Chapter 3: Leaving
Selene’s POV
There was a swing in the small garden, one that my parents had carefully made for me. On both sides of the swing, they had planted my favorite wisteria flowers. At this moment, on the swing, Chloe Parker, delicate and graceful, had her arms wrapped around a man’s neck, initiating a kiss.
The swing swayed, and the man hesitated for only a second before pulling the woman’s slender waist to himself.
A light breeze swept by, and under a flurry
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But over time, many things changed, and Jaxon Lancaster’s attitude shifted.
I couldn’t deny that I had felt his growing indifference and neglect, and I would always reflect on whether I had done something wrong.
Gradually, it seemed like everything I did was taken for granted.
The memory of him gently holding my hand and saying I was his only Alpha pushed me into despair.
Just because I wouldn’t bond early…
I let out a self-deprecating laugh. Indeed, Chloe Parker could do all the things I
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She showed an awkward expression, unsure of what to say, perhaps feeling guilty for not attending my marking ceremony gathering due to her illness.
“Mm, I’m here to pack my things.”
I looked at the strange expression on Eleanor’s face, and a wave of pain rose in my heart.
She had once been the closest person to me. But now, she looked at me with the eyes of a stranger, as though I shouldn’t be here.
I held back the bitterness in my heart and tried to step past her, but just then, a voice called out from behind.
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him.
I cast him a cold glance and turned my
gaze away.
Jaxon Lancaster seemed flustered, maybe because I had once always looked at him with loving eyes, but now, I only saw him as a stranger. He hurriedly spoke, “Selene, about the marking ceremony gathering, I…”
“Selene, I’m sorry, this is all my fault!”
A high-pitched, tearful voice interrupted Jaxon Lancaster’s words.
Chloe Parker quickly ran over, her eyes filled with tears, and she even tried to grab my hand. Instinctively, I pulled
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the war, my health has been very bad, as you know.”
When she mentioned the war, I noticed that Eleanor’s gaze immediately softened, and she looked at Chloe with great affection.
Her words… God, they sounded like an apology. Sweet and Gentle.. But every single sentence was a knife-twisting right into me.
She’s such a bitch. But that’s Chloe for
you. A natural-born actress.
I used to think she was kind. Soft. Sweet.
Now I know better.
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