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“Tom, we agreed not to contact each other until everything was done,” Charlotte said as she hid in her room to receive the call.

Her heart thumped loudly, and she feared someone might hear it. What was Tom thinking to call her when they had agreed that all the calls would be done by her?

“I haven’t had any updates, and you promised to call me every other day. None of that has happened as well,” Tom responded from the other end of the line, jealousy lacing his tone.

He had eyes on Charlotte, and they had been dating since she was in college in New York. After graduation, she returned to her pack briefly to visit her parents.

There she met Alpha Nick, who was visiting due to pack business, and they were tied together by the mate bond. Alpha Nick whisked her to his pack instantly, intending to mark and claim her, but Charlotte’s heart was already

taken.

With how obsessed Alpha Nick was with her, she feared rejecting him, as Tom suggested, so she eloped on her wedding day to save herself the trouble.

Before then, she had single–handedly planned the whole event to not create any suspicions and to make it seem

that she was kidnapped.

Things were not so rosy with Tom as she expected. Challenges knocked on their door from every angle. They also couldn’t legally marry because of the mate bond.

When Charlotte perceived that more hardship was headed Tom’s way, she suggested returning to Alpha Nick to extort money to support Tom’s business. The latter agreed, cautioning her to not mate with him or get marked, but that was exactly what she had in mind.

“I’ve been busy. Things are not as simple as we planned. I need to work harder,” Charlotte said.

Tom was unamused by what he was hearing, knowing how obsessed Nick was with his mate. Tom and Nick had been childhood friends, growing to the level of best friends before Tom left for New York City.

Due to their businesses, they hadn’t met in two years but had been in contact through the phone. Without time, Tom ensured to cut all contacts with Alpha Nick for Charlotte’s sake.

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you mean?”

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the same room as me,” Charlotte complained in a bitter tone. Tom was happy but

the pack’s treasury to transfer the money into the account number I gave you.

of the problem. All she wanted was to use the money to pay off Tom

relationship with

to the pack treasury

$

the line. Tom was weighing his options. “Then just forget everything and come back. I’m already working on some partnerships, and they seem positive. Business would

with that option. That was all she wanted. To be marked by Alpha Nick to break things off with Tom, but it would not be sensible

survive aft

to survive after all those losses?” She asked. If those were not dealt with, she was certain

a way, but stick to

her continuous resistance struck

with him?” There was a slight rage in his tone. Tom was the Beta of the Lotus Pack before leaving the position to

He was

she take it?” Tom asked with interest, as he couldn’t help envying his best friend

I want it,” Charlotte sparked the greed further, and Tom was falling for it

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a whole lot of billions,” Tom

his interest.

what I’m

that my best friend’s wealth keeps multiplying every day,”

the pack is richer than six months ago,” Charlotte leveraged, encouraging him the more. Tom agreed that Charlotte had to stay longer, but why leave her alone with her mate? They might just complete the process, and he would lose the

want to know just how he is able

sank. Things were not working as planned, as

need to

Tom asked, slightly disappointed but there was amusement in his tone.

that. We have to get the money before creating any suspicions,” she revealed

like someone who would

for a few days

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