Husband Returns home has a Supreme God

CHAPTER 3

At that moment every person in that room locked their eyes on Rose. The air felt thick with waiting. What was she going to say? The answer seemed so obvious it wasn't even worth thinking about. A King of War stood ready to marry her. Why would anyone pick differently?

Before Rose could open her mouth, Alex's voice cut through the silence.

“Rose, what we had was real love. You know that. Even Grandfather Lawrence knew it too. He saw something special between us and gave us his blessing to get married. It didn't matter that I had no money or power or fancy title. He looked past all of that because he saw what really mattered between the two of us.”

Then Alex paused and took a breath. His eyes never left Rose's face.

“I left for years. I just found out we have a daughter together. You have every single right to be angry with me. I understand that. But I need to tell you something true right now. Picking any one of these military men would be the biggest mistake of your life. There is nothing they can offer you that I can't give you myself. And besides all that, I know I can be a better father to our daughter than any of them could ever hope to be.”

Alex's words hit the room like a bomb going off. People started yelling and talking over each other. They couldn't wrap their heads around what he just said. Some regular man with no rank claiming he was just as good as trained military commanders? The whole thing sounded like a bad joke.

Mrs. Lawrence felt her blood boil over, she couldn't believe Alex still has the Audacity to see those nonsense words in front of everyone here.

Immediately she pointed her finger at Alex like a weapon.

“How dare you stand there and try to mess with Rose's head after everything you put her through! You disappeared for five whole years and left her alone with your baby girl. Now you show up saying you didn't know about your own daughter? Where were you all this time? Hiding in a cave somewhere? You don't get to come back now and ruin her one chance at having a good life!”

Her voice kept getting louder with each word. Her hands shook at her sides. There was no way in hell she would watch Rose throw away this golden opportunity. All those women in her social groups had treated her like dirt for the past five years. They whispered behind her back and left her out of their fancy parties, business meetings, ladies state development meetings. But if Rose married Henry King tonight, everything would change. She could walk into any room in Lakewood with her head held high and watch all those gossiping women eat their own words.

Master Lawrence raised his voice too.

“Keep your mouth shut, Alex, and let Rose speak for herself. This has nothing to do with you anymore. And who do you think you are claiming to be better than every military man in this room? Do you even understand what their titles mean? Do you know who you're standing next to right now?”

Everyone waited for Alex to back down and slink away with his tail between his legs. But instead, his voice came out calm and steady.

“I know exactly who every single person here is. I know their ranks and what they've done. And I'm telling you right now that I am more of a man than any of them will ever be. But like i said, Master Lawrence, Rose gets to make the final choice here.”

Alex's calm words made Lewis Brown's face turn red with anger. He couldn't stand listening to this nonsense for one more second.

“What the hell makes you think you're better than any of us? You're nobody special. Just some guy with no rank and no respect. We're the ones out there every single day keeping all these people safe from those demons trying to kill everyone.”

Heads bobbed up and down all around the room. People murmured their agreement with Lewis. He was speaking the truth that everyone could see.

Immediately Lewis took several steps closer to Alex. This was his perfect chance to show everyone in the room exactly why he deserved Rose more than anyone else.

“Now the other head commanders here have more stars than me, and I give them the respect they've earned. But my family controls over a hundred soldiers ready to fight at any moment. That's real power right there. Having one star or five stars above me doesn't mean much when you don't have an army backing you up.”

He turned to look at the crowd behind him.

“Ask anyone in this room right now. Wake them up in the middle of the night and they'll tell you the same thing. A man with a hundred trained soldiers under his command is worth way more than some five star head commander sitting behind a desk.”

The crowd ate up every word Lewis said. People whispered to each other about how they had no idea he commanded so many men. This changed everything. Now the real fight was between Lewis and Henry King.

At that moment Lewis felt his chest puff out with pride when he heard all the support from the room. But then Alex spoke again, and Lewis almost couldn't believe what came out of his mouth.

“You're right about one thing. The only person here who has a hundred men under his command is King of War Henry King. He's the only one in this room who outranks you.”

Lewis had to bite his lip to keep from grinning like a fool. This nobody just handed him the best advertising he could have asked for. Now Rose would see exactly why he was better than all the other head commanders standing around. He had real power, real soldiers, real influence.

His confidence shot through the roof. Rose didn't seem too happy with the way Henry King had walked in here acting like he owned the place. And Henry hadn't even bothered bringing any gifts, like he thought just showing up was enough of a prize. Lewis doubted However Rose would pick someone who treated her like she should feel lucky just to be noticed.

The room went dead quiet when Rose's voice cut through all the tension.

“I have made my decision.”