Lahat ng Kabanata ng Never Reject A Secret Luna Heiress: Kabanata 361 - Kabanata 370

Iris’s POVBenjamin’s claim silenced the hall again. His words did not sound like love. They sounded like ownership, spoken by a man who believed the years I had spent beside him gave him permanent control over my future.Kristian did not react to the insult. He kept his hand around mine and waited, allowing me to decide whether Benjamin deserved an answer.Benjamin looked at our joined hands and said, “Neither of you is sincere. Kristian is using you to humiliate me, and you are using him for protection, wealth, and revenge. Once this performance stops benefiting you both, you will discard each other.”I stepped away from Kristian to face Benjamin directly. “You understand relationships only as exchanges because that is how you have always treated them,” I replied. “You accepted my loyalty, medical work, and support while they benefited you, then pushed me aside when my Omega status no longer suited the image you wanted.”Benjamin’s expression tightened, but I did not allow him to in

Rue’s POVI had packed the same basket three times, and each time I found something else Iris might need. The first version held food from home. The second included herbs she had loved as a child. By the third, I had added two warm shawls, a carved hairpin, and enough medicine to supply a small clinic.Percy watched while tribal reports waited for his attention. His patience lasted until I tried to fit another jar into the basket. “Rue, our daughter works for the largest company on the Southern Continent,” Percy said. “She can buy her own honey.”“This honey comes from home,” I told him. “That makes it different.” Percy placed his pen down. “You said the same thing about the tea, the dried meat, the blankets, and that ridiculous hairpin.”“The hairpin belonged to my mother,” I reminded him. “Nothing in this basket is ridiculous.” Percy grumbled under his breath, but he opened a cabinet and removed a small wooden case.Inside lay a silver bracelet made by our finest craftsman. Iris’s

Percy’s POVPretending to be ill had seemed clever for the first few seconds. Then Rue began striking my back and calling for help so loudly that half the street turned to watch us. Most people looked away once they saw our worn clothes. A few walked around the bench without slowing down.“Do not hit me so hard,” I whispered to Rue. “I am pretending to be sick, not choking on a bone.” “Then make it convincing,” Rue whispered back. She raised her voice again. “Please, someone help my husband!”Kristian stopped beside his car. Harrison said something to him, probably reminding him of a meeting, but Kristian handed over his briefcase and crossed the street. His guards followed until he lifted one hand. They stopped immediately.He crouched in front of me without caring that the pavement might dirty his expensive trousers. His eyes moved over my face, my chest, and the hand I had pressed against it. “Sir, can you hear me?” Kristian asked.I allowed my eyelids to open slowly. “I can hear y

Iris’s POVI looked at him. “How do you know he is generous?”Mother quickly lifted one of the gift boxes they had brought. “We have something for you,” she announced. “You can question your father later.” Two guards carried a long white box inside and placed it on the table.My friends became quiet as Mother untied the ribbon and opened the lid. Layers of soft paper protected a gown made from deep silver material.The fabric looked simple at first, but small black stones had been sewn along the waist and sleeves. They formed the shape of a running wolf when the material moved. The design reminded me of Nancy without openly revealing her.I touched the gown carefully. “You had this made for me?” I asked.“We began planning it months ago,” Mother explained. “The tailor changed the design after we learned about your wolf. The black stones represent Nancy, and the silver represents the strength you carried before she awakened.”Father opened the smaller wooden case he had been holding. I

Iris’s POVKristian’s question left my parents with nowhere to hide. Mother kept smiling, but Father straightened and faced him with the authority he had tried to conceal.“Yes, it is us,” Father admitted. “I am Alpha Percy, leader of the Seven Tribes, and this is my Luna, Rue.”Kristian studied them before looking at the instructor, who lowered his head respectfully toward Father.“You disguised yourselves to enter Pillar Holdings,” Kristian said. “Then you pretended to be ill outside my building.”“I wanted to judge the man interested in my daughter before titles influenced his behavior,” Father explained. “You believed I was poor, hungry, and sick. What you did then mattered more than anything you could say to me now.”Kristian did not appear offended. He stepped forward and extended his hand. “Then I hope I passed the first test, Alpha Percy,” Kristian said.Father accepted the handshake. The two Alphas watched each other with the same confidence, neither trying to prove his power