Chapter 30
Not long after, those plots of land one after another turned into disasters.
Silver Claw Pack’s market value evaporated by two hundred million.
Only the Eastside property steadily gained value.
I was jolted awake in the middle of the night by my phone ringing.
Still half–asleep, I answered it.
“Juliet, it’s been so long. Is it really that hard for you to just lower your head?”
That voice woke me up completely–Alpha Zach.
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“Alpha Zach, if you’re drunk and need someone to lash out at, go bother your fiancée.”
“Oh, wait. I forgot. You don’t have one anymore.”
I was about to hang up.
“Juliet, wait! Don’t hang up!”
Tsk. This man really had a knack for ruining my sleep.
He rambled on the line-
saying he only wanted to get back at Callie,
saying he just wanted me to give in a little.
“Juliet, you’re the only one I ever truly wanted
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to marry…”
“I know.””
I cut him off before he could go on.
There was a clear pause on the other end.
“You know… then why did you-”
“Alpha Zach, if you have something to say, bring it to the boardroom.Peace talks won’t work with me anymore.”
Silence.
Both sides said nothing.
Only the sound of our quiet breathing filled the space.
I ended the call and blocked his number.
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It was precisely because I knew that I had left him without hesitation.
One month before our wedding-
“Juliet, Zach’s drunk again. Can you come pick him up?”
I twisted my stiff neck and glanced at the time: 12:10 a.m.
With a resigned sigh, I grabbed my bag and drove to the bar location they sent me.
Lately, Alpha Zach and I had been at odds. over some decision–making.
He’d been giving me the cold shoulder.
Wilbur, his friend, had called me.
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I figured Zach was offering me a chance to make peace.
We were getting married soon. It was time to bury the hatchet.
Just as I was about to push open the door, I heard Alpha Zach’s voice:
“We’re getting married and she’s still so stubborn. Sometimes a lesson is the only way to set her straight.”
“Zach’s right. Juliet’s being difficult. She could be making real money, but she’s wasting her time building an orphanage.”
“Women need to learn how to yield. Their focus should be on family.”
I pulled my hand back from the door.
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I leaned against the entrance and listened to them discuss
how best to teach me a lesson.
“Zach, isn’t Callie coming back from
overseas soon?”
Wilbur sounded giddy.
The room went quiet.
Alpha Zach scoffed.
“Juliet will always be the Luna of Silver Claw Pack,but yes, Callie was a good choice.”
He planned to use a wedding to force me to submit and humiliate the woman who had dumped him.
Later, a girl giggled while sitting in his lap.
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He tilted her chin and said,
“Juliet’s emotions are as dull as still water. But, Callie is so alive. I can’t wait to see her face when her perfect mask finally cracks.”
And then he kissed her.
I turned around and left.
I parked by the roadside and cried for what felt like forever.
Cried until it felt like I had wrung out every tear I’d ever have in this lifetime.
Soaking wet in exhaustion,
I eventually started driving home.
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Wilbur called again.
“Hey, Juliet. You come get Zach yet?”
“Oh, I got tied up. Just have someone send him back.”
On the other end, I heard a bottle smash to the ground, followed by a string of drunken
curses.
Back at home, I opened the safe and placed the promissory note he’d once given me into the folder of documents I had long prepared.
Later, I almost drifting in and out of sleep, Alpha Zach came home reeking of alcohol.
He tsk–ed.
I knew what that meant.
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He was annoyed I hadn’t warmed up hangover soup or drawn a bath for him.
I turned over and went back to sleep.
After a long while, I felt the bed dip beside
- me.
He reached out, trying to pull me into his
arms.
I pretended to be having a
nightmare,thrashing and kicking at the air.
Eventually came the sound of a door slamming hard.
And once again, my tears slipped down my cheeks and into my hair.
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