Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 433

Chapter 433

The online event was in full swing. Though Nyx was just a minor character, her role's popularity was off the charts. The livestream was packed with fans, and the host kept calling her out to interact.

Since some wild shippers loved pairing her with the male lead, the organizers sneakily added a Q&A segment for just the two of them. The questions didn't need to be flirty-just a little interaction was enough for the shippers.

Nyx had no clue about any of this. At first, the male lead played along, dropping vague hints to hype the ship. But Nyx never took the bait, leaving him winking at a brick wall. He could only sigh and smile wryly

The chat still went nuts shipping them.

[Nyx is so clueless, she's killing me with cuteness.]

[Nyx has definitely never dated!)

[Of course not! Our princess is only eighteen this year!]

[The guy looks so lost!]

(Hahahaha! He's sighing up a storm!]

[She's still young-The dude needs to step it up! You're close to her, so win her over first.]

A big, bold comment suddenly crashed the party: [

The die-hard shippers weren't having it.

[Ugh, so annoying!]

[Can you get lost?]

isn't his wife.]

[Need a reminder? This is their duo interview livestream.]

[Stop policing us. We'll ship what we want!]

[Wait. That tone doesn't sound like a female lead stan. More like a Nyx solo stan.] [Solo stans can scram too!]

Kai couldn't make sense of the chat's gibberish, but he could tell they were pairing Nyx with some other guy. When he denied it, they cursed him out.

The furious leopard nearly crushed his phone. He arrived at the event venue with cold eyes and a blank face, radiating a "don't mess with me" vibe.

A jittery security guard stepped up to stop him, but before he could ask for ID, the event organizer's representative stubbed out his cigarette and hurried over. "Mr. Kai, is that you?"

"Please, come in, come in," the representative said with a big smile, ushering Kai inside.

This guy wasn't in entertainment, but his influence was massive-billions in assets, connections across industries, and big shots bowing to him since he'd arrived in the country.

'Why would someone like him show up unannounced?' The representative probed curiously. Kai kept it short. "Looking for someone. Nyx, where's Nyx?"

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there, stunned. She thought. Mister what? What now?

yelp and bolted like her butt

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today—she didn't mean to offend you, she said, quick to defend

head, showing he didn't mind. He'd clocked her as a little demon-dily to expec

run off so fast probably because wetens spooked

calmly took a seat, oblivious to being the cause of her

for the first time, Marilyn couldn't gauge his mood. She chose her words carefully. "Are you here

venue, with so many seats, he'd plopped right

was here for Nyx. Marilyn couldn't figure out how and

confused look, picking up on her unfamiliarity. He frowned and

the words. Annoyed, he realized without that contract,

date with Nyx yesterday. Our second one." That was the only card he had to

her ears. "A date?

a while back- something about two

hadn't gotten any details or names-the info was locked down tight, a sign of how

ers were. She'd

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as boring and forgot about it. Now, piecing it together, it

by her doubt. "If

a faint smirk, his gaze sharp. “I know you're hieplant by Nyx's

into Nyx's background. The more he found, the angrier he

up everyone who'd ever messed with Nyx-from Dylan to Williams to that third-rate actress Joanna and Terry. It eased his mood a bit,

along, Nyx's life was already full of other guys. Seafarion had saved her, let her live in his house, even set up her studio. He wondered if that was the reason

Everything about Seafarion rubbed him the wrong way. He envied how Seafarion got there first, had the upper hand, protected Nyx. He even envied that Tanis was human-no overthinking, no

the wall. Marilyn was seasoned, well-traveled, and used to dealing with big

chatter approached. The door swung open. and Nyx walked in, surrounded by staff fresh off her

raised an eyebrow in surprise. "What are you doing

Kai's whole vibe softened. He stood

letting those drooling demons from the group chat anywhere near her. Marilyn

with?" Kai asked, taking her hand and guiding her

male lead," Nyx

your characters a couple?" His face twisted with jealousy

head, baffled. "Of

no romance at all-not even between the

role.

guy, who'd been holding it in, finally spilled. "The livestream chat kept saying you two are a couple. I told them no,

froze. She knew she had some shippers with the male lead, but she didn't think they were that intense. The interview questions had been totally normal. Nyx patted her partner's hair,

the organizers I don't do shipping," she said, turning to Marilyn with

nixed the duo interview this time. But if the shippers got too crazy, it'd be smart to steer clear. They weren't an official pair with a

1. on.

his head against

gently. "I've still got work to finish. You going to

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Kai nodded without hesitation.

work?" Marilyn checked her watch. "Didn't your parts all wrap up? The duo

interaction bit,"

the organizers caved, and she was stuck