Chapter 776 Poor Humbert

Hayley's POV:

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His palm was wide and warm, rough with old calluses. When it brushed against

my skin, it felt a bit like fine sandpaper-abrasive, but strangely grounding.

Yet somehow, the restlessness in my heart began to settle.

All the fury, the desire to tear into him, and the unshakable resolve to sink my

teeth into his throat disappeared in an instant.

"Stop being so guarded, so hostile toward me," Truman said softly. His dark eyes

locked on mine, filled with something deep-something honest. "I'm here to protect

you

Thud. Thud-thud. Thud-thud-thud.

My heart pounded wildly in my chest.

I looked up in confusion and stared right into Truman's eyes. For a brief moment, I

felt a strange familiarity.

Just like when I looked at Benjamin.

The realization hit me like a bolt of lightning. And after that fleeting calm, panic

surged back into my chest.

But he wasn't Benjamin. Hera could smell the difference between them.

How could 1-how dare I-be drawn to two different men?

"No! I can't!"

The chaos inside me bubbled over. I cried out, not even realizing it.

Then, as if burned, I ripped my hand away from his and spun around. I flung the

door open and refused to look back at him.

Now. I want you out of

Benjamin's POV:

moment I saw Hayley's expression, I knew something was

my wolf could sense the shift in

wasn't the Hayley who snapped and scolded me whenever I teased her.

was something else.

know what I had done to push her away, but

Truman. Not like

and left without a word. At the doorway,

worried, hoping.

her face as she slammed

Chapter 776 Poor Humbert

as if something

breath out of

took a long moment before I managed to turn away again. And when

that moment, one thing became crystal

Hayley's POV:

breath shallow

brows

earth was wrong

drawn to a man who already had

one fate had chosen for me. My destined

barely slept that night, tossed in a haze

arrived at the auction hall right on

Auction was still in full swing, as lively

people who

had spread

in even more hopeful dreamers, all chasing the fantasy of overnight

of diehards-gamblers to the

legendary. They refused to leave before

the rare treasure.

they'd stayed just to witness the showdown between

and Preston.

the buzz among them

wouldn't just disappear before giving us a

and Preston brought in his secret weapon this time. That girl's

crushed."

Hate to see a pretty face lose

caught every word but didn't flinch. My expression

past like I

looked like

over nervously the moment he spotted me,

right? Preston's secret weapon showed up

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