Chapter 1

"Carla, do we have to celebrate our anniversary today? Can you please not waste your time on such boring events? Amy wants to see the ocean today, and I must make it happen! When she became my assistant, I promised her that she could ask for anything. You won't make me break my word, would you?"

I looked at the man standing before me, his eyes red with frustration.

Amy, standing beside Johnny, stepped forward and put herself between us.

"Luna Carla, it's my fault. I shouldn't have been so inconsiderate and arranged for a trip on your anniversary. Please don't fight with Johnny over me. I'm not going anymore…"

A few tears rolled down from Amy's eyes as she turned, but Johnny grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Carla! How can you be so unreasonable? I promised I'll take her. I always keep my word."

Amy began to sob softly in Johnny's arms, with me watching. "Luna Carla, this is all my fault. I've never seen the ocean before, so I've always dreamed of it. I'm so sorry… It's okay, Alpha Johnny. I can go alone. You can stay here with Carla."

She kept sobbing quietly, her fragile look filling Johnny's eyes with pity.

Seeing that I didn't respond, Johnny grew apprehensive.

"Carla, as the Alpha, I have to keep my promises. If I don't, who in the Pack will ever believe in me again? Just cancel your pointless anniversary party."

I stared blankly at the prideful Johnny before me. And then, the words that came out of my mouth changed.

"Alright. I understand."

I calmly walked to the center of the banquet hall and managed a faint smile. "I'm not feeling well tonight, everyone. So, the party is canceled."

When he saw what I did, Johnny's face was filled with disbelief.

I was someone who couldn't stand my plans being disrupted. My reputation and status meant everything to me.

When Amy sent out the wrong email to the pack last time, I almost kicked her out for delaying my plans.

But now, even as Johnny let Amy openly humiliate me at the party, all I did was simply announce the party was canceled without punishing her.

After leaving the stage, I even pulled out my phone and booked the entire area just for Johnny and Amy.

"Hope you both have a great time."

Johnny looked at me, slightly pleased, and deliberately took my hand. "Carla, I hope you can always be this lenient. That's how a Luna should be."

Before I could answer, Amy suddenly burst out crying. "Luna Carla, I know you canceled the party because of me. I made you lose respect in front of everyone. But please, don't punish me. Don't send me away again… I really don't want to leave the pack, and I don't want to leave Alpha Johnny."

Seeing Amy's pitiful look, Johnny tightened his grip on my hand and threatened, "If you make Amy leave the pack because of this, I'll have to reconsider whether you're really fit to be Luna."

As I felt the pressure on my wrist, it finally hit me. Time had turned back for me. I had returned to the beginning of my nightmare.

In my previous life, Johnny and I were supposed to hold our third wedding anniversary party.

And yet, Johnny insisted on taking Amy on vacation instead.

I refused, telling him repeatedly how important the party was. I did everything I could to stop him. In the end, Johnny stayed for the sake of appearances and the pack's stability.

Amy, upset, called Johnny a liar who didn't keep his promises and ran off in tears…only to get into a car accident and die.

When Johnny received the news, he had no emotion on his face.

"She was just an assistant. That was her fate."

After that, I merged my own pack's resources with Johnny's out of guilt.

The once chaotic pack began to thrive under my plans, and everyone was grateful for my presence.

After I had a pup with Johnny, I naively thought the Moon Goddess had finally blessed me.

But on the day I was supposed to give birth, Johnny tied me up in a car.

As the car spun out of control, he gave me a cruel smile.

"You should feel the same despair Amy did. Die!"

Johnny jumped out just before the car exploded. In that moment, I felt every bit of pain as my skin charred, as the flames tore through me.

Only then did I realize Johnny had hated me ever since Amy died. He had always wanted me to pay her with my life.