After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 188

Angelina collapsed to the floor, her voice breaking into sobs.

"Alpha Leo, you you can't do this! We'll have nothing left! How will the Oceanheart pack survive?"

Leo's gaze didn't soften. "You have a choice, Angelina. Return what's mine, or I'll send you to prison. I have more than enough evidence to make that happen."

Angelina's cries grew louder as she turned desperately to her daughter.

Aria! Beg him! Didn't you say he loved you? Beg him to forgive us!"

Asta stood frozen, her world collapsing around her as everything she had fought for crumbled to dust.

Aria stood frozen in place, the sharp sting on her cheek lingering long after her mother's slap.

The impact had been physical, but the emotional weight crushed her even more.

Shame, betrayal, and disbelief swirled in her chest.

Her face burned, not just from the slap but from the embarrassment that engulfed her.

She had been the center of attention for so long, posing as me, receiving the adoration and care that wasn't meant for her.

Now, stripped of the illusion, her family's coldness left her feeling utterly exposed.

She swallowed hard, holding back tears as she tried to make sense of it all.

every pretense-it had all been for them. For Oceanheart. For the pack. And now, in

desperate to leave the suffocating atmosphere of the study. "Let's go, Mother,

*Smack!*

slap came faster than

whipped to the side, her cheek now stinging twice

of being caught in a lie that hurt-it was the realization that the one person she trusted, her own mother, had betrayed her. Aria stared at

eyes were cold,

should have been smarter. You

exchange with a grim

at him and shook my head slightly, signaling that I

quietly and began to walk

Leo, are you sure you want to make an enemy of our Oceanheart

daughter? Who

Nicholas, but I didn't notice that

gaze shifted to Leo's legs, and his compelling tone seemed to be guiding Leo to recall some kind of hatred, "Don't forget whose parents deserted the battlefield and

No more talk about this." Leo bellowed angrily, "The consequences of another

mean?' I asked suspiciously, Who are

Leo denied

the shoulders and led me out the

way, Leo just followed me without a word, his movements quiet and

he leaned over slightly to greet us, his face

handle it," Panther said, his voice low, sensing the tension that

tone was devoid of action, add as the winter winds that blew across

stepped outside the study, I felt a