After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 183

She looked at me with a slightly puzzled expression, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, I've heard of that. It was a strange event. The music seemed to have a significant effect on him."

"Do you remember when it happened?" I asked, leaning forward slightly.

Caroline furrowed her brow, trying to recall. "It must have been around his birthday that year."

Her words triggered something in my memory.

year, I had visited the Silvermoon Pack with my parents around Leo's birthday.

An idea began to form in my mind..

I was lost in thought for a few moments, my mind racing through the possibilities.

It seemed too coincidental, but sometimes the smallest details from the past had the most profound impact on the present.

Time slipped away as we chatted, and before I knew it, Caroline broke the quiet moment with a light laugh.

"You should probably go now, Elizabeth. You and Leo must have a date tonight, right?"

I froze, my mind blank.

A date? I hadn't planned anything for tonight.

realization hit me, Caroline's smile faltered slightly, sensing my

is Leo's birthday, did you?" she asked

forced a smile, trying to mask my

not," I lied,

hadn't remembered

I forget something like that? Every year in the past, I had gone all out to celebrate

year, with everything that had been happening. I hadn't even thought

me off. "I'm sure

Caroline's house, I took a deep breath and

least I could do was wish him a

birthday," I said when

pause on the other end of the line. "I didn't realize you

reaction, but I felt a

free tonight?" Leo asked, sounding more cheerful now. "I'd like to

chance to make up for my earlier

the restaurant later that evening, Leo was already there,

more dashing than usual, dressed in formal attire,

intimate, the soft lighting casting a

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"I was ready to spend my birthday alone, honestly. With everything going on in the pack, I've been so busy I

up for not preparing anything

chuckled softly. "Even though you didn't prepare a gift, just having

some of the tension

see that the weight of recent events was lifting off his

relaxed, more open, and his smile seemed