I Won't Forgive You, So Stop Waiting のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

The next morning I left for work at the healing house.On the way I ran into Lorenzo's mother, Martha Blackwood."Chloe."I stopped."Come to the house for dinner tonight."I was quiet for a second."Martha, I'm sorry. I have plans tonight."Martha's smile cooled."You and Lorenzo had a spat yesterday, didn't you?""Couples argue, that's normal, but as the future Luna you can't be so petty about it."Lorenzo is the Alpha of this pack. The fact that he's willing to back down at all and give you an opening is rare enough."I looked up at Martha, and her expression was cut from exactly the same cloth as Lorenzo's the day before."Martha, the mating ceremony between Lorenzo and me is canceled."There's nothing between us anymore."Martha's face tightened with impatience."Lorenzo already told me. He's just making you reflect a little. Don't blow it up into something it isn't."He's the heir to the Moonlight Pack. Do you know how many she-wolves have their eyes on him? Standing at his side

The next morning I had barely reached the healing house when Fiona pulled me into a corner."Chloe, the healer came by this morning. He said they're moving your mother to a general ward."My head buzzed."Why?"Fiona stumbled over her words. "Something about her billing account being frozen..."They haven't put your mother out on the street, and that's only because we all work together..."I didn't wait for her to finish before I ran for the ward, and they stopped me at the door."Chloe, you can't go in right now..."The account had been frozen without warning, forcing them to shut down some of the advanced equipment.Even my mother's caregiver had been dismissed.While she was being moved out of the room, the shock brought on a heart attack, and her condition was critical.The healer looked at me and sighed. "I'm sorry. None of us expected this either."But Anna, the Alpha's assistant, came in person to suspend the payments, and she dismissed the caregiver herself. There was nothing w

Lorenzo first came to see us on the evening of the third day.I knew that if he wanted to, he could always find out where I'd taken my mother.I was giving my mother her medicine when he appeared in the doorway carrying a bag."I bought these on the south side. They're honey candies, the kind Marlene likes."My mother, Marlene Bennett, had indeed once loved them.But after she was diagnosed with high blood sugar three years ago, she gave them up.The label was from the old shop that made my mother's favorites.Lorenzo must have driven halfway across the city for them."She can't have those. Too much sugar."Lorenzo's hand stopped in midair, still holding the bag out."I didn't know...""Mm."Of course he didn't know.The last time he had seen my mother was when he had her admitted.All he knew was how much her illness had cost him over the years.He knew nothing else about her at all.Lorenzo looked at me, pleading. "Chloe, this place isn't good enough. Let me arrange something better

After the competition, I formally joined the Imperial Herbalists Guild.I moved my mother into the clinic attached to the guild as well.Lorenzo's messages never stopped."The flowers you planted in the yard bloomed today. I found someone to look after them.""The forecast says it'll rain across the Empire today. Remember an umbrella.""That old bookshop you used to go to has reopened."I didn't answer a single one.Each message slid down the screen, only to be pushed up by the next.Later he handed most of the pack's affairs to his Beta and started waiting for me outside the guild.People coming and going did double takes, but he didn't care.One night I worked on a formula until very late, and when I left he was still standing there.I came down the steps and Lorenzo moved forward to meet me.He was carrying a food box and spoke with a clumsy eagerness to please. "You skipped another meal, didn't you? Your stomach can't handle that. I waited in line for the meat pies from your favori

Everything I heard after that came from Fiona.She said Lorenzo had stepped down from his duties as Alpha.Martha had fallen ill. After she recovered, she reportedly became a recluse and was never seen in public again.I kept working on a new formula and gave a noncommittal, "Mm.""Get me three grams of dragonvine powder."Fiona stood there without moving, resting her chin in one hand as she watched me."You really don't care anymore?""I don't."She handed over what I'd asked for and winked at me."What about Soren, then?"My hand paused."Soren brought another book today.""Other men bring flowers when they're trying to win someone over. Soren brings books. Where does he even find so many obscure titles?""And of course you love them!"I looked up at the stack of books piled on the windowsill.Soren had given me every one.He never overstepped.He always appeared, polite and unobtrusive, whenever I had more work than I could manage.He would help look after my mother too.But he neve