Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 0009

Chapter 9

Cara's POV

They say distraction is the best way to navigate through a hard time.

I'm not sure the people who say that ever had to deal with planning their former Fate Mate's wedding.

But there's so many tasks to complete. I found a hotel even more luxurious than the proposal site to host the wedding, My days are spent jumping from meeting to meeting, selecting colors and cake flavors and every last tiny detail

It's not exactly hard work like what I'm used to, but there are so many tedious decisions to be made. Everyone on the pack's staff is working so hard to make this wedding a celebration of the strength and prosperity of Pack DarkWood. An event to remember. I can't let them down.

I'm in an early morning meeting to pick chair fabrics when I'm lost in thought as my fingers swipe over a mint green damask option.

Mint greendamask and flowers.

It's exactly what I'd always dreamed of having at my own wedding-

My own wedding with Alaric.

I shake my head, disappointed in myself yet again. Alaric and I are not, and will never, get married. These intrusive thoughts. about our imagined future together will be the end of me.

I'm only helping with this wedding to ensure I can make a good finture for my baby. Once this last job is done, I can finally leave the pack and start fresh.

I can forget all about Alaric.

I just need to get through this.

My phone's sharp ring startles me, "Hello?"

always insists on

been his

his superior. I'm not

Beta business that requires immediate attention. Come to the office at once" George

the staff in the meeting

has been working overtime every day," one of

with Alaric in the offices where we spent so much time together is the very last thing I'd like to be doing right now.

I

arrive at the office much earlier than I anticipated. It's clear no one else was expecting me

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Chapter 9

de Gamma a direct view into her deep cleavage while she runs a thin finger around the edge of his

can't move my feet. I'm tucked behind the partially

I can hear

few ways to slow her down, make things a little more difficult for her. She flips her hair back over her shoulder seductively. "Don't you want to protect your Alpha King from that little gold-digging whore" Tin rolling my eyes at Lilia's obvious play, expecting George to see right through

make me look lad, always trying to make herself look better than me

return, I'll recommend to the Alpha

bitch will get what's coming to her,

away from the door, weighing my options and whether I should

get very far in my thinking when Lilia passes through the doorway

size of dinnerplates, wide and

thin and cold. "You know, I don't know or care where you go after you leave this pack But I do know that making an enemy of the formidable Pack DarkWood's Luna would be a terrible, terrible mistake. Wouldn't you agree?" She wants me to keep this quiet. As if she doesn't already

would." I say quietly. Let her think I'm playing along if it makes my last few days in Pack DarkWood

shot

out an audible

favorite pastime, taunting me with boasts about Alaric. "He's taking me shopping this afternoon. He closed the entire boutique, just for me to shop in total privacy. Imagine

tune her out until she finally leaves. It takes only a few minutes, given my stoic lack

word, George has a mountain of tedious paperwork for me to handle. It's going