Thorne could hardly believe his eyes. His heart raced, and he mumbled to himself, “It must be a mistake,”
“Ophelia was
is supposed to be on her trip. How could she be here?”
“It must be that I missed her too much, so this is just a hallucination.“
Liora was also in shock. She stared at me, unable to speak for a long time.
But in comparison to their shock, I appeared much more composed. I didn’t let any excess emotion show on my face as I handed her my bouquet.
It was like she had just woken up from a dream when she finally took it from me and handed me hers
With a smile, I said, “May your love grow with time. ”
The window rolled up, and the cars started moving again. The two wedding processions went in completely opposite directions.
It felt just like my relationship with Thorne, both ended up to be diverging paths, never meant to meet again.
However, just as the cars were pulling away, I thought I heard a heart–wrenching scream.
As I looked toward the sound, Xander who was sitting next to me reached out his hand and covered my eyes.
His voice came softly in my ear. “Ophella, you can’t turn back now, not after you’ve promised me,
Was it my illusion? Why did I feel some soft resentment in Xander’s tone?
Even
though we’re sealing the mate bood today, we might as well be strangers. There’s no place for something as tender as resentment between us.
It must have been my mind playing tricks on me.
I moved Xander’s hand away and reassured him, “Don’t worry, I know how to keep my word. Since I agreed to this bonding, I won’t back out, you
can count on that.”
Besides, Thome… he wasn’t worth me to do that.
In the other car, Thorne’s anxiety grow as he thought back what had just happened. Ignoring Liora’s attempts to calm him, he immediately called the airline to check my status.
The answer was clear. I hadn’t boarded any flight.
His mind went blank. Trembling, he called the guide waiting at my supposed destination. “Did you pick up Ophelia?
The answer was no, then he completely lost control.
“Ophelia! The bride in the car was definitely ber!”
“Ophelia led to me. She never went on that trip! Ophelia…
He opened the window, shouting toward my car frantically, but all he could hear was the rear of the exhaust as my car drove further away.
Liora tried to reassure him. “Thorne, you must be mistaken. That woman just looks like Ophelia.”
But Thorne wouldn’t listen. He believed that woman must be me. With a shout, he ordered the driver to turn around and chase after my car.
“Turn around. Immediately, Catch up with that wedding car!”
The driver hesitated, never having encountered such a situation.
Liora shouted at the driver, “Don’t turn around! Keep going forward!”
She leaned close to Thorne, trying to soothe him. “Thome, whether that person is Ophelia or not doesn’t matter to us anymore. Today is my mating ceremony. Don’t let outsiders ruin my special day.”
“We can deal with that after we’ve sealed the mate bond, okay?”
But Thorne wasn’t listening. He loved her away. “Get off!”
His eyes were bloodshot with fury as he shouted again, “Turn around. Now!
ng the car around a
Land speeding forward
The driver saw the dangerous look on Thorne’s face and Immediately complied, turning
Llora was now completely panicked. “Thorne, this is our wedding day! Pack members and guests are all waiting! What are you doing?”
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“Let’s go back! Everyone is waiting You’re wasting time, making things difficult for our families!”
But Thorne was beyond reasoning
Then just cancel the wedding
Liera hadn’t expected this response. She panicked, “No! Thorne, you can’t do this! You promised you’d always take care of me. If I don’t marry you, I’ll de Thome, you can’t treat me like this”
Liora sobbed uncontrollably, but her desperate pleas and tears, couldn’t move Thome.
He glared at her with disgust.
“Take care of you? Who’s going to care about me? My mate is going to bond with want her back!”
e else! I can’t care about anyone else! I just
Thorne kept urging the driver to speed up, while Liora kept shouting at him to turn around.
Liora lunged for the steering wheel in a blind rage, fingers clawing at the driver’s grip.
Thome grabbed her, arms locking around her waist as th
the three of them twisted into a chaos.
Then came a deadening sound and the thunderous crunch of metal meeting metal
Chapter 6
The wedding procession soon arrived at Xander’s pack
During a brief break for makeup, I grabbed my phone. As soon as I turned it on, a flood of messages poured in.
All of them were from Thome
“Ophelia, can you please pick up the phone?
“Ophelia, I was wrong, please come back! Don’t marry someone else!”
“I’m begging you, o
come back! I can’t lose you
There were countless missed calls and messages. And to my surprise, Liera had also sent me a message.
But her message was filled with nothing but provocation:
“Ophelia, today is the day Thome and I are getting married. He was afraid you’d cause trouble, so he deliberately kept you away.”
“If you have any self–respect, you should server the mate bond with him and stop clinging to him.”
“The one who’s not loved is always the third party. Do you really think Thome still be with you because he loves you? No, he just pities you.”
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“Wake up he stopped loving you years ago. You’re old, tired, and dull. Only when he be with me, can he feel alive and vibrant. But you? Just a bitter, dried–up hag. He told me your very prosence makes his skin crawl.”
I looked at those taunting words and only felt she was way too childish.
