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Alexander turned, his expression immediately going blank. “Who are you?”
The blunt question caught me off guard. His face revealed he knew exactly who I was but chose to snub me publicly.
My face flushed with awkwardness, but I quickly recovered. “Ethan Grey, from Harbor
City. We met at the Northern Territory Business Summit last year.”
“Ah, right,” Alexander replied, his tone making it clear I’d made little impression. “Grey pack, wasn’t it?”
Maintaining courtesy for the sake of potential business connections, I nodded. “Yes, that’s right. I’ve been hoping to discuss some potential ventures with you.”
Before he could dismiss me, I presented a lavishly wrapped gift box containing the
Royal Moonstone Pendant.
“I heard your cousin is getting engaged. Congratulations. This is my gift for her.”
Though the gift was ostensibly for Alexander’s cousin, we both understood I was buying favor with Alexander himself, hoping this gesture would smooth future business cooperation.
Alexander, clearly used to such flattery, initially seemed ready to brush me off. However, seeing the valuable present, his tone softened slightly.
“How thoughtful. I’ll thank you on her behalf, She’s inside-come, deliver it to her yourself.”
Relief washed over me; my expensive gamble seemed to have paid off. Flashing a
SAVST bright smile, I said, “Thank you, Mr. Winters, I’ll trouble you then.”
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(Alexander’s POV)
The silver moonlight bathed the Silverridge Estate’s rear garden in an ethereal glow. I approached with my entourage, scanning the elegant landscape until I spotted my cousin Olivia sitting on an ornate swing beneath a sprawling oak tree.
She leaned gently against Connor Rivers’ shoulder, her honey-brown hair catching the moonlight as they shared a quiet moment admiring the night sky. The sight brought a smile to my face-Liv deserved happiness after everything she’d been through.
My attention shifted when I noticed Ethan Grey standing nearby, his body suddenly rigid as he spotted Olivia’s graceful silhouette. Recognition flashed across his features, followed by disbelief and something that looked remarkably like panic. His chest visibly tightened as he refused to accept what his eyes were telling him.
Before he could react further, I called out clearly, “Liv, come over here for a moment.”
Olivia turned her head calmly at my voice. Her luminous amber eyes met Ethan’s stunned gaze, and I watched her serene expression instantly harden into something cold and distant.
She hadn’t expected to encounter him here-that much was obvious from the way her shoulders tensed. A flash of suspicion crossed her features, as though she wondered if he’d known her identity all along and had followed her deliberately.
Despite her obvious discomfort, Olivia maintained perfect composure as she rose from the swing and approached me without sparing Ethan another glance.
“What’s wrong, cousin?” she asked coolly.
The word “cousin’ hit Ethan like a physical blow. His face turned ashen, and his grip slackened on the gift box he was holding. It tumbled from his hands, hitting the ground with a soft thud.
The lid popped open, and the extravagant Royal Moonstone Pendant-the very jewel he’d just spent eight hundred thousand dollars on to curry favor with me through my “cousin”-spilled onto the grass. The pink stone gleamed mockingly in the moonlight as an awkward silence descended.
Ethan looked as though he might collapse. His mind seemed to shut down completely-his eyes glazed over, and for an instant, he swayed on his feet. All color drained from his face, leaving him ghostly pale under the moonlight.
I frowned, genuinely concerned by his extreme reaction. “Are you alright? You don’t look well.”
Olivia cast a sidelong glance at Ethan, her amber eyes narrowing slightly as understanding dawned. He had only just realized her true family background. Her gaze dropped to the pendant lying exposed on the grass, and a cold smile touched her lips.
“I heard from my cousin that you prepared an engagement gift for me? Is it this one?” she asked, her voice dripping with icy disdain.
Beside Ethan, Cassandra Evans looked stricken. Her face flushed deep crimson as the implications sank in. Just days before, according to what Olivia had told me earlier, Cassandra had boasted about this very pendant, claiming Ethan had purchased it for her.
Now the humiliating truth was exposed-Ethan had bought the pendant not for
Cassandra, but to please me by gifting it to my cousin… who turned out to be Olivia herself.
