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Leslie smiled, but there was nothing warm in it. Just cold.
“Why do you get to feel better? You should feel just as awful as I did. That’s what a real apology looks like.”
A flimsy ‘sorry’ wasn’t enough to erase three years of pain.
But she wasn’t giving me a single chance.
My lips tightened. It felt like my whole chest was filled with ink, thick and suffocating.
That apology caught in my throat-it felt cheap, meaningless.
I stayed quiet for a few seconds. My eyes flickered, my voice rough and low.
“Leslie… I’m sorry. I lost the ring.”
Leslie’s POV
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I paused.
Then I realized what he meant-the ring. My expression darkened instantly.
“The ring? He really dares bring that up?”
Asphodel raged inside me. “The wedding token that carried all your stupid love-he tossed it aside like garbage!”
I gave him a sideways glance, a cruel smile curling on my lips.
“I know. You lost it on purpose.”
So Kirby brought up the ring just to twist the knife?
He really was heartless. But my heart had already been torn apart long ago. Now, it was steel- plated.
Kirby’s eyes tightened. Just as he was about to say something, Eric noticed us and rushed over.
“Queen Leslie…”
The second I heard that, I couldn’t help but laugh.
All the old pain Kirby dragged up suddenly felt meaningless.
Only people stuck in the past stay miserable.
Eric didn’t hesitate-he threw an arm around my shoulders and gave Kirby a guarded sideways glance.
“He didn’t give you trouble, did he?”
Me? Troubled by Kirby? I scoffed and smirked.
“I’m tired. I’m going home.”
“I’ll take you,”
Eric didn’t even think about it.
I smiled. “Not today. My butler’s coming to pick me up. You’re the star of the show tonight. You can’t leave early.”
“I don’t care. You’re more important than any of them.”
Eric’s loyalty to beauty really was next level.
I didn’t hesitate-I turned to leave.
Behind me, someone spoke up.
“Leslie. Believe it or not… I didn’t lose that ring on purpose.”
His explanation hung heavy and hollow in the air.
If I believed that, I’d have to be insane.
Without a word or a glance back, I walked away in heels that struck the floor with sharp finality.
Eric walked me to the entrance and watched me leave.
Leslie’s POV
Inside the Rogue Pack royal territory, in a private bar.
Astrid dragged me out for a drink since we both had nothing better to do.
When I got there, under the dim shifting lights, I spotted Astrid chatting with the bartender and laughing. The second she saw me, her expression turned strange and she shook her head with a grin.
“Queen of Rogue Pack, you’ve been all over the news lately. Are you really planning to keep that little wolf cub Lorde as your sugar baby?”
I gave a guilty laugh. Even the bartender looked at me like I was royalty. He slid a glass of tequila across the counter toward me. I smiled, picked it up, and took a sip. “Thanks.”
“There goes another wave of guys too scared to chase you. Aren’t you worried no one’s gonna want to date you anymore?”
Astrid sighed.
I raised an eyebrow without a care. “I’m fine the way things are. Who needs a man?” I paused, then added, “Besides, even someone like Kirby-you don’t think he’s good enough.”
Astrid pressed her lips together, looking like she was being totally sincere. “If you ever get the urge, just drop some cash on the most expensive Alpha you can find.”
“Cough-“
I nearly choked on my drink and died right there.
I glared at Astrid. Some best friend!
She didn’t even notice. Still frowning, she kept thinking aloud. “At the very least, he’s gotta cost more than Kirby. What do you think Kirby’s worth?”
I took another sip and gave a dry little scoff. “Him? Not even a cent.”
The bartender, who’d been listening to us talk this whole time, couldn’t stop the twitch at the corner of his mouth. Probably only I would dare say something like that-calling the heir of the
Crimson Moon Pack worthless.
Wait a second… he looked up and suddenly noticed a tall figure standing behind us.
That man… looked just like Kirby?
His hand slipped. The glass crashed to the floor and shattered.
“Kirby… Kirby Alpha, sir?!”
Astrid and I both froze. We were perfectly in sync-neither of us turned around.
Talking behind someone’s back only to have them show up behind you… awkward didn’t even begin to cover it.