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.

this long. The whole place was practically about to explode, and he

and the banquet hall lights cast a golden halo around him,

“Alpha.”

strides, the crowd parted, making way

my ring.” Wendy jumped in, her voice dripping with false sorrow. She bit her lip pitifully. “It’s the birthday gift

lips pressing into a thin line. “She wouldn’t do

What?

taken aback. Caden was actually standing up for

Roseline steal Ms. Crawford’s

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would steal either, especially

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for dramatic effect, 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 on its own, right? Caden, you wouldn’t be favoring Roseline, that

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

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on me. “Did

smiled slightly. “If I said no,

He replied without

willing to believe me, even when everyone else had

side of him

up in your bag?” Wendy gave

Wendy, my lips curling into a smirk. “Obviously, someone

and she stepped back. Her flustered reaction

footage, Caden ordered, his tone turning steely.

went to the

high–end banquet hall like this, surveillance cameras were a given. All we needed to do was check the footage

trap; there was no way she’d make it easy for anyone to see

returned. “Alpha, the