Cassandra’s embarrassment was palpable. She had always looked down on Olivia, believing her to be nothing more than a penniless lawyer. How could she have imagined that this “poor girl” was actually a high society woman, a treasured daughter of the prestigious Winters pack and my cousin?
Ethan looked like a man starved of oxygen. His eyes were wide with disbelief as he stared at Olivia.
“You… you… are Alpha Winters’ cousin?” he stammered, his voice barely audible.
Olivia’s patience visibly wore thin. “Otherwise?” she asked sharply, her tone cutting.
Ethan’s Adam’s apple bobbed anxiously as he struggled to speak. His eyes reddened with an acidic ache as he pressed, “Why? Why for three whole years did you never tell me who you really were?”
I watched my cousin steel herself, clearly determined to end this confrontation once and for all. When she spoke, her voice was flat and emotionless.
“I wanted to tell you. Remember that time I suggested taking you back to my hometown? I meant to introduce you to my pack then. But it was you who refused.”
Her indifference was striking-a clear sign she had moved beyond caring about him or his opinion.
Ethan’s features cracked with anguish, his voice trembling as he responded. “If only you had told me you were the daughter of the Winters pack Alpha, how could I ever have refused to go with you?”
Olivia’s lips curled into a cold smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “So, what you loved was the status of the Winters pack heir-not me as a person.”
“It’s not like that… No, I loved you. I love you…” he murmured helplessly, tears welling in his eyes.
I finally understood everything. So this was Olivia’s ex-boyfriend? The fool who couldn’t recognize the treasure before his eyes, who had looked down on her because he thought she was just an ordinary woman without a pack background.
I couldn’t help but tsk silently, both marveling at the drama unfolding before me and glancing toward Connor. His face had transformed, radiating an ominous chill. The very air around him trembled with barely contained fury as he watched Ethan’s desperate attempts to reclaim what he’d lost.
“Liv, if you’d told me from the beginning who you were, we’d be mated by now. We could have been happy, truly happy…” Ethan’s voice grew increasingly agitated.
He reached out impulsively to grab Olivia’s hand, desperate to salvage what he’d so carelessly destroyed. But before his fingers could make contact, Connor moved with lightning speed.
In one fluid motion, Connor pulled Olivia behind him and forcefully knocked Ethan’s hand aside. His voice was low and commanding as he stated, “She is my mate-to-be.”
Olivia stepped slightly to the side, her amber eyes meeting Ethan’s tear-filled gaze without a hint of sympathy. “Sorry, but now you’re not worthy of me. Nor do I care for your mother’s approval.”
The night wind rustled through the trees, carrying a deep chill that seemed to settle in the space between them. Ethan stood frozen as tears streamed silently down his cheeks.
The realization of his own absurdity finally seemed to hit him-all those times he’d refused to meet her pack, allowed his mother Margaret to humiliate her, openly flaunted his relationship with Cassandra. I’d heard from Olivia how he’d even declared in front of Cassandra that he would never mate with her, indulging himself without care for her feelings,
Every past cruelty now returned to haunt him, leaving only bloody regret in its wake.
His mission tonight had been transparent to me from the start-to court my “cousin” for a lucrative pack alliance, to deliver the engagement gift and secure much-needed investment for the Grey pack. But now, faced with the truth that the cousin he had hoped to please was none other than the woman he had betrayed and lost, his mind clearly spiraled into chaos and despair.
He could neither congratulate her on her new engagement nor bear the knowledge that he had pushed her into another Alpha’s arms. Standing numbly in the cold night, he resembled a lost man in a fog of misery, unable to see any path forward.
Seeing Ethan’s pitiful state, Olivia no longer spared him a glance. She stepped away from the garden, her back straight and resolute. Connor followed in silence, his presence a protective shield behind her.
Concerned that Ethan might cause a scene that would disrupt the engagement celebration, I coldly ordered my betas with a subtle hand gesture to “escort” him out of the estate.
Ethan stumbled like an empty shell, eyes blank and expressionless, shuffling off mechanically in the night wind. Cassandra quietly bent down to pick up the Royal
Moonstone Pendant from the ground. Biting her lip, she trailed behind him, both of them swallowed by the darkness as the past was mercilessly severed.
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