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The Alpha Chose My Best Friend, I Abandoned Him Chapter 14
It was quiet outside the hotel.Damian waited for my answer, as certain as he had been three years ago that the bond would bring me back in the end.I asked him, "Did you ever love Clara?"He was quiet for a moment. "I thought it was love.""And what do you think it was now?""She needed me." Damian lowered his head. "When I was with you, everyone said Blackpine ran on you, that the future Alpha ran on you too. You could always solve it, and you never needed me. I started to feel like an extra person standing next to you. Clara got scared, she cried, she waited for me to protect her. She made me feel strong. I took being needed for love."It was probably the first time in three years he had seen himself clearly."So it isn't that you didn't love me," I said. "You just loved the version of yourself that someone looked up to more."His face went pale. "I know I was wrong. Clara and I have broken the mark, and I'll respect your career. If you don't want to come back to Blackpine, I'll giv
The Alpha Chose My Best Friend, I Abandoned Him Chapter 13
Three years later, Silverbank Brand Company ran the largest full moon brand gala in North America.As the event closed, silver light came down over the main stage and tens of thousands of people looked up at once. Backstage, Seraphina handed me a glass of champagne and then announced to the whole company that I would be taking over as chief executive. The non-compete penalty she had paid years earlier had long since come back to her through dividends. We were still equal partners. She had never used that money to demand obedience, and she had never cast herself as the person who rescued me.Margaret called before the celebration started.She told me that Damian and Clara had formally broken their mate mark six months ago. Blackpine Group had gone from a regional leader with several hundred people to a small company keeping only its basic operations alive. Damian had sold most of his personal assets to pay down debt, and his claim to the Alpha succession had been postponed indefinitely
The Alpha Chose My Best Friend, I Abandoned Him Chapter 12
A year and a half later, Blackpine Group lost the lead planner of its last major annual event ten days before opening. He left one line behind when he resigned. He could not go on taking responsibility for an Alpha who refused to hear professional advice.If the event was canceled, Blackpine faced enormous penalties and would lose the main income that funded the pack's basic medical care and elder services. The CFO emailed me again.This time I answered. I could give them a list of ordinary vendors, but Silverbank would not take over a Blackpine project.The next morning Damian and Clara showed up at my office together.In a year and a half Damian had lost a lot of weight. Clara wore a plain suit with no expensive jewelry, and only the mate mark on her neck was still clear. They sat on the same sofa with room for another person between them.Damian spoke first. "This isn't for me. The income from that event affects several hundred Blackpine members.""Basic services don't stop because
The Alpha Chose My Best Friend, I Abandoned Him Chapter 11
I did not answer the email.Seven months later Clara delivered a healthy daughter. Margaret was the one who told me. She said first that the baby was healthy, then asked carefully whether I wanted to see a photo."No," I said. "Wish her well for me."The child had done nothing wrong, and I did not need to hate an infant to prove I had been hurt. I sent no expensive gift. I made a personal donation to a fund that helps women and children escaping domestic violence. Margaret understood, and she stopped urging me to come to the hospital.What happened after that came to me piece by piece from people who had left Blackpine.The day Clara gave birth, Damian waited outside the delivery room the whole time. He wanted to hold on to the "real family" he had chosen, but his phone went off every few minutes. The annual project was delayed. Suppliers wanted their overdue payments. Several pack families were complaining that community services had been cut. None of that used to land in front of him
The Alpha Chose My Best Friend, I Abandoned Him Chapter 10
Silverbank Brand Company's first project was rebidding for the Aston Group's North American annual launch.Damian bid too. Blackpine came in below cost and told suppliers it had worked with for years that signing with Silverbank meant losing Blackpine's business permanently.The first to pull out was a lighting company we had worked with for eight years. The owner called to apologize and said he had forty employees and could not take the risk of losing Blackpine's standing orders. I did not ask him to pick a side out of sentiment. I had the team rerun the budget. Within two days we had contacted twenty-seven new suppliers and found three smaller ones willing to carry part of the risk with us.People questioned whether smaller vendors could guarantee quality, so I broke every technical stage into separate tests and invited the client to watch the results in person. We did not trade on Seraphina's name for loyalty. We built the first partnership on clear contracts, money up front, and a
The Alpha Chose My Best Friend, I Abandoned Him Chapter 9
A week after I left Seattle, Damian lost control on the first full moon.When Blackpine's doctor called, I was at the new company going over an office lease."Mr. Cross's wolf is refusing sedatives. He's looking for your scent.""We ended the bond.""That's exactly why it's this bad. Could you come back for one night?"I looked at the lease on the table. "No."There was a silence on the other end. "If he hurts someone—""That's a problem for his doctor, his family, and his current mate."I still sent over the standard treatment protocol I had used, with none of my scent and nothing personal in it. That was help for members of the pack who had done nothing wrong, not a mate's duty carried on.I only learned later that Clara demanded Damian complete the mark that same night. After the public ceremony collapsed, she still was not officially Luna. She was afraid he would change his mind, and afraid everyone would see her as a stopgap who could never replace me.Damian agreed. He put a mate
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