It seemed like Liora and Thome’s so–called love wasn’t as solid as they made it seem. Otherwise, as the victorious party, she should be holding herself above me, not sending these provoking messages that would only disclose her insecurity.
This wasn’t the first time Liora had provoked me. The last time she did it so directly was when I brought lunch to Thome for the last time.
In his early days running the pack, Thorne drank his stress away, which ended up ruining his stomach, so I tried to make healthy meals for him.
After Liora became his maid, she would cook for him under the pretense of saving time due to pack duties.
When she does these things, she never shies away from me. “Ophelia, you and Alpha are my benefactors. I see how hard he works, and as his maid, it’s my responsibility to care for his daily life.”
At first, it bothered me. It felt like she was crossing boundaries.
But Thorne didn’t seem to mind. He told me not to overthink it, saying, “Don’t worry, she just wants to repay us. She’s done it now, and I can’t refuse her kindness. Besides, her cooking isn’t nearly as good as yours.”
“Ophelie, trust me. Don’t think too much about it, okay?”
But his words didn’t comfort me. I still felt uneasy,
Thome noticed my feelings, so he immediately called Liora into the office.
He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and said to Liora, “Liora, you don’t need to bring me meals anymore–just focus on your own work Ophelia’s got my meals covered. ”
Liora’s eyes instantly welled up with tears. She looked like a child who had done something wrong, trembling, on the verge of crying.
She bowed deeply to me and apologized, “I’m sorry, Ophelia. I only did it to thank Alpha. If I’ve made you uncomfortable, I apologize. Ophelia, I’m really sorry. You can hit me or yell at me, but please don’t be mad at Alpha because of ine.”
Her attitude made me frown instinctively, I felt incredibly uncomfortable.
I expressed my concerns to Thorne, but he still argued that I was overreacting.
#Look, I’ve told Llers to stop bringing me lunch. Let’s not worry about it anymore. Cheer up, Ophella.”
His words silenced any further arguments I had
Things returned to normal after that. Liora didn’t do anything else out of line, and I gradually let my guard down, thinking maybe I had overthought things.
I even felt guilty for misunderstanding her.
To make up for it, I would often remind Thome to look out for Liora around the pack and at work.
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That was until I got sick for a while and thus unable to bring him lanch.
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Chapter 7
The next time I went to deliver lunch, Liora greeted me as warmly as always.
But just one glance, and I noticed the necklace she was wearing. It was identical to the one I had at home.
It was a gift from Thome for our anniversary. I clearly remembered Liora once commenting, “This necklace is beautiful. Alpha has such great taste Ophelia, you’re really lucky. Unlike me, I’ll probably never get to wear such a nice necklace.”
At that moment, I felt disgusted by his words.
When she saw me staring at the necklace, Liora smiled, showing no sign of guilt.
“That necklace…” I started.
Without missing a beat, she calmly admitted, “It’s a gift from Alpha.”
At that point, I had already argued with Thorne about it. He claimed it was just a reward for Llora’s great work, and that I was reading too much into
That was the day I went back for my bag in Thome’s office–only to find the lunch I’d made tossed in the trash.
And that’s when Liora finally dropped the insincere act and showed me who she really was.
to throw it away.”
She mocked me, saying, “Ophelia, I don’t eat carrots. Next time, don’t put them in my lunch, or I’ll have to throw it
That moment hirme like a thunderclap. Thome had been giving my food to Liora all along.
1 don’t even remember how I left that day. It was the biggest argument Thorne and I had since we got together.
We didn’t speak for an entire month, but eventually, those old ties pulled at my heart, so I forgave him again.
Thome used to be so wonderful, so I didn’t want to believe he would betray our relationship.
Thome and I were actually childhood sweethearts. I had always thought we would be together forever and never imagined we would one day separate. One summer, my parents had to travel to another pack for business. To avoid affecting my studies, they left me behind at the pack.
But since I was still underage, they couldn’t leave me alone, so they arranged for me to stay with my aunt.
My
y aunt had her own children, and since she was often busy with pack matters, I mostly stayed with my cousins. For them, I was just an intruder.
My cousins didn’t like me, so they didn’t treat me well.
At school, when my cousin ganged up with others again and pushed me into the lake.
I stopped struggling. No one was coming to save me anyway. I let myself sipk, down into the quiet depths, wondering if keeping my eyes shut tight might finally let me see my parents again.
Before long, I heard e splash. It was Thorne that had jumped into the lake to save the.
Though it was a cold winter, for me, his body seemed to be glowing and warm.
He said, “Why didn’t you say anything when they bullied you? I’m the future Alpha of our pack. From now on, no one will dare touch you”
Thome kept his word. After that day, no one at school or in the pack ever dared to b bully me again.
When my cousin played a cruel prank, mixing nuts into a cake that caused me a severe allergic reaction, Thorne saved me again.
When I was trapped in a fire, barely escaping with my life, he fought his way through the smoke, carrying me step by step to safety. And it was in that fire, Thorne left a scar that would remain with him for the rest of his life.
