Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

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Chapter 20 A Successful Counterattack

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“That’s my ring!” Wendy exclaimed, staring at me with extreme disdain. “Roseline, so it was you who stole it! Now that we’ve caught you red–handed, with both eyewitnesses and the ring in your possession, what do you have to say for yourself?”

I stayed calm, watching her closely. When the waitress accused me, I was certain the ring would magically appear in my bag. No doubt, Wendy was behind this setup.

“Roseline, if you’d just returned the ring to me and apologized earlier, I might have been willing to let it go. Wendy’s tone suddenly softened, in stark contrast to her earlier hostility.

I glanced over my shoulder and realized why: Caden, the man she idolized, was finally paying attention to

the commotion.

Typical–only now, after everything was practically exploding, did he decide to notice that his troublesome. admirer was causing me trouble.

“Wendy, you’re too kind. A thief like Roseline doesn’t deserve forgiveness! We should report this to the authorities and let them handle it fairly and impartially,” Lilian said, perfectly playing her role.

Wendy nodded. “Fine, let’s call the police.

“This is what you deserve, Roseline. Stealing something this valuable isn’t a minor offense–you’ll be spending time in jail soon enough!” Queenie added gleefully, hurriedly distancing herself from me.

I almost laughed. Reporting this to the police? That actually works out perfectly for me. Exposing Wendy’s

up in front of werewolf officers will make this even more satisfying.

set

“What’s going on here?”

Caden finally walked over.

couldn’t believe it took him this long. The whole place was practically about

His sharp, penetrating eyes glinted with intensity, and the banquet hall lights cast a golden halo around him, making his presence so

“Alpha.”

steady strides, the crowd parted, making way for him.

voice dripping with false sorrow. She

a thin line. “She wouldn’t do that.”

What?

slightly taken aback. Caden was actually standing up for

cut in, “Someone saw Roseline steal Ms. Crawford’s ring. The head of security found it in her

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believe Ms. Sinclair would steal either, especially since she’s your fiancée. But…”

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glancing around at the crowd. “In front of everyone, we all saw my diamond ring in her bag. It’s not like the ring just jumped in there

perfect performance–she deserved an award. Her acting skills were good enough to win her

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on me. “Did you take it?”

slightly. “If I said no, would

He replied

surprise. Caden was willing to believe me, even when everyone else

to admit this side of him

your bag?” Wendy gave Lilian a

curling into a smirk.

faltered slightly, and she stepped

footage, Caden ordered, his tone

to the security

All we needed to

was no way she’d

enough, a few minutes later, a guard returned. “Alpha, the surveillance