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Chapter 4

작가: Katerina
Before leaving, I’d arranged to have the things I didn’t want shipped to Adrian: a hoodie, a stack of books, a chipped ceramic mug, and the notes he’d written me over the years.

The boxes arrived at the restaurant while Adrian was still there.

A few minutes later, Sienna sent me a video of them opening the boxes.

Beneath the books was an itemized record of our shared expenses. Over three years, the portions of our rent, meals, and travel that he’d covered for me came to fourteen thousand, eight hundred and twenty dollars. I’d just transferred the full amount to his account.

Sienna held up the list. “She certainly knows how to keep score. Laying it all out like this is her way of reminding you she gave you three years. Next she’ll want compensation for her lost youth.”

“The money came through,” Adrian said.

He showed her the transfer notification. I had labeled it “shared expenses,” with no demand attached. “Exactly. She wants you to see it and feel sorry for her.” Sienna picked up the mug. “Why send back junk like this unless she wants you thinking about her?”

Adrian took it from her. There was a small chip on the bottom from the first time he’d taken me to the coast. He’d knocked it against the sink in our rental cottage. When I tried to throw it out, he’d said it had to come with us if we ever moved. Now he ran his thumb over the chip.

Adrian sat on the sofa, his expression growing darker as he stared at everything I had returned.

“What if she really just wants to end things?” he suddenly asked.

Sienna laughed.

“Adrian, you actually fell for it?”

“She’s just an ordinary omega. Once she leaves you, she’ll have to rent a place, work, and face real life on her own.”

“She’s gotten used to the life you gave her. Do you really think she can go back to living without it?”

The video abruptly cut off.

I left every group chat we shared and deactivated the phone number I’d used for seven years.

Another boarding announcement sounded.

As I joined the line, Adrian’s Beta sent me a message.

[Evelyn, Alpha Blackwood asked me to find out when you’re coming back.]

I didn’t reply.

The line slowly moved forward.

Just as it was my turn to scan my boarding pass, Mara called.

“The company has officially notified your pack.”

“Adrian should find out soon that you’ve signed a three-year contract.”

“Are you sure about this?”

I looked down the jet bridge leading to the plane.

“I’m sure.”

“This time, I’m not looking back.”

After ending the call, I opened my conversation with Adrian and sent him two final messages.

[Adrian, we’re truly over.]

[No matter what test you put me through next, no one will come running back to you.]

Adrian called immediately.

I didn’t answer.

He kept calling, his name flashing across my screen again and again.

The flight attendant reminded me to switch my phone to airplane mode.

The screen finally went silent.

Meanwhile, Adrian’s assistant had delivered my overseas contract to the restaurant.

The three-year term was there in black and white.

Sienna reached for it, but Adrian pressed his hand over the document before she could take it.

He stared at my signature, the color slowly draining from his face.

The force of Adrian’s Alpha aura crashed over the room, leaving everyone struggling to breathe.

His Beta carefully handed him another document.

“Alpha, there’s something else. Before Evelyn left, she was already six weeks pregnant.”

Adrian gripped the flimsy clinic report, his face turning deathly pale.

He finally realized that this time, I hadn’t been acting.

I had taken our pup and left him.
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    Adrian stood in the lobby with the cuff-link box in his hand. He looked down at it before he finally spoke.“I can change.”“Maybe you can,” I said. “I don’t want to spend more years finding out.”After the first fake emergency, he’d promised to stop his friends from playing games with me. When my mother was hospitalized, he’d said Sienna didn’t mean any harm. At our anniversary dinner, he’d known I’d spent weeks choosing his gift. He’d still asked me, in front of everyone, whether all I wanted was the Luna title.He had loved me. He had hurt me. I could hold both truths without going back to him.“Tell me what else I can do.”“I did tell you. I asked you not to laugh when I was frightened for you. I asked you not to let Sienna walk into our home whenever she wanted. I asked you to stop people saying I was trading my feelings for a title. You heard me every time.”His eyes reddened. “Give me one more chance?”“No.”I didn’t raise my voice or wait for him to argue.“Do you still love me

