Chapter 16
Trista's POV
I stared at him and countered, "You claim this is for the stability of the pack. But you, as Alpha, betrayed the mating contract. Aren't you worried that will weaken the pack? The Elder Council will eventually notice. Aren't you concerned the rumors will drag Simmons Group through the mud?"
He looked at me. His voice was a low pressure, squeezed out from his chest bone. "If Ironthorn runs into any trouble, I'll handle it myself. Can you?"
The air was stretched taut between us, like a thread ready to snap.
I fell silent.
I hadn't even terminated the contract, yet I was already pinned down by the numbers he put on the table—one million.
If I caused any fluctuation in the Simmons Group stock price, I couldn't bear the consequences.
He reached out and tucked the
