Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 31

When the moment to leave arrives, I fear I won't have much time.

I look down at the slip of paper in my hand. It's an address for someone I haven't seen in a long time. Too long.

"Cara," I hear the old man's voice behind the door after I knock. The door swings open. smile that's greeted me since I was a young pup in a strange new pack. and I'm met with the same warm

It's exactly who I'm here to see. The former Alpha King's butler. Edward, now happily retired and living in a small cottage just outside of town.

A butler might be considered "the help" by some, but Edward was always kind to me. And Alaric's father loved him like a

brother.

"How are you doing, Edward? Are you well?" I ask the old man, gently hugging him.

"Fine, fine, don't worry about me," he says, brushing off my concerns with a wave of his hand. "What brings you to me today?"

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I look over my shoulder for anyone in listening distance before responding quietly, "I just need to check. My debt to the former Alpha King, it's been fully repaid, riglu?"

He exhales through his nose nisl looks at me with a playfully annoyed stare. "You know the former Alpha King told you, you didn't need to pay all that back. Your Grandmother was an important member of the pack."

father and Edward were the only ones who knew about the loan I'd requested to pay for Grandmother's medical bills. When Alaric's father died, I continued making my payments

know. But I promised to pay it back, every

to decide something. Like he's trying to decide if it's worth his

best to stay out of young folks' business, because he said simply, "Yes, it's been paid back. Every cent." He looks at me meaningfully, "Now don't you worry about this ever

stay and chat with Edward pleasantly over tea for another hour, When it's time to

never see

me a little. I haven't seen him or Lilia in what feels like a very long time, and I'm hoping to continue that streak. As I walk out of the conference room at the end of the meeting, though, Alaric's office door is wide open. I have a of Lilia

kiss, and a fresh

the stack of folders

Lilia from her romantic embrace, because she's yelling

full view

aren't you, Beta?" Her voice feels like ice as it hits my ears. She said the word "Beta" like it leaves a bad taste

you can't have him for yourself anymore,

Alaric's face was indifferent.

wish I could say the same to the

about Lilia's drunken outburst. She called me a gold digger in front of all the pack

trust anyone these days..." I had overheard someone whisper one day at the printing shop. So much for maintaining my

good thing about growing up in an environment where everyone openly talks bad about you is that it prepares you for an adulthood where everyone openly talks bad about you. I steeled myself from the whispers, from the comments

all the

fact that Alaric isn't even paying attention is all the signal I need that

Chapter 19

finally growing bored of my