Chapter 98 A Slap in the Spotlight

Aubrey’s POV

My father was just unlucky to be tangled up with the Lynn family.

Yes, he was weak but before Aurelia came into the picture, at least he’d been a decent dad who cared for

me.

Crack! Hudson crushed another glass in his hand.

“Watch your mouth! Aubrey, do you even know who you’re talking to?!”

His glare was so vicious it felt like it could bore straight through me.

“Apologize!” he barked, advancing step by step. “Or the Lynn family pulls our investment right now, and your pathetic Gamma father can crawl into bankruptcy! You think you can act high and mighty here? You think you’re some kind of princess? You’re nothing but a curse who killed your own mother! You think clinging to some Alpha will save you? Well guess what – that oh–so–noble Alpha hasn’t contacted you in five days. He’s already bored. He’s done with you!”

My pupils contracted slightly. So they were watching me.

“You sure do care about my every move,” I said with a cold, silent smile. “Even my Alpha ignoring me such a petty detail — and you know it all.”

her hands on that money, she didn’t just take every last vial of my grandfather’s precious elixirs. She also forced the Lynn family to buy a stake in my father’s business. My dad, desperate for funds and foolish enough to believe in “family,” agreed. He didn’t realize he’d just opened the gates for the wolves to

the Lynn

bite the hand that feeds you. Aurea,


eagerly and hurried

their plan: they wanted to trap me in the

turned to leave without

“Stop her!” Hudson roared.

me, but I twisted away and

until I burst into the

and were chatting in small groups, waiting for the hosts to formally

in the front–right corner, whispering something to my father. His

darkened as I made

1/2

A slap in the

timing. Your fathers alread agreed you’ll

wide, then darted around the room anxiously. He tugged at Aurelia’s


he hadn’t agreed to anything. Aurelia

not to notice and stepped toward me, reaching out.

Smack!

slapped her across the face, cutting off her little

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