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Chapter 3

Auteur: Coco
Before I could figure out a reply, he suddenly grabbed my hand, his voice filled with shock.

“Celine, where’s the ring I gave you?!

“Don’t tell me you left it at home!”

I knew why he reacted like that.

In five years of our relationship, I had never taken that ring off. However, he had never worn the one I gave him outside.

A flicker of unease crossed Leon’s eyes.

He gripped my hand tightly, staring straight at me. “Celine, answer me!”

I was about to tell the truth when Ella suddenly let out a sharp cry.

“Ah! It hurts, Alpha Leon… it really hurts…”

Everyone turned toward the sound. Ella had fallen to the ground, and on her outstretched palm was a bleeding cut.

Leon shoved me aside and rushed over, pulling her into his arms.

“How could you be so careless!”

Tears streamed down her face as she shrank into his embrace. Wronged and frightened, she glanced at me a few times.

“I don’t know… Celine was supposed to check everything last night.

“I don’t understand why there would be such a big piece of broken glass on the table…

“It hurts so much, Alpha Leon…”

Leon’s gaze fell on the blood-stained shard on the ceremonial table. Anger spread across his face.

The next second, he turned on me and roared, “Celine, have your schemes really gotten to the point of hurting others now?!

“Get over here and apologize!”

Ignoring the contemptuous looks from the others, I walked over.

“I didn’t do it.”

“Who else could it have been? Everyone in this pack knows how possessive you are. You’re the one who personally checks everything here, aren’t you?!”

Before I could respond, Leon grabbed a small stone figurine nearby and smashed it to the ground.

Then he seized my hand and forced it down onto the scattered shards.

My hands were instantly covered in blood. Countless fragments embedded in my flesh.

“This is your lesson! No one is allowed to bandage you!

“Reflect on what you’ve done. Come apologize when you’ve figured it out!”

With that, Leon picked Ella up and left without looking back.

My eyes burned, and my vision blurred.

One by one, tears fell onto the broken pieces of the figurine.

Though the wounds hurt, my chest hurt so much that I could barely breathe.

The two little figures on the ornament had shattered completely, custom-made by Leon when he proposed to me.

Back then, his eyes held only me.

He had said, “Celine, I’ve made a vow before the Moon Goddess. We’ll be together for life.”

Now, he was the one who had broken that vow.

I gathered the fragments and threw them into the trash, along with my memories and what little attachment I had left.

As I passed the main hall, loud applause echoed inside.

Leon was on stage, full of pride. After stepping down, he took Ella’s hand and brought her up with him to give thanks.

Leon had experienced the moments of an Alpha’s greatest glory many times.

Not long ago, I had overheard a reporter ask him, “Your Luna has worked tirelessly as your secretary for years. Why not bring her up to thank her together?”

Leon’s reply had been dismissive.

“I got where I am by my own ability.

“At most, she’s just riding on my name. And she’s getting older. I can’t exactly show her off!”

My gaze returned to the stage where Ella stood beside him, smiling brightly.

Under the lights, the two of them really did look good together.

Just then, my phone chimed.

My ticket had been confirmed.
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