Five Years of Silence
My boyfriend's childhood sweetheart, Janine Swettenham, returned to the pack, alone and heavily pregnant.
To protect her reputation, Aiden Monroe decided to mark her.
I asked him in disbelief, "What about me? What about our baby?"
He just shrugged and said, "Janine’s not like you. I’m the only family she has left. She can’t handle the gossip. Just wait for me. Once she has the baby, I’ll mark you."
However, Aiden forgot that I don’t have any family either.
While the entire pack mocked and slandered me for being pregnant out of wedlock, Aiden was by Janine’s side, holding her hand through every hospital visit. That’s when I finally understood that some favoritism didn’t need a reason.
I left in fury.
Then, the accident happened. I lost the baby.
Broken and numb, I chose to walk away from it all. I left both him and the pack, vanishing from his world completely.
Five years later, I returned, accompanying my mate on a business trip to the Silverglade Pack. Craving the taste of old memories, I went to the pack restaurant alone. I never expected to run into Aiden again.
He looked at me with that same cold gaze and said, "You’ve caused enough trouble, haven’t you? The kid must be four by now. Bring him back. He can grow up alongside Janine’s child."