Chapter 13

Forcing a smile, he spoke honestly. “She wanted everything to be special after the marriage and on our first night.”

Athena was shaking her head. Many women would die for Alpha Nick, but he waited for his mate. From the way Charlotte was distant towards him previously, it was suspicious how she was suddenly all over him now.

Athena was no fool. It was clear that something must have gone wrong back then. “So, you didn’t mark her, you didn’t mate with her, and finally, she gets kidnapped on the day of her wedding that she alone knew all the exits and entrances plus all the guests and planners? Have you investigated the matter?”

The more she thought about it, the greater her conviction and the more her anger increased with the whole analysis.

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Some things were not adding up as they should, and she wondered why she was the only one seeing things from that angle.

There were people whose good heart could immediately capture a person’s attention, but there were others. whose presence brought unease. Charlotte was one of them, and yet, everyone liked her because of how well she played her cards.

What happened to honesty? Sheila was the honest one and yet was being hated for what? Because she wasn’t Alpha Nick’s destined mate? Athena felt sad about the whole thing and now that Sheila was gone, felt like the only person feeling her absence.

“She said there was no need because the kidnappers died. It was the only way she could escape,” Alpha Nick explained, trying to get Charlotte on his mother’s good side, but the woman stared at him with a faraway look. It was as if she was not listening but had also heard everything.

When she opened her mouth, Alpha Nick felt unease bubbling in his heart due to the disappointment coating each word Athena spoke, which was also steady in her eyes.

“Nick. I never expected the mate bond to make you stupid. You lose your head whenever it comes to Charlotte. I hope you can keep your thinking cap on before she births you some bastard.”

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on trying to convince his

to his feet, he said to her, “Mom, I will go see Dustin. I

to nod her head in agreement since the conversation was not going in

have you decided on

behavior never ceased to amaze him, and the more he thought

but she refused them all, avoiding me like a plague.” His throat felt dry and his mind went blank.

that Sheila had refused to tell him about the source of the car as he massaged his nape, looking lost and hoping that Athena would stop seeing Sheila the way she always

Sheila.” He suddenly saw. the emerald bracelet on his mother’s left wrist, which he hadn’t seen the entire day, wondering how

look of it, it wasn’t just any kind of bracelet. It must be worth millions. He couldn’t stop himself from asking, “and who gave you

eye level. She was about to respond when Tedmond beat

yours is mysterious and should be investigated. Your mother is under her charm and even

at the revelation. He was hoping to convince his mother to give that pendant to Charlotte to prove that she was loved by his whole family since Athena openly showed her dislike

be more convinced that his mother didn’t like her. Alpha Nick. was regretting agreeing to the marriage contract, but recalling

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gift for your daughter–in–law.” Disdain laced

had not seen the pendant on Sheila’s n*ck. Unknown to him, Sheila had hidden the pendant after that confrontation with Tedmond. It was safely beneath the

dress she wore.

regrets and gazed annoyingly at her son. “I still

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