Todos os capítulos de The Day the Contract Ended, He Lost Her Forever: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 8

At the Moonlight Gala, my husband Derek brought his assistant Camilla for the fifth time.Everyone toasted her, and when she couldn't handle the moonwine, Derek's arm shot out to block the drinks for her. He picked the tenderest venison and placed it on her plate. He even draped his own cloak over her shoulders.I watched it all. Didn't argue. Didn't make a scene. Didn't say a word. I just quietly got up and left.Because six years ago, the pack elders had forced me to sign that humiliating contract:Bear an heir within one year: ten million.Bear an heir within three years: three million.If no pregnancy within six years, no interference with my husband's affairs.And this year was the sixth year.The entire pack was waiting to see me humiliate myself. They were waiting for me to run up to Camilla with red eyes and start a fight, just like the last four times.The young wolves had even started a live thread on the Moon Night Forum:"What's Chloe going to do to Camilla this time?"The

"No!"My eyes went wide with terror. I wanted to beg Derek, to plead with him.But he just waved his hand impatiently. "Take her away."The guards dragged me through the hall and threw me into the underground storage room.The heavy iron door slammed shut behind me. The last sliver of light vanished.Suddenly, I was drowning in pitch-black darkness. And with it came the memories.In our second year of marriage, the rival Bloodmoon Pack had kidnapped me.They locked me in a stone cell with no windows, no fire, no light at all. They demanded a ransom from the Thorn Pack, threatening to use my blood in some dark ritual.I spent seven days in that suffocating darkness. No light. No sound. No way out.I clawed my nails bloody. I screamed until my voice gave out. But no light ever came.On the seventh day, Derek destroyed the Bloodmoon Pack. He broke through the cell door covered in blood, knelt in front of me, and spoke to me in a voice I'd never heard from him before, so gentle it broke my

(Third Person POV)A few days later.Camilla had finally recovered under the healers' careful watch after taking the antidote."Derek, going through all this made me realize my true feelings for you. I like you...""A woman like Chloe doesn't deserve you. Are you really going to stay with her?"Derek's expression hardened. His voice turned cold."Camilla, from the very first day you came to work for me, I told you—my mate will only ever be Chloe.""If you bring this up again, whatever relationship we have ends here."Camilla felt like a hand had squeezed her heart. Her nails dug into her palms, and something vicious flickered behind her eyes.Then her face crumpled, tears threatening to spill as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "No, I didn't mean it like that. I don't want the Luna's position. I just want to be with you forever..."Derek looked down at her pale face.For the first time, what rose in his chest wasn't tenderness. It was irritation.An image flashed through his mind

(Chloe's POV)I stopped in a small seaside town.Nobody here knew the Luna. Nobody cared who the Alpha's mate was.I used the money I'd saved over the years to rent a small storefront and open a flower shop.Arranging bouquets, trimming stems, misting the eustomas. Working until I passed out at night—for the first time in six years, I didn't need sleeping pills to fall asleep.The flower farmer next door was a gentle human named Arthur. His eyes crinkled when he smiled.He always happened to pass by when I was carrying pots. He'd leave me a bundle of fresh baby's breath after closing time. He remembered I was allergic to lilies and never put them in my orders."Chloe," he said one day, "your eyes are beautiful. But they look tired. If you ever need a break, my greenhouse is always open."I didn't say yes to anything. But that evening, I sat in his greenhouse until the sun went down.Life was calm, like the sea after the tide goes out.I thought it would stay like that.On the fifth day