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.”

clinginess to her son might be because she was carrying another man’s child, but for as long as she was concerned, no bastard would

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trying to convince his mother upon seeing no way out of the

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

since the conversation was not going in either

have you decided on

never ceased to amaze him, and the more he thought

His throat felt dry and his mind went blank. “Yesterday, she was driving a yellow Ferrari. She

source of the car as he massaged his nape, looking lost and hoping that Athena would stop seeing Sheila the way she always did and

overly suspicious of Charlotte, I think you should rather investigate Sheila.” He suddenly saw. the emerald bracelet on his mother’s left wrist, which he hadn’t

It must be worth millions. He couldn’t stop himself from asking,

wrist to her eye level. She was about to respond when Tedmond beat her

are right son, that ex–wife of yours is mysterious and should be investigated. Your mother is under her charm

to give that pendant to Charlotte to prove that she was

Nick. was regretting agreeing to the marriage contract, but recalling the shame that would have befallen the pack

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your daughter–in–law.” Disdain laced his tone as he recalled hearing Tedmond question Sheila before barging into

linking Dustin and had not seen the pendant on Sheila’s n*ck. Unknown to him, Sheila had hidden the pendant after

dress she wore.

had no regrets and gazed annoyingly at her son. “I still insist that one day, you will regret letting Sheila

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