Chapter 10
When I called him Dad, every eye in the hall locked ones.
For a moment there was only silence, then mars began to ripple through the crowd.
“Did she just call him Dad?”
“You’re kidding He came in a helicopter! What kind of family is this?”
“Oh no, this doesn’t look good. That guy’s no ordinary agent”
“she’s definitely from a powerful family”
“No wonder Audrey dared to call Darkhawl’s Alpha directly to dissolve the bond. She’s got serious backing
Dominde stand there, clutching his cheek, utterly dumbstruck. His brain seemed to short–circuit.
He stared at me, then at the imposing figure standing protectively behind me
Shock twisted into something absurd suspicion.
He pointed a trembling linger at my father, his voler boarse,
“Audrey! Where did you dig up this actor?”
“You must’ve paid him a fortune!”
“Where’d you rent the helicopter from?”
“Convincing performance, I’ll give you that.”
“You’d really stoop this low just to get revenge?”
He seemed almost | persuaded by his own nonsense, his voice rising louder.
“Didn’t you say your family was ordinary working class? Now what? Renting a dad for appearances?”
Inearly laughed at how pathetic his lugle was.
“An actor? Dominic, you’re too busy partying to read financial news.”
The words had barely let my mouth when a female collegue in the crowd shrieked
Pointing at my father, she stammered, “Theodore… Theodore White! I remember now, he’s Theodore White!”
The name detonated like a bomb in the hall.
“Which Theodore White?”
“Who else could it be?!” another colleague snapped. “The one on last month’s cover of Werewolf Global–the Alpha King of America, Theodore White”
“Oh my god! Audrey’s the daughter of Alpha King?! And she worked her ass off here for seven years?!”
“That’s truly for love! Or way else? And Dominic treated her like garbage!!
“Barkhawl Pack Corp is surely rich, but compared to the White empire, we’re pocket change!”
“What a loss! Dominic traded a diamond for a shiny pebble!”
“Adiamond? He gave up a license to print money!”
Every single word pierced Dominic like a blade. He staggered back, lips trembling, unable to form a response.
was no foul; there was no chance he hadn’t known the name Theodore White.
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But never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that name could be tied to the future mate he’d so carelessly discarded.
Finally, he stumbled toward me, bloodshot eyes burning.
“Why? Audrey, why didn’t you tell me?!!
