Chasing Back My Rejected Luna

Chapter 4 Divorced

Kimberly Pov

My phone buzzed with a message from my supervisor concerning the research project in Lincolnton. I've been given a special privilege and a position as their top researcher.

The position would fully cover my living expenses. This offer is only for me because my professor spoke highly of me to them, and they've gone through my qualifications and found out I'm the best fit for the job.

I should have felt happy.

Instead, my hand slowly moved to my stomach.

Because I was twelve weeks pregnant with my ex-husband’s child.

Not everyone knows I'm the Alpha's wife, except a few family members.

This made my divorce process and moving easier for me.

I went ahead to fill out the form specifying that I'm pregnant. I might no longer have a chance, but that's not a reason to give up now.

Just three days until the divorce is finalized.

A knock came on my door.

I opened the door and saw one of Vaelor's guards standing at the door.

“The Alpha wants to see you.”

I came out of my room and met my husband leaning against his SUV.

Vaelor stood a few steps away, tall and imposing as always. His broad shoulders filled the space around him, his dark hair falling slightly over his forehead the way it always had. His sharp silver eyes, the same ones that once softened whenever they looked at me, now seemed distant and unreadable.

Everything about him was still painfully familiar—his strong jaw, the quiet confidence in the way he stood, the faint crease between his brows when he was thinking. I had spent three years memorizing every detail of the man who no longer looked at me the same way. Even standing still, there was something dangerous about him, something untouchable.

I quickly looked away, denying any trace of feelings I still had for this man. Three years of being married, yet my body reacted like we're newlyweds. After all that he did to me, my body shouldn't react to him this way. This is the most forbidden craving I wouldn't accept.

“Kimberly,” he called, removing his sunglasses. I felt butterflies in my stomach when my eyes met his tempting silver eyes.

“Date this evening, Skye hotel.”

My throat tightened. The last time Vaelor asked me on a date, he left me alone in the cold to go sort business with Clara.

“Fine.”

Vaelor's eyes widened slightly in surprise. Even my robotic reply surprised me. Why so eager to eat with this man alone?

Maybe because this will be our last.

And it's better to follow up with everything he said without being suspicious because Vaelor will notice and suspect any slight change and weakness. I can't afford any mistakes at this critical moment now that the child is involved.

Just three days to endure. I reminded myself.

Later that evening, I went to the Skye Hotel, and I was directed to the VVIP. Vaelor was already seated, waiting for me. God signs.

I sat across from my husband. Drinks on the table, and I was beginning to think how I'll reject the drinks without being suspicious of the pregnancy.

This is where we had our first date, and memories of that night still remain fresh in my head.

How Vaelor was all over me, being romantic and sweet.

Vaelor took my hands in his, not barely brushing them, but he was actually holding me for the first time since Clara arrived.

“There's something I want to explain about what happened earlier at the hospital—”

The glass door opened. His beta, Steve, came rushing in. He went to his side and whispered something into his ear. The room was quiet, so I heard him talking about Clara being injured, and instantly, my husband's countenance changed.

“What?” Vaelor shot to his feet. His legs hit the table, and the drinks on it fell to the floor.

Glasses were scattered all over the floor.

He didn't care to look back; he was already at the door.

“Wait…” I tried to reach him, but stepped on broken glass. The sharp glass sliced into my foot.

Pain shot up my leg, and my balance slipped on the spilled drink.

I crashed on the floor.

“Ah—!” A cry escaped my throat.

The world tilted around me.

Vaelor paused at the doorway, looking between Steve and me. After seconds of calculation, he finally said to his beta.

“Take her to the hospital.”

My vision blurred as I watched Vaelor running down the stairs.

I hear fragments of conversations.

“Give her first aid. I will be there soon.”

Then silence followed.

“Are you okay?” Steve rushed beside me.

I tried to keep my eyes open, but the darkness swallowed me whole.

*********

First, the faint scent of the hospital smell hit my nostril, then it came sharper and stronger, my eyes fluttered open.

I saw the doctor talking to Steve. Panicked shot through me. He shouldn't find out about the pregnancy.

“Good thing you brought her early,” the doctor said. “Her condition could have…”

My throat dried. This is not good.

The ringing of Steve's phone distracted the doctor from speaking further.

“Excuse me,” he picked up the call.

I knew he was talking with Vaelor, but I didn't know what they were discussing.

“On my way, sir,” he dropped the Knight's black master card on the doctor's table. “Discharge her once the treatment is complete.” Without giving me a glance, he dashed out of the room.

I made a low sound as I sat upright on the bed.

“You're awake.” The doctor said, turning her attention to me. “The baby is healthy, and you're fine. But due to your condition, we'll keep you here for 24 hours.” The doctor wrote on a paper.

“Thank you.”

“When is he coming back so I can inform your companion...”

“Please don't tell anyone about the pregnancy.” I protested.

She was silent for a while but agreed.

*******

The following day, I was discharged. As I stood in the corridor, I could hear nurses hushing voices under the curtains.

“I've been smelling love in the air ever since Alpha Vaelor came with his fiancée.” One of the nurses said.

“They've turned room 360 into a romantic world with roses and romantic letters everywhere.” Another answered her.

“Alpha Vaelor hasn't left her side since yesterday.”

“Did you see how he carried her into the hospital? I thought I was watching an opera.”

I could imagine some of them wishing to be Clara.

“Ten years of being in a relationship, yet he treated her like a doll.”

Their words cut deeper than a knife.

While I was dying at the hospital, my husband was playing devoted lover with Clara.

“I heard Clara is carrying his heir. He hired all the best doctors in the pack to attend to her when he brought her.”

I sighed. Feeling a hard pang in my chest. No one will remember me, not even as Vaelor's secret wife.

While I remained as Vaelor's secret wife, he was flaunting Clara to the world.

Immediately I left the hospital, I went straight to the court to pick up the divorce paper.

I'll be leaving Crescent pack tomorrow.

I had set the divorce email to be sent to Valero three days after I must have left the pack.

Vaelor will turn the world upside-down in search of me, but he won't find me, not even my shadow.

Today ends my three-year journey with Vaelor.

DIVORCED.

The word stared back at me from the paper.

Three years of loving Vaelor Knight ended with a single stamp.

Three years of being his secret wife.

Three years of loving him.

I folded the document carefully.

Tomorrow, I will leave Crescent Pack.

And this time, I wouldn't look back.