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Sixty-Two

Author: Luxie
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-07 23:29:02

Vanessa

I stopped walking. “You must adore Lady Maya so much.”

He slowed and waited, hands in his pockets. “Of course.”

“What was she like before all of this?”

He paused, then gave a half-shrug like he wasn’t sure where to begin. “Happy. Loud. Ridiculous. She was that girl who loved to be at the center of something.”

I smiled. “She still kind of is.”

“She’s… spoiled. But she’s not cruel.”

He looked away. “Alec was never hers. But my father doesn’t care about that.”

“He’s the one who pushed it?”

“The old man orchestrated the whole thing. He saw Alec as a prize and thought pairing Maya with him would finally make our family untouchable. My father made her seduce him. He thinks the baby would bind Alec to her.

Typical for alphas to get trapped by a bun in the oven. Nobody put a gun to his head and said 'have sex with me.'”

Caleb hesitated before speaking. “Alec doesn't love her. He's doing what’s expected. Nothing more.”

I swallowed. My hands curled into the fabric of my dress.

“And May
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