LOGINChloe’s POVThe summon came early the next morning. I walked into Alpha Paul’s office and met the entire Crane family, sitting on the couch glaring at me in unison.Axel was there as well and unlike the last few days, he did not have a smile or a warm expression on his face. However, I was not bothered. This was part of my plan.I needed the Crane family to think they had won and lay it on thick.I curtsied. “Greetings, Alpha. Clan Leader. Ms. Crane.”No one replied to me for a whole minute so I remained in my position, knees aching but I did not utter a word of complaint to remind them of the fact that I was still there.“Father,” Axel said slowly, not even bothering to look at me. It was as though a silent conversation passed between the two men before Alpha Paul’s jaw clenched.“Sit,” he said and I walked to the couch farthest from him and dropped down, which coincidentally happened to be beside Axel.Alpha Paul got right down to business. “Do you think you are deserving of the Lun
Chapter 71The moment they heard another voice come from inside the room, Scarlett turned to look at Shirley, who equally had a shocked look on her face.“That doesn't sound like Paris,” Shirley stated the obvious.Of course it didn't. The voice coming from the room sounded like a man's voice, nothing close to the sweet voice Scarlett recalled Paris having.Shirley's brows knitted as she stuffed her hand into her pocket to pull out an already wet paper.“Could we be in the wrong house?” She asked, carefully opening the paper to take a look at the house number.Scarlett's eyes remained glued to her before she covered the small distance, also struggling to glance at the house number.“This is room 0412, isn't it?” They both directed their eyes towards the door where the number was boldly written. It was obviously the apartment, no mistakes.When they had confirmed the room number, Scarlett got bolder. She moved closer to the door, knocking as hard as she could.“Paris,” she shouted. “
Chloe’s POVAxel’s words settled in the corridor. A second passed, two and then, I plucked his hand off my body and tossed it back to him. “Noted,” I said, rolling my eyes as I turned away from him.All of a sudden, he was deciding to develop some conscience and maybe a bit of manners. But he did not need to try so hard to convince me that he and Celestia were not an item. I had eyes that worked.When I knocked on Luna Diane’s door, she immediately replied from inside with a low hum. I opened the door, wearing a warm smile on my face. “Hi, Luna. May I come in?”Her pen froze and she looked up at me with confusion. “Of course, Chloe. Did you want to see me for something?”“It is nothing too important but I brought you a…oh, you had a guest,” I said and was about to backtrack out of the room when the woman who was sitting on the couch stood up and approached me.“Chloe Waterson,” she said, standing too close for comfort. “I have been quite curious about the woman who was able to weasel
Chloe’s POVAxel was in front of the pack house, talking to Tony when the car pulled up.He paused and they both turned, watching me get down from the car. “How was your meeting?” Axel asked me.I could not help but smile when I thought about Luna Silvia and how much of a darling that she was. “It was very fruitful. I bought fruits to make a salad. Would you care for some?”Axel’s head tilted slightly. “You want to make a salad for me?”Irritation built up so quickly in my best that I wanted to bite my tongue off for thinking of suggesting the idea to him. “What. Are you too important for healthy eating? My mistake—”“I would love a salad,” Axel cut in to say. Tony opened his mouth but Axel shot him a glare, already following after me. “Perhaps I can join you in the kitchen.”What was he trying to do now? I do not want to go out of my way to spend more time with him than was necessary.“I remember that someone said that my involvement with the kitchen was besmirching the Alpha family’
Chloe’s POVI was undeniably nervous as I dialed Luna Silvia’s phone number. It kept ringing and ringing and just when I thought the line would go dead, it connected.“Chloe!” she exclaimed, sounding out of breath. “I was golfing so I was not beside my phone when you called. What is wrong?”Why did she sound so out of breath golfing?“Chloe? Is that Chloe?” I heard Sandra yell in the background. “Mum, I want to talk to Chloe too!”There seemed to be some kind of struggle and then a slap with a yelp of pain afterwards before Luna Silvia came back on the phone. “Chloe, it is not that I do not want to hear from you but I find myself wondering if something is wrong.”“Not wrong. Nothing is wrong,” I said, my nervousness now turning to excitement. “I don’t know if you remember the research project that I was telling you about. We have completed the prototype and it actually works.”Luna Silvia gasped and then covered the microphone to yell something in her background. “Darling, keep talkin
Chloe’s POVI nodded and jogged away, heading down the stairs with somewhat of a happy skip in my step.Viktor was already waiting in front of the car and moved to open the door for me. I was about to enter when I smelled Hannah’s perfume. Her and Celestia were already walking back to the packhouse.When Celestia saw me, her eyes darkened with malice. Hannah wore a pleased smirk on her face. It was not difficult to infer that Hannah had told Celestia something to make her this upset at me.“Going to see one of your lovers again?” Celestia spat. Before I could say anything, she added. “Like I thought, you are not deserving of the Luna position. Who knew what backwater village you were born in with your gold-digging mother?”What was it with all these entitled brats provoking me?I glanced at Hannah in my peripheral vision. She was probably expecting me to snap and hit Celestia. That would definitely give them a case in front of Alpha Paul, especially when Crane would start raging.Rath







