Semua Bab Our Mates Chose Her Dog Over Our Pups: Bab 1 - Bab 10

"You are shameless…"Before I could say more, Daniel had already hung up. I stared at the darkening screen, and tears spilled down my cheeks like a snapped string of beads, falling onto the phone.I used to think I'd be the happiest mate in the world. But after we got married, Daniel kept choosing Lifu over me, again and again.When the fire first broke out, I was terrified something might've happened to him too. I had called out to him through our mate-link, again and again.It wasn't until I was on the verge of blacking out that he finally answered."Daniel… our pup… it hurts… Please, help us…"My voice was weak and hoarse—I couldn't even get out a full sentence. But Daniel just cut me off, cold and sharp. "Can you stop? I'm in the middle of something, and you won't quit linking with me! If you don't feel well, please call a therapist."I remember curling up on the floor, barely conscious. Blood had soaked through my dress. "No…I really can't…"Daniel's voice grew colder, more impat

"What do you think I went to see the Elders for? I'm officially severing our mate bond!" I snapped.I closed my eyes, holding back the tide of emotion swelling in them. "Daniel, don't make me hate you even more. I've already made up my mind about the divorce. You're the one who got ahead of yourself, thinking I'd fall apart without you. You and Eamon are exactly the same—arrogant and fake."A long silence stretched from the other end of the line.Just as I was about to hang up, an enraged shout exploded through the speaker."Alice! Do you really have to take things this far?! Miscarriage and injury are no big deal. Why are you making such a fuss about telling Elders!"How many times do I have to say it—rescue is my responsibility. Even if it's just a dog, a life is a life. How can you two be so cruel? And Lifu—she was still worried about your health, still speaking up for you!"So her dog's life mattered, but my pup and my best friend's pup didn't?Before I could say anything, a soft v

"Stop fooling around!" Daniel snapped.Daniel let go of me and snatched the document from Eamon's hands. He recognized every word, but when strung together, they became something he refused to believe."Miscarriage? How could it be a miscarriage…"He faltered for a few seconds, then quickly gathered himself. "Alice, you're such a compulsive liar. You even bribed the doctor this time just to forge a report like this. Who's your attending physician? I'm filing a complaint!"His hands gripped my shoulders tightly. I clutched my stomach. That's when he finally noticed—it was flat"Where's your belly?!" His voice cracked. "Where is my pup? It's not even your due date yet. What did you do to my pup?""I get it now," he growled. "You must've been cheating behind my back. That's why the pup's gone! You even blocked our mind-link. Lifu told me she saw you with another man. I didn't believe her at first… Say it. Who is that bastard?"Daniel's eyes were wide with fury, sharpened like blade

"Please... I really didn't know. I love you—both you and the pup..."Daniel's face crumbled, the color draining from it all at once. His spirit seemed to collapse in on itself. His lips trembled uncontrollably, but no words came. No excuses. No defense.My mind drifted again—Back to that moment when Gina had dragged me out of the apartment.Back to when both of us were trapped in the stairwell.I remembered the smoke scraping through my throat and lungs like knives. My stomach throbbed violently, and my pup twisted inside me in terror. The pain had nearly shattered my bones.I had cradled my belly, praying, begging, 'Please, Daniel, come save us.'In the haze before I passed out, I thought I saw him—swooping down like a hero, like some kind of firefighter Superman to pull me from the flames.But when I came to, it was only a dream—just the hallucination of a woman suffocating on too much smoke.My pup was already fully formed. Just a few more days and he would've opened his e

No matter how harshly Daniel blamed Lifu for everything now, there was no comfort in it for me. All I could think of was the way he had abandoned me again and again.He used to wake me in the middle of the night just to make roast beef for Lifu when she craved it.On rainy nights, right after we'd made love, he'd leave me behind to keep her company because she was afraid of thunder.And every time I so much as voiced a sliver of frustration, he'd snap at me, tell me I was being immature.All those times Lifu tried to provoke me and Gina with her smug, self-satisfied airs—it had almost been laughable.But the ones who truly hurt us were always Daniel and Eamon."There's no point in saying anything now," I said. "Even if you begged us on your knees, it wouldn't change a thing."Gina, who had always been softer than me, always more easily taken advantage of, stepped in front of me this time."Do you really think blaming everything on Lifu erases your guilt? Who kept giving her the