Chapter 10
Soren’s POV
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…Is that true?
Celia did not take an extra cent from me?
Not even a couple loose dollars here and there that I would not have even noticed to begin with?
When I first saw Celia in the Red Light District, I knew that she wasn’t like other she–wolf- No ordinary woman would voluntarily enter the Red Light District of their own volition; it’s why I offered her the deal of a lifetime to be my lover.
I sit up in my desk chair, eyes fixated on my Beta’s shadow in the office. I swipe my tongue over my teeth and contemplate my choices.
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I can dismiss this whole situation and find a solution elsewhere for my headaches or I can figure out the enigma that is Celia and her motivations. And I can figure out why my headaches subside when she is around.
I sigh and wave my hand at the Beta.
“Tell me more about her…anything and everything that you can remember,” I command.
The Beta shifts in his spot, scratching the back of his neck. After a few seconds of huffing and puffing, the Beta finally responds to
- me.
“Celia has always been very nice and cordial with your staff. When she originally signed the contract, she was very adamant that your payment only be for her student and medical loans,” the Beta informs me. I nod along with his words, honing in on the last
sentence.
“…Her grandmother is very ill and is in the hospital and she is the only one who is here to take care of her. Her mother was a doctor, too, so that also has some influence as to why she joined the medical field.” Beta says.
Vaguely, I recall–back when Celia and I were still lovers.
At night, she would sweetly wrap her arms around me, whispering little things about herself.
She must have told me this before.
But in the past, I never cared enough to remember much about her.
“…I see.” I say.
So that is why Celia was so desperate for money.
She has been burdened by her grandmother’s medial bills the entire time.
When Celia decided to go and study medicine, a career path typically reserved for noble families, I had thought was out of vanity, a
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way to make a lot of money.
I have been a fool and have made the mistake of overlooking Celia.
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How can I take her seriously, though, since she has refused any extra money that has come her way? If she were so desperate for money as she claims to be, then why decline the extra help that has been thrown her way?
“Bring Celia to me,” I push from my chair and stand up, eyes training on my Beta.
“I’ll pay for her to return. I must see her.”
“Sir…” the Beta holds up a finger, causing me to stop and stare at him.
“She might not agree to this. I can’t force her to come.”
I scoff at his words and cross my arms over my chest.
“Besides, your time and effort has been catered towards Lady Bianca ever since her arrival! You promised to help her gain Healer
Anderson’s favor so she may become his apprentice–!“Beta says.
“Please,” I rest my hands down on the wooden desk before me, narrowing my aching eyes at the Beta, “I insist that you go and
collect Celia for me.”
My posture straightens. I fix my clothes and look down at the Beta. “– Celia is a part of my pack! She has to obey my order
whether she likes it or not. ”
“Bianca can wait, too.“I say.
“I must handle
ia situation first.”
Celial
- y. I need it now and I need it fast, preferably in large amounts. I cannot go another day feeling like the world is
from under me. No longer will I stand nights of going to sleep on an empty stomach nor will I allow my
to suffer while I pick apart the couch cushions for extra change.
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