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“Clara’s birthday is tomorrow, seven o’clock in the evening, Top View Hotel,” the cold and distant voice on the other end of the phone said. Don’t be late.”
“I don’t…”
“That’s it.”
The call was abruptly hung up, not even giving her a chance to refuse.
On the day of the banquet, Emily chose a simple black dress.
As soon as she entered, she saw Clara, surrounded by people, and Simon, whom she hadn’t seen in days.
“Clara is so lucky, two women nearby whispered.
‘Her adoptive lycan parents love her like the apple of their eye, and even alpha Simon is so attentive to her.”
“Exactly. I heard alpha Simon personally planned this banquet. Look at the meat, it’s from wild animals hunted this morning. Only an alpha is strong enough to kill those beasts.
And those flowers, they were airlifted from the Royal Pack this morning. The entire banquet hall is decorated like a Monet garden, Clara’s favorite, costing over 100 million.”
The guests’ chatter reached her ears.
Emily took a sip of wine, her gaze falling on Simon not far away.
He was wearing a black suit today, his shirt collar casually open, revealing a hint of his muscular chest, with a touch of lazy elegance.
Yet this man was now half-squatting, adjusting Clara’s skirt, and the usually cold expression on his face was now a smile.
“Now let’s invite Mr. and Mrs. Davis to offer their blessings to their beloved omega daughter!”
As soon as the host finished speaking, Emily’s parents escorted Clara onto the stage.
Mr. Davis cleared his throat, his gaze sweeping across the crowd.”Today, I want to announce an important decision.60% of the shares of the Davis Group will be inherited by our little wolf Clara.”
There was an uproar in the audience. Emily tightened her grip on her glass.
At this moment, Simon also walked onto the stage, taking a velvet box from his pocket.
Opening it, inside was an antique emerald ring.
“Is that the Smith family heirloom?” someone exclaimed from the crowd.
“I heard that emerald ring was left by Senior alpha Smith for the young Luna of the Hidemoon Pack.”
“Oh my, giving the family heirloom to his mate’s sister, Simon is humiliating Emily in public…”
The ring was slowly slipped onto Clara’s ring finger, fitting perfectly.
‘Dad, Mom, Simon, isn’t this a little inappropriate?” Clara suddenly looked towards the corner, her voice filled with feigned hesitation.
“After all, my sister is the lycan daughter of the Davis family, and she’s alpha Simon’s Luna. These things should be hers, right?”
Hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Davis immediately held her hand.”What nonsense are you talking about? Emily is Simon’s mate, she got the Smith family’s support. So we have to plan more for you. Giving you the property is only right. Dad and Mom only wish our little omega girl have a happy life.”
Simon added calmly, “If it weren’t for that accident, this ring would have belonged to you three years ago.”
Emily stood in the middle of the crowd, feeling as if she had been publicly stripped naked.
Her parents’ words were like swords, Simon’s words like knives, cutting into her face.
The gazes of the surrounding guests were like searchlights, illuminating her with nowhere to hide-pitying, mocking, gloating, each one written with the three words “pathetic fool lycan.”
She could even feel Clara’s triumphant gaze, like a victor showing off their spoils.
In the past, she would probably have been heartbroken enough to die.
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But now, she only felt calm.
Emily gently put down her wine glass.
As she turned, she heard someone whispering:
“Look, her eyes are red… She must have gone to the restroom to cry…”
“Poor thing, her biological parents and mate all favor the adopted omega daughter…”
“I heard alpha Simon didn’t sever the mate bond because he didn’t want Clara to be labelled as a home-wrecker…”
She didn’t stop, walking straight to the restroom.
Her makeup was exquisite in the mirror, not a single tear shed.
Because she had already forgotten everything.
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She forgot how humbly she once begged for her parents’ care, for Simon’s love. She no longer remembered how she repeatedly lowered her dignity, just to get a glance from them.
Those people she once humbly looked up to were now no different from strangers to her.
“Now, we just need to quietly wait for the new Pack to accept us, and then learn to love ourselves well,” Emily told her wolf.
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