Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Jack knelt there in the schoolyard dust, his expensive suit collecting dirt as he called me his wife.
The scene froze every parent in place. Their smartphones hung forgotten in mid–air.
The crowd that had been so sure of everything moments ago now stood in stunned silence.
Ashley’s perfectly crafted world cracked. “What… what’s happening?”
“Did he just call her… his Luna?”
hat can’t be right. There must be some mistake.”
The parents swarmed Ashley with questions she couldn’t answer. Their certainty crumbled like a house of cards.
The color drained from her face. The confident socialite facade shattered, revealing the desperate woman beneath.
When she finally found her voice, it came out as a shriek. “Jack! What the hell is this? Why are you calling that whore your Luna?”
Her designer handbag hit the ground as she grabbed his shoulders. “You told me our marriage was just paperwork! You promised we’d have a real wedding once you took over the Pack!”
Her voice cracked with hysteria. “We have a son together! And now you’re kneeling to… to her?”
The carefully maintained composure of the Ashley dissolved completely.
“You said I was the love of your life! Was that all lies? Answer me!” She shook him violently, mascara running down her cheeks.
Jack shoved her away with enough force to send her stumbling. “Just shut up!”
“Can’t you see you’re ruining everything?”
Ashley staggered back like she’d been slapped. This wasn’t her charming, devoted Jack. This was a stranger wearing his face.
The man she’d built her dreams around had vanished in an instant.
But Jack was already focused on me, his only thought now self–preservation. Still on his knees, his voice turned pleading.
“Baby, please. I know I screwed up badly. Give me one more chance. Just one.”
The polished Alpha was gone. In his place knelt a desperate man who’d lost his script.
I looked down at him, feeling nothing. Five years of love had turned to ash.
Ashley didn’t take this reality in stride, she yelled: “You insolent bitch. I don’t care what kind of stupid act you’re playing with these goons you hired, but you’re not going to get away with this.”
She turned to the crowd of people watching. “I bet these men here are the actors she hired. Won’t be hard for this whore to get people to play out her little drama.”
Jack ignored the mad Ashley.
“Melanie, please!” His hands clutched at mine, eyes wild with fear. “I swear I love you! This was a mistake. It’ll never happen again!”
Ashley still couldn’t grasp what was happening. “Jack, why are you begging her? Even if she is your wife, you’re the one with the power. You run Shadow Pack!”
Jack whirled on her, face contorted with rage. “Because I married into HER family! Everything – the money, the position, all‘ of it – it’s all HERS!”
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After Divorce: Pursued by the Three
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