Episode 11

The garden was immense, adorned with pretty lights, comfortable seats for resting or chatting, a huge table full of different snacks, and a symphony orchestra playing a soft melody.

"I knew there would be an orchestra," Mikkel murmured as he was led by the arm by Damen.

Several people passed through the garden or sat chatting, seeing the couple together, they couldn't help but look at them curiously.

Damen stopped under a large tree, releasing Mikkel's arm.

"What do you think you're doing?, How dare you speak like that? I clearly told you to keep quiet," he began to scold the omega.

"And let them talk behind my back? It was clear that those two people were trying to humiliate me," Mikkel said, referring to Andrew and Mrs. Juliet.

It was not possible for his own mother-in-law to show up with her husband's lover.

Damen observed the omega in front of him, he had only dealt with him twice, the day they went to sign the marriage certificate and the time they attended a party together a few months ago; On both occasions, Mikkel just kept quiet with his head down.

Even the times he would visit him at the house, as stipulated in the contract, Mikkel would not leave the room, something that was convenient for both of them, he did not complain about any rumors that came to his knowledge, and he remained reserved.

"I thought you didn't care, since when do you care what they say about you?" Damen questioned.

"You know perfectly well that this marriage is a farce elaborated by your ambitious mother and you, you both knew that I had a close relationship with Andrew, so it is not a surprise that he is here and talks to me," commented the alpha.

"Not while I'm present and we continue with this marriage," Mikkel said, looking at Damen.

"You can do whatever you want in private with your lover because that's what that man is now, your lover."

"I am no one to prevent him from appearing in public places when I am present or speaking with you, but there are limits that must be respected, you and I are a married couple whether we like it or not, how would you feel if I walked with my lover still being married to you? Wouldn't you feel humiliated?" Mikkel inquired.

He understood that this marriage was a sham, but that didn't mean he had to endure seeing her husband's lover flaunting himself in public with her mother-in-law and getting intimately close to her husband, for now.

Mikkel thought that Damen would also find it humiliating if the situation were reversed; after all, he was an important businessman and had a reputation to maintain, so he had to behave himself until the day of the divorce.

However, Damen's following words were contrary to his thoughts.

"Do it, you are free to do it", pronounced the alpha with a sarcastic smile.

"What?" Mikkel asked in bewilderment.

"Do it, go out, have fun, show off in public with your lover," Damen said, fixing his gaze on Mikkel.

"I don't care if you do, we're just a marriage on paper, do you know how many couples are in the same situation? It's common in this area, and I assure you that all of them have a lover, even those people you wanted to show off with today have a lover waiting for them at home; they must have had a lot of fun with your little performance back there," Damen continued with a mocking smile.

Seeing Mikkel silent with a perplexed look, Damen smiled broadly, putting his hands inside his pants pockets, assuming a relaxed posture.

"Neither of us can interfere in the private life of the other, that is written in the contract, I am free to be with whoever I want just like you, you have that right; it will not affect the amount of money you will receive at the time of the divorce, so don't worry about that," he added mockingly.

He took a few more steps to get closer to Mikkel, bent down, and whispered in his ear:

"And don't talk like that in front of Andrew again, don't bother him, he's someone classy and from a good family, something that you clearly don't have."

Damen straightened up, looking down at Mikkel with an expression of sufficiency.

"They are so different, how can you compare a simple stone with a beautiful diamond?" Damen compared Mikkel to Andrew.

Mikkel was stunned by Damen's words, he knew this relationship was based on a contract, but he didn't expect to be treated that way by this man.

"... Remember everything you said today because I'm not going to forget everything you said, ever," Mikkel expressed.

"Anything I do from now on will have nothing to do with you, just like you are free to do whatever you want and with whoever you want, I will too; I will maintain some respect towards you until the day of the divorce However, I am not going to keep quiet if someone tries to embarrass me, whoever it may be," said Mikkel without looking down.

"Go ahead, do it, I don't care, just stay away from me and don't touch me again," Damen said, wiping the arm Mikkel had been holding.

"This will be over soon and we won't have to deal with each other again, you'll get what you want and so will I, although I don't like it, we have to present ourselves to events like this as a couple, those will be the only times we have to put up with each other, so behave yourself," Damen said finally, walking away leaving Mikkel alone.

For a moment, Mikkel felt ridiculous asking for a little respect when that man didn't care.

After Damen disappeared, Mikkel took the cell phone out of his pocket and stopped the recording.

"It's best to have everything recorded as a precaution," he whispered.

Mikkel wasn't interested in what that man did with his private life either, he just wanted a little respect, but it wasn't like that.

And in order not to be harmed at the time of the divorce, Mikkel recorded everything Damen said, if what the alpha said was written in the contract, it was better to have his voluntarily spoken words recorded than a piece of paper that could be changed at any time.

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