FAZER LOGINOne after another, they hurried toward the dressing rooms and restrooms to do their makeup and change into their uniforms.Eranthe changed into Ashly Mall's professional suit. This time, she was no longer dressed as an administrative department employee, but in the attire designated for the administrative department manager.Standing in front of the mirror, she turned once, took a deep breath, and put on her professional smile.When the event officially began, the entire venue entered a state of full alert. Staff members escorted representatives from various news media outlets into the hall.Following the senior executives, Eranthe stood at the entrance greeting guests with a smile, taking the opportunity to memorize each person's face and identity one by one.Camera flashes continued to burst before her eyes. Just as the smile on Eranthe's face was beginning to feel stiff, the Rodriguez Family's motorcade arrived at the venue precisely on schedule, making the final grand entrance.Th
She took a breath.“You don't mind making things public.”“But you hate permanence.”The air became noticeably colder.Chloe forced herself to continue.“You dislike being trapped inside a defined relationship.”“You dislike labels.”“Boyfriend.”“Husband.”“Mate.”The last word lingered in the air.“You especially dislike the idea that someone else gets to define what your feelings mean.”When she finally looked up, Colin's eyes had turned dangerously cold.Immediately, Chloe lowered her gaze again.But she knew.She'd guessed correctly.From the very beginning, Colin's pursuit of Eranthe had been centered around a single goal:Keeping her close.Without facing the things that frightened him.He was terrified of marriage.Terrified of commitment.Terrified of history repeating itself.Especially when it involved an Alpha and a human Luna.Deep down, he didn't believe such relationships ended happily.And yet...He had never looked at another woman.Not once.“You're talking too much.
The chamber event had already reached its final stage.Rumors had begun to spread from the Rodriguez Family side that there was a new leadership shift. As for Jacob’s situation, no one knew what direction things were heading. On top of that, Jennifer’s departure had stirred even more speculation.Inside the company, everyone was talking—guessing who would be parachuted in as the new head of the finance department.But the timing was too tight. Everyone was already buried in wrap-up work, leaving no room for gossip to linger.From the moment work started in the morning until ten at night, the office phones rang without pause.Colin never called.Not once.Their chat thread gradually sank lower and lower beneath a flood of other messages until it disappeared entirely from the top of her screen.Sometimes, during a rare lunch break, Eranthe would scroll through her conversations and her eyes would inevitably catch on his profile picture.But every time, she chose to close the app.There
Only when he confirmed she hadn’t woken did the tension in his shoulders slowly ease.He stared at her for a while longer, as if weighing every inch of restraint he still had left, then carefully lay back down beside her.But even then, he didn’t fully relax.Instead, he shifted closer—quietly, deliberately—closing whatever distance remained until there was barely any space left between them.It wasn’t just affection anymore. It was instinct.Something in him, buried deep beneath human discipline, responded to her presence like a living pull in his blood. The wolf alpha in him didn’t like distance. Didn’t like uncertainty. Didn’t like the idea of her slipping even slightly away.So he stayed close.Too close for someone who claimed control.His arm slid around her waist with slow precision, as if testing whether she would react in her sleep. When she didn’t, his grip settled—not tight enough to wake her, but firm enough to make a silent claim.Colin exhaled quietly against her hair.“
Morris had already made the decision personally:The Rodriguez Family would never cooperate with Christopher’s company.So when Christopher entered the bedroom and finally confronted Ana face-to-face, the collaboration partners he’d spent months negotiating with suddenly began sending cancellation notices one after another.Combined with Jennifer’s words earlier, Christopher finally lost his temper.“You’ve been hiding all this from me?” he snapped. “What exactly were you trying to do? Do you even understand who Colin is?”His wolf aura surged uncontrollably with frustration.“You went after Colin’s woman—have you completely lost your mind?”“You were handed the perfect opportunity, and somehow you destroyed everything!”Christopher was no different from most men in this world.Yes, he was educated. Capable. From a decent family. Successful enough to build a respectable company.But someone like him could never stand on the same level as Colin.The reason he’d pursued Ana in the begin
“Miss O’Halloran! Is something wrong?”Ana had already heard the commotion upstairs.Lately, Christopher had been out every night attending business dinners and Pack gatherings, badly disrupting the sleep of his heavily pregnant Luna. With her due date approaching, Ana rarely left the house anymore.“Jennifer?”She slowly descended the staircase, one hand supporting her swollen belly.The moment Jennifer saw her, she stormed forward, eyes blazing with fury.“Ana! I’m not letting you get away with this!”Before anyone could react, Jennifer raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face.The crack echoed through the foyer.“Jennifer! Have you lost your mind?” Ana instinctively shielded her stomach, her wolf immediately reacting protectively beneath her skin.Her gaze turned icy as she stared at the other woman.If anything happened to her pup…Then this wouldn’t end with a slap.“Ana, are you seriously still pretending?” Jennifer’s voice shook with anger. “I’m the one getting thro
As long as they didn't hinder the work, it was okay if they occasionally slacked off.People like Galina, who used their connections to elevate themselves to small leadership positions, were much more irritating.Acacia, with some files in hand, entered, relieved to see Eranthe there.
But did she find it annoying?It was much easier to accept than when Dylan suggested they live together.However, this time, Eranthe insisted on not taking his car. She wanted to drive to the company herself because she had several places to go today, including visiting the exhibition
"If you're bored at home, I'll have your brother send you to Texas for a development project."Eranthe's body tensed, and Colin hung up without waiting for the person on the other end to respond.-Exhausted, Eranthe rolled up the blanket and asked, "Who called you just now?"
Eranthe looked at the somewhat dazed Oriel and asked, "What exactly happened?"It was only then that Oriel had a moment to take out her phone and check. Her Instagram was inundated with messages that kept popping up incessantly.Many of Rose's fans were sending her abusive messages, a







