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Lena traced his gaze to me and frowned, she must be angry already. I lowered my gaze thinking that would make me feel better but deep inside me, I knew it wasn't enough. I felt like burying myself beneath us. I never knew he was our new CEO or rather the Replacement CEO. If I knew who he was, I would have been more polite yesterday. I gulped.

His icy blue eyes pierced into my green ones like he was taking my facial features in. A loud clearing of the throat jolted my frozen brain back.

However, curiosity about that meeting arose within me. "Yes, it's been a few years since we last met. Maybe it's the right time to mend our broken relationship. I'm curious too," I replied. Mark smiled and nodded. "I'll support you, no matter what happens. And don't worry; we'll make Isabella's wedding day memorable." The day felt brighter. With renewed spirit and hope, I began planning to reconnect with my mother. Who knows, maybe Isabella's happy moment could serve as a bridge to repair our long-distant relationship.

On day ten of our cold war, Barry posted a pic—him and Lyla, locked in a kiss. His 'one true love.' I sent in my study abroad application without a word. At our grad party, he strolled in with Lyla, fingers laced with hers, looking at her with all his affection. A friend hesitated. "But what about Amelia? She loves you. You guys are getting married." Barry smirked. "She was just a stand-in. Now that Lyla's back, my fiancée should change too." So I slipped off the ring, handed it over, and disappeared. And he lost it. Tore through everything trying to find me. Years later, he finally did. Saw me with my husband, picking out baby supplies. His eyes went red. "Amelia, come back

The weight of unsaid words and concealed facts hovered in the air like a storm cloud preparing to release its wrath. "Selene," Gabriel repeated, his voice now laced with a combination of skepticism and awareness. "Is it really you?" Selene nodded, tears welling up in her eyes. "Yes, Gabriel, it's me. I've spent my whole life hunting for you." A tense hush crept over the area as the pack members, including Isabella, watched the reunion occur. It was a vulnerable moment, one that had the capacity to transform the dynamics of the pack and the fates of those involved.

I blinked, all wide-eyed and innocent. "What are you talking about? I'm not Evelyn Everton. My name's Evelina Everton." Their faces froze as I laid it out. "What, planning to swap my score? Too late. I legally changed my name before the SATs—eighteen, remember? The one who tested was Evelina Everton. "As for Evelyn Everton, the one you messed with? Her family doesn't play nice. Hope you're ready for the fallout."

On the day of the business dinner, my boyfriend, Sebastian Lambert, makes up an excuse to send me away. He then has Laura Jensen, the woman he's never gotten over, take over the fashion design proposal I'm about to finish. She goes to the dinner in my place. By the time I get back, Laura has already replaced me as the lead on the project. Everyone expects me to lose it. Instead, I just smile and decide to hand Laura my job too. "It's just one proposal. You can have it. In fact, you can have my job as head designer too!" What none of them realizes is that the company only got this far because of my family's investment. The moment I walk away, my family wi