

"She wasn’t in the bathroom, which means She was sleeping on your bed."

"Which means you definitely did bad things to her. So what bad things did you do to Selene?"

Dexter sat in his chair and stared at the woman in the wheelchair.

He wanted to argue but he knew it would be of no use.

So Dexter took a different approach.

He smiled and spoke.

"Are you jealous? Do you also want me to do bad things to you?"

Mira’s expression froze and her smirk vanished as she was stunned by dexters words.

Her neck turned red and she stuttered.

"Pervert," she spat. "I knew it. Pervert."

Dexter chuckled.

"Selene wasn’t comfortable sleeping with her illness. Her Eternal Winter Ice was acting up. So she came to my room and we cultivated together. My Heavenly Flame suppressed the cold. She fell asleep. That’s all."

Mira glared at him. Suspiciously.

Dexter met her gaze without flinching.

Eventually, Mira sniffed and then returned to her food.