Chapter 20
Third-Person POV
After Judy left, Alpha Simon felt as if he were trapped in a nightmare he couldn’t wake from
-a fate worse than death.
The sterile scent of the hospital did nothing to calm his restless wolf. He tried to climb out of bed, but a nurse quickly stopped him.
“Alpha Simon, your injuries haven’t healed. You
need to rest. Don’t move.”
“I need to find Judy,” he growled, his voice hoarse with desperation. “I have to see her. Don’t stand in my way!”
The nurse frowned. “You mean the she-wolf
who stayed with you last night? She left this morning-with her mate.”
Mate?
The word pierced his chest like a dagger.
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Her mate?
Judy… had mated with someone else?
Married. She really married another male.
“No,” Simon muttered, shaking his head in disbelief. “No, that’s impossible. If they haven’t registered it—if they haven’t completed the bond-it doesn’t count!”
He clenched his fists.
“She’s mine. I’m her mate! I’m her true Alpha!”
His voice rose into a snarl, and his body trembled with rage. The nurse stepped back, unable to contain his spiraling emotions.
At that moment, the door flung open.
Wilona burst in, still in her crumpled wedding dress, eyes bright with something close to hysteria,
“Simon-I’m pregnant!”
The room froze.
Alpha Simon sat in stunned silence, staring at
her.
“What did you just say?”
Wilona beamed and threw herself into his arms.
“I’m pregnant, Simon! With your pup!”
She’d waited so long for this moment,
dreaming of the day she could bind him to her
forever.
But Simon’s eyes turned cold. His hands gripped her arms tightly.
“That’s impossible! I told you to take your suppressants!”
Wilona flinched under his grip. “I missed one dose,” she whispered. “Just one. I thought
it wouldn’t matter-but it did. Simon, this is fate. Don’t you see? We’re going to have a pup together.”
Her voice was trembling with hope. “Let’s hold the wedding again-soon. I’m already showing. The guests can come back. Please, let’s do it
right this time.”
But before she could finish, Alpha Simon
shoved her away.
“Absolutely not,” he snapped. “I told you-I’m not marrying you.”
His voice was like ice. His eyes, usually full of charm, now burned with contempt.
“And didn’t you say you had cancer? That you were dying? That this was your last wish?”
Wilona froze.
A doctor entered for Simon’s routine check-up
and overheard the conversation.
“Cancer?” the doctor repeated. “Alpha Simon, are you saying Miss Wilona has cancer?”
Simon nodded, scowling. “She told me she was dying. Only had a month left.”
The doctor blinked in confusion. “That must be
a mistake, Miss Wilona’s bloodwork came back
normal. No signs of illness-and her pregnancy
is progressing well.”
The world tilted around Simon.
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It hit him all at once-every tear, every plea, every desperate story Wilona had fed him.
All of it. A lie.
His fury exploded. With a howl of rage, he swept the table clean, sending water and medical instruments crashing to the floor.
“You lied to me,” he snarled. “You used me!”
Wilona shrank back, trembling. “I didn’t know! The doctor must’ve made a mistake-I didn’t mean to lie. I just-Simon, I love you. I didn’t want to lose you to Judy.”
“Love? You faked cancer to stop my wedding. You sent Judy those bed photos. You messaged her from my phone. You trapped me-avoided your medicine just to get pregnant. You planned all of this.”
His voice cracked with disgust. “You knew exactly what you were doing.”
Once upon a time, she’d been gentle. Elegant.
Pure.
Now all he saw was a manipulative she-wolf, hiding behind crocodile tears.
Compared to her, Judy had always been the light.
And he had thrown that light away.
His regret was so bitter it nearly choked him.
“There’s a million in this card,” he said, flinging
a black bank card onto the sheets.
“Take it. And get rid of the pup.”
Wilona stared at him, wide-eyed. “What…?”
She couldn’t believe her ears. She remembered
asking him before-Do you like pups?
He had smiled back then and said yes. If it was their pup, he’d love it even more,
But now, the male who once held her close was
commanding her to end their child’s life.
