Carrying His Secret Baby; My Stepbrother's Forbidden Claim のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

Dante’s POVI stayed where I was after Ivy walked away with Cole, staring at the empty hallway as her last words played in my head. Five minutes ago, I had been sure I caught her. One wrong sentence had been enough to make everything inside me click into place, but now I wasn't sure what I had heard anymore.She had not looked scared when I questioned her. She had pushed me away and told me she didn't know what I was talking about, so coldly that even I had doubted myself for a second. The Wren I knew five years ago would have reacted differently, but five years was a long time. I wasn't going to get my answer by standing there thinking about it.I took out my phone and called Marcus as I headed toward the elevator. He answered after two rings, sounding surprised to hear from me this late. “Alpha? What's wrong?” he asked, and I pressed the elevator button harder than I needed to.“I want you to investigate Ivy Sinclair again,” I told him. The elevator opened, and I stepped inside wh

Wren’s POV “Tell me what happened with the client.” I closed the report on my desk and looked at Adrian. He had promised to explain everything at the company after refusing to burden me with it at home last night. Now that he was sitting across from me, I wanted the problem plainly, without another delay. Adrian slid a folder toward me. “A major regional client is preparing to pull its account from Sinclair. They contacted me because I helped Ivy secure them originally. They have missed too many deadlines, and they no longer trust the branch handling their work.” His expression told me this was already more serious than a complaint. I opened the folder and scanned the reports. The real Ivy had been Adrian’s fiancée, and he had loved her before she died. He knew I had taken her identity, so our engagement remained part of the life I was maintaining. I accepted that, but there were still boundaries that mattered. “Before we get buried in this, we understand each other about one thin

Seraphina’s POV“Put those in the Luna’s rooms.” I pointed toward the two garment cases and the small chest beside my door. The maid stared at them instead of moving, while the guard I had summoned shifted uncomfortably.I had already chosen which belongings I wanted moved first. I had not expected a simple instruction to become a discussion.The maid lowered her eyes. “Lady Seraphina, I don’t think I’m permitted to move anything into those rooms.” Her hands tightened around her apron. “The rooms have not been opened for occupancy.”Heat climbed my neck. “Then open them. Dante and I are fated mates. Those rooms are reserved for the Luna, and everyone in this pack knows who is meant to stand beside him.”I turned to the guard. “Make the arrangements. I do not intend to repeat myself.”The guard hesitated instead of obeying. That hesitation was worse than a refusal. Two servants passing through the corridor slowed when they noticed us.“Is there a problem?” I demanded. “Or has following

Wren’s POV“Show me the actual workload, not another summary.” I stood beside the regional branch manager’s desk while Adrian waited near the window. Two days had passed since I learned the account was close to leaving Sinclair, and I wanted facts before the board meeting.The manager opened the scheduling system and turned the screen toward me. The problem became obvious within minutes. Projects had been assigned according to a timetable that assumed nearly twice the available experienced staff.I questioned the team leads separately, then spoke with the employees completing the delayed work. Their answers matched. Management had promised dates the branch could never meet, then kept making new promises when the first ones failed.One project lead showed me the weekly schedule. “We warned management that the team couldn’t meet these dates. We were told the client had already been promised delivery, so we had to make it happen.”The exhaustion on her face told me exactly how well that

Wren’s POVI slapped Seraphina’s hand away from Nora’s hair and stepped between them. “I said get your hands off her.” Nora shifted behind me, but my eyes stayed on Seraphina.After the failed brakes, unanswered calls, and her threat two days ago, I could not pretend her presence beside my daughter was harmless.Seraphina lifted both hands. I stared at her open fingers, searching for something I could not name. There was nothing there. No strand of hair, no object, nothing that explained the panic twisting through me.For one second, I wondered what I had expected to find.Seraphina noticed. “What exactly are you looking for?” Her mouth curved slightly. “This is an ordinary charity visit, Ivy. Why does someone getting close to your daughter frighten you this much?”“I’m not discussing anything with you in front of Nora.” I saw my daughter watching us with wide eyes, and guilt cut through my anger.I faced Seraphina again. “Leave the room. Whatever problem you have with me does not bel