Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I think I surprised Mr. Vance, but to be honest, I surprised myself as well because of the woman I was staring at in the mirror right now. Wearing a short black dress, which wasn’t my style at all, but I guess Charlotte loved expressive clothing, short, modern. Well, I was more of the old money kind of girl because I was groomed to be an Alpha at a young age.

I made my way downstairs where Mr. Vance was waiting for me. And the Chadwick mansion is gorgeous, and it just screams money, but a part of me is afraid of it, afraid of what it holds because it’s not mine, and no matter how much I try to pretend, I’m not Charlotte and I’m stealing her life.

"I think it’s true that a coma changes people" Mr. Vance said when he saw me.

He had also changed into a three-piece suit because he is accompanying me, and I couldn’t say no because he was clearly very close to Charlotte’s father, and he feels very protective of me.

"Why?" I asked hoping and praying that he hasn’t found out my secret yet because as much as I want to tell someone I’ve learnt the hard way not to trust people even if they seem genuine because they will stab you in the back.

"Because you usually hated everything to do with this pack, and you always wanted to travel the world, but now you want to attend the coronation gala" he said.

This makes me want to get to know Charlotte because I never got to make friends or hang out with other children because I was always told that I was going to be different, my duty was always to this pack first but it’s a pity I didn’t even manage to do that right because I left this pack to the most despicable man alive.

He opened the door to the limo for me and I entered, and he went over to the other side. We made our way there, and my heart was basically pulsing out of my chest.

"I mean, we are one of the main sponsors of the Alpha family and the pack, and I want to do my father proud" I lied through my teeth.

But the Chadwick family is one of the main sponsors of the pack, and the money that they put in goes a long, long way. Coincidentally, Arthur Chadwick was one of the men who was against me leaving my position for Samuel, but I insisted until they all gave their support.

"Your father would be really proud of you" Mr. Vance said.

I couldn’t say anything after that until we reached the pack castle where the Alpha and his family live.

It felt like my life was flashing before my eyes, because my childhood flashed through me. Ivy and me running around in the garden, our mom teaching us to cook, our dad teaching us to ride horses and how to shift for the first time. But she gave all that away for power, just to be the Luna.

But if she had just asked me even once, then I would’ve left everything for her.

I always thought her jealousy was because she just wanted her sister and I was caught up in my duties that I couldn’t spend as much time with her as I wanted but she was just plotting my demise.

And then my wedding, we had our wedding right there on the lawn, and I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had this handsome man who didn’t care about my looks, just about me. But he was just playing me.

"Shall we?"

I was snapped out of my thoughts by Mr. Vance on my side with his hand out for me, and I don’t even know when the car stopped because I was lost in my thoughts.

"Of course" I said, stepping out.

My legs still felt a little bit heavy, but I managed to pose for the paparazzi who wouldn’t stop screaming and asking who I was. I’m not surprised.

Charlotte is a really beautiful woman, and by extension, now me. Not many people have seen her in years, including myself, so I’m not surprised they don’t know her.

"Charlotte Chadwick" Mr. Vance introduced, and the crowd just went crazy.

He had to pull me in, and the same thing happened when we got inside the gala, which was in the main hall that my father had made just a little away from the castle, but closer. Everybody stopped what they were doing to look at me, and I kept my head up high. Mr. Vance kept introducing me to everybody, and I was attracting quite an audience.

I left him behind to greet some people and went over to the bar for some water. Because the splitting headache I got from the moment that I wake up wouldn’t go away and it was much worse now that I was minutes away from meeting the very people who killed me.

Everything felt so different here, it’s likely erased me not just on the pictures on the walls but inside this woman as well because everybody just seemed so happy to have Ivy as their Luna like I didn’t exist for any of them.

Was l really that replaceable.

I couldn’t stop the questions and the self sabotage until I felt a presence behind me, and when I turned, I came face to face with none other than my executioner.

Up close he looked like the same man I fell in love with, handsome and confident, the same looking at his eyes yes you can see the growth but in that moment all I could see were the memories.

The love I felt for him then and now they hate I feel for him but clearly he saw something else in me.

"Miss Chadwick, I’m not sure we’ve met" he said, with the charming smile that I fell for, and I could tell just how impressed and charmed he was with me.