chapter 1
Blood kept flowing, and Alpha Marcus frantically pulled out a tissue rushing to my side, wiping away the mess while frowning in concern.
“Can't you just avoid this kind of trouble? Does it hurt?”
1 didn't do it on purpose! l was just desperate! Selena is still young; she's talented, and i just wanted to look out for her. Listen, if you comply, we can just drop this."
I shrugged off his hand, my gaze un wavering. "That's my father."
"Come on, Your father only cares about money. lf you genuinely want what's best for him, just take the money and end this."
I winced at his words and opened my mouth to speak, but his phone suddenly rang.
"Alpha Marcus, where are you?They've been interrogating me forever and won't even let me eat. l feel like I'm going to pass out!"
Alpha Marcus accidentally hit the speakerphone button, and Selena's slightly whiny voice echoed through the room.
At the sound of her voice, he gripped the phone tightly, worry etched across his face, "Hang on; I'm coming back right now!"
After ending the call, he turned his focus back to me. "Luna, I'm giving you one last chance-will ,you sign this settlement agreement or not?”
When l declined, Alpha Marcus whipped around and left without looking back.
I had seen that silhouette too many times over the years.
It wasn't always like this between Alpha Marcus and me.
After graduation, l got a job at Luna Corporation, and he was the first new hire l trained.
At that time, no one, including me,knew his true identity.
He was smart, witty, passionate, full of energy, but he often made mistake sat work that l had to help him fix.
During a company party, he had a little too much to drink and kissed me"Rita, my wolf spirit recognizes you!1don't want to just be your subordinate,I want to be your mate, and i want to leave my mark on you!"
The scent of alcohol in his breath seemed to intoxicate me as well; in a daze, l agreed.
When l learned he was the heir to Luna Corporation, escaping was no longer an option.
Alpha Marcus loved me fiercely, so much that the whole company knew.
To show his commitment, he replaced all the employees on his floor with
male werewolves, and he remembered every important day in my life and my family's, no matter how small. lf he noticed l liked something, even at a glance, he would quietly buy it and gift it to me.
People laughed at him, saying the future Alpha of Luna Corporation had been tamed by an ordinary female werewolf but he didn't care one bit.
Who would have thought that this deeply loving Alpha Marcus would, five years after our Marking, express his longing for an open mate relationship?
Alpha Marcus wasn't asking; he was informing me.
And the driver who hurt my father,Selena, was the 44th sister he brought home after our wedding and now his fated mate.
He was feeling the intense, wild pull between his wolf spirit and his fated mate for the first time.
So this infidelity was unlike any before, Alpha Marcus was unusually serious and committed this time
With each intimate moment hes hared with Selena, my wolf spirit mournfully whispered to me, "Rita, can't you feel it? He has betrayed us again,and this time it's more painful than the last 43."
Swallowing my bitterness, i cleaned my father up.