The Ultimate Beast World Glow-Up novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48 Not the Same Woman

“Why?”

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Rosalie truly didn’t understand. She had done so many cruel things to them. Peacock prized beauty above all else, but she had pulled out all of Elijah’s tail feathers.

How could he not hate her?

“Because you’re not her.”

Rosalie’s heart jolted. She looked up fast and met Elijah’s clear, steady eyes.

Those eyes seemed to see straight through every mask she wore.

“The Matriarch doesn’t know medicine. She doesn’t recognize herbs. But you cured Micah.

“The Matriarch never cooks. She avoids work and would never step into a kitchen.

“She sleeps until noon every day and chases pleasure.”

As he spoke, Elijah suddenly leaned closer. In Rosalie’s shock, he almost kissed her.

She turned her head at the last second. Elijah chuckled softly. “The Matriarch wouldn’t dodge my kiss.”

Rosalie shoved him away, flustered. When Leon questioned her before, she still had room to lie. But Elijah’s words left her nowhere to hide. The truth was out. She was not the original Rosalie.

If there was one beastman she feared most among all of her husbands, it was the one standing in front of her.

Elijah always seemed calm, as if nothing mattered. But when those cold eyes fixed on you, you couldn’t say a single word in return.

“When your tail is healed,” Rosalie said quickly, “I’ll let you go. You can return to your tribe or choose someone else.”

She couldn’t deny it anymore. All she could do was make a promise and hope Elijah would spare her, for the good she had shown during this time, and keep her secret.

Elijah stayed silent for a long time. Then he said something unexpected.

“Everything I told you, I learned it from Leon.

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“That day, he planned to capture you and send you back to your tribe. That way, he could be free.”

Elijah meant the day he had held a dagger to Rosalie’s neck, when Leon demanded to know who she really was.

Just thinking about it made sweat break out on her back.

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“But Leon changed his mind,” Elijah continued. “He knocked my blade away because was bleeding.”

“What are you trying to say?” Rosalie asked.

Elijah rarely spoke this much.

He pressed his lips into a line. His icy gaze locked onto her. “Leon has fallen for you.”

Rosalie’s expression turned awkward. Leon had confessed long ago. She had never agreed.

“I know,” she said.

Elijah played with a bone knife in his hand. He tossed it into the air. It spun fast and then landed neatly back in his palm.

“You’re very charming,” he said casually. “Micah. Cameron. Leon. All of them fell for you.

“Even I might fall in love with you too.”

His face stayed cold and distant, but the sweet words coming from his mouth didn’t match that look. Rosalie was nearly scared out of her skin.

She waved her hands in panic. “No, no. Absolutely not.”

Elijah added flatly, “Just kidding.”

Rosalie finally let out a breath. She had almost fainted from fright.

She truly couldn’t imagine Elijah saying sweet things to her.

Worried he might say something even more shocking, Rosalie stood up. She stuffed the grain stalks into baskets, carrying two herself and hanging the other two on Elijah.

“Let’s go. We’re heading back.”

Once home, Rosalie began pounding the grain. The steady system chime-Strength +1—finally calmed her nerves.

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After that, she had Elijah sift the rice while she went back into the woods to cut several more baskets of grain.

Micah was worried and insisted on going with her. Along the way, Rosalie tried to get answers about his strange behavior, but he kept brushing her questions aside.

She grew upset and stopped talking to him for the rest of the walk.

When they returned, Rosalie walked quickly ahead of Micah and went straight into the kitchen to cook. She slammed the door shut, leaving Micah standing outside.

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