Chapter 3
His brows tightened.
“Where’s your mate? What kind of man could drive you to this sorry state?”
I said nothing, and he suddenly let out a mocking laugh.
“Almost fooled me. What, you think marrying him would provoke me to come looking for you? Even if you claimed to have a pup with him, I wouldn’t care.”
He didn’t need to spell it out for me.
I knew better than anyone that Sophia was the only one in his heart. But back then, it
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was him who first confessed his feelings. I made sure, time and again, that he had truly let Sophia go. Only when he resolutely declared she was no longer in his thoughts. did my wolf agree to be with him.
And yet now, in his eyes, I was the desperate one, clinging pathetically.
I shrugged indifferently.
“Think whatever you want.”
Sophia feigned a dramatic step back.
“Mason, the smell here is horrendous. Let’s leave. Wendy isn’t interested anyway.”
But Mason’s gaze stayed locked on me, not a hint of moving.
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Sophia shot me a cold glance.
“What a stubborn wolf. Here’s the deal. Today, we meet with the wealthiest Alpha from the Alliance. They need a maid to serve drinks. I’ll pay you fifty thousand dollars for the job, if you want it.”
“This sum should be enough for an Omega like you to live for a year, right?”
Mason finally reacted.
“Wendy, you’re just too prideful. You refuse direct money, but surely earned through labor you’ll accept, won’t you?”
My wolf growled softly inside me; I almost laughed out of sheer frustration.
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“Are you two so idle that you play rich people’s charity games on me? I’m not interested in humor, so leave me alone.”
They have no idea that I had canceled several critical surgeries in the pack hospital just to have these three days off to spend time with my son during his school break. And now they want me to serve tea? Utterly ridiculous.
My repeated refusals turned Alpha Mason’s face ashen, and even the always elegant Sophia couldn’t resist rolling her eyes.
Around us, people buzzed with gossip.
“Alpha Mason, this she–wolf is both destitute and stubborn. How can you dare let her
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serve that distinguished Alpha?”
“Better let it go. If she offends that Alpha, we’ll have wasted today’s work.”
The waiter looked flustered, calling anxiously for the sentries.
“Escort her out! The financial summit for the Wolf Alliance is about to begin. That VIP Alpha in the presidential suite upstairs could come down any moment.”
He glared at me, teeth gritted.
“Miss Wendy, today’s guests are the powerful and wealthy of the Silverfang pack! Especially the Nightfall pack’s Alpha, who even brought his Luna and pup along. It’s unprecedented in our hotel!”
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“Normally, I’d overlook you rummaging through trash and might even give you some waste to sell. But not today! A commotion will damage the hotel’s reputation within the Wolf Alliance!”
“This responsibility is far beyond what a mere waiter can bear… I’m begging you, please leave.”
The sentries, who had previously maintained some restraint, moved to forcibly drag me away. I struggled free.
“I’ll leave on my own!”
Seeing me finally going, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
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“Wait!”
Mason’s voice suddenly pulled me back sharply.
His eyes were pinned to the shell in my hand, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
“Wendy,” his voice was hoarse, “why can’t you understand… I haven’t needed those shells for a long time.”
I looked down at the shell in my palm, my thoughts drifting back.
The year he broke up with Sophia, the Old Luna from the Blackstone pack started supporting me.
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At that time, Mason was just wandering endlessly, spending his days sitting on the shore, neither crying nor smiling, like a walking corpse.
Old Luna Julia was concerned, asking me to watch over him when possible. I took her words to heart. I often sat with him by the sea all day long.
Once, he was swept away by the waves, and I exhausted myself dragging him back, passing out from the effort.
He held me then, weeping like a pup. As I faded in and out of consciousness, I handed him a nearby shell.
“Mason, from now on, whenever I give you a shell, just smile for me, alright?”
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He nodded with teary eyes and managed a smile.
Since then, every visit to the shore meant gathering a big handful of shells, just to earn more smiles from him.
So many years have passed, and if it weren’t for his reminder today, I might have completely forgotten about it.
Seeing me silent, Sophia burst into laughter.
“The box of shells in Mason’s room hasn’t been touched for years. You can’t seriously believe those childish tricks would win him back?”
“Those little games were nothing but whims.
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Mason was just indulging you for fun back then. You took them seriously all this time?”
Mason barely glanced at me, his tone flat.
“Wendy, Sophia and I are about to become mates. The bond we once had, it’s long over.”
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