  • The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown   Chapter 9

    The following morning, Sienna posted a long statement in the pack’s social group. She claimed she’d only been protecting her alpha. Other people had joined in the jokes, she said, but now Adrian wanted me back and had made her the villain to make himself look good.Old screenshots appeared within minutes. She’d suggested the first fake emergency. When I’d said my mother needed surgery, she’d called the medical records I sent “easy to fake.” Even the people who’d laughed with her could see how often she’d started it.Someone replied: [You said you’d apologize if Evelyn really left. When are you doing that?]Sienna deleted the comment and accused Adrian of forgetting everything she’d done for him. The pack’s finance office recalled the vehicle assigned to her and asked for the house keys. Friends who had once crowded around her began to keep their distance. A few admitted they’d joined in and sent me apologies of their own.One message came from a woman Sienna had mocked for accepting an

  • The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown   Chapter 8

    I called Adrian after he left the restaurant. I didn’t want to wonder what Sienna might say on my behalf every time there was news about the baby.“Did you get the follow-up results?”“I did. What did the doctor say?”“Everything looks good so far. There’s another check next month.”He let out a breath. “And the cuff links—I found out what happened at the store. I should never have listened to her.”I stood in the corridor outside my apartment. The lake was visible between the buildings, darkening as the sun went down. “The saleswoman was standing right beside us, Adrian. If you’d asked me one question, I would’ve told you. I had the report in my bag. I was going to hand you both surprises together.”“I know. I’m sorry.”“The first time Sienna told me you were poisoned, I raced to the clinic and you saw everyone laughing. The second time my mother was waiting for surgery. I asked you to stop them using emergencies to test me. You knew how much it hurt me then. You didn’t need a sales r

  • The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown   Chapter 7

    The second time I abandoned a posting overseas, my suitcase had already been by the door. Adrian had held me and said that if I stayed, he’d make sure we set a date for our ceremony. I thought he didn’t want to lose me. I withdrew my application the next day.Maybe he really hadn’t wanted to lose me. But afterward, Sienna told him I’d used the job offer to pressure him into making me Luna. He never asked me if it was true. He simply filed it away as another sign I was playing him.At the restaurant, his assistant explained the dates on both applications. On the day of my first missed exam, Adrian had only had a mild allergic reaction. The doctor had kept him under observation until evening. Sienna had told me he’d been exposed to wolfsbane and was fighting for his life. The following year, she knew I’d qualified for the project and told Adrian I was testing whether he’d finally give me the Luna title.“You knew it wasn’t serious the first time?” he asked her.“He was at the clinic,” Si

  • The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown   Chapter 6

    Canada was colder than I expected. I’d barely stepped outside the terminal when I found the project car waiting. The driver loaded my bags, and Mara called while I was putting on my seat belt.“How was the flight? Your apartment’s close to a clinic. I’ll go with you to register on Monday.”“Thanks. I’m fine to work.”“I know.” She laughed. “I hired a project lead, not a patient. Tell me if you need a day off.”The road ran beside a lake I’d only ever seen in photographs. I’d turned down this posting twice without finding out what it felt like to stand here.An unfamiliar number called my personal phone. Thinking it was the landlord, I answered. Adrian spoke before I could say hello.“Did you get there safely?”“Yes.”“Are you feeling all right? I saw the report.”I looked out at the water. “I was going to tell you on our anniversary.”He went quiet. “I’m sorry. I’ll come over. Could we talk face-to-face?”“You can ask about the baby. I’ll tell you what I know. There’s nothing else to d

  • The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown   Chapter 5

    Adrian checked my flight status over and over. Across the table, Sienna insisted I was waiting at the transfer airport for him to call.“She knows you’ve found out about the pregnancy. If you go after her now, you’ll be handing her exactly what she wanted.”He ignored her and dialed my number. The recorded message said my phone was off. He tried again, then opened our old messages.Before our anniversary, the last thing I’d sent him was a photo from the dress shop. I’d asked which gown he liked better. He’d chosen the dark blue one and promised to come to the next fitting once work settled down.He had looked forward to the ceremony. He’d wanted me to be happy that day. And yet, the moment Sienna had questioned my motives, he’d acted as though none of that had ever happened.“She isn’t waiting for me to give in,” he said.“How would you know?”“She canceled the fitting. She sent our things back. And she made a follow-up appointment for the baby without me.”Sienna’s smile thinned. “Pre

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