While I shivered in the bitter cold, he and his lover spent the night in passionate embrace at a luxury hotel.
When I finally brought back that cold breakfast, my feet were bloody and raw, my hair crusted with ice. Meanwhile, Garrett was eating a lavish breakfast with his lover on the top floor of a five-star hotel.
After that, no matter how outrageous Garrett’s behavior became, I pretended not to see.
I silently endured all of Garrett’s humiliation and harassment.
I desperately tried to maintain my position as the pack’s future Luna.
But now, my mother was gone.
The child couldn’t be saved.
This marriage that existed in name only should finally come to an end.
I coldly hung up the phone.
I got up and contacted a friend at the funeral home to schedule the cremation.
When I returned to the hospital room, I saw Garrett standing at the door.
He frowned at me, then let out a cold laugh.
“Not going to keep acting pitiful anymore?”
“Running around right after giving birth—your body seems fine. Looks like you don’t need rest after all.”
“I’m planning to move Scarlett into the villa. She’s a young, delicate Omega who doesn’t know how to do housework. Get your discharge papers and come back to serve as our maid.”
Garrett moved closer to me.
His face wore a malicious smile.
“Your expressions of pain are the best aphrodisiac I have in bed.”
He stared at me intently, expecting to see me hurt and heartbroken.
But I just wore an expression of numb calm.
Finding it boring, Garrett turned to block a nearby healer.
“Where’s the child? Boy or girl? Bring it here.”
The young healer looked completely panicked.
I said helplessly, “Grandfather took the child away.”
Garrett was about to say something more when his phone rang.
The moment he answered the call, his face changed dramatically.
Then he slapped me hard across the face.
“Aria, what did you do to Scarlett? If anything happens to her, I swear I won’t let you off!”
Already weak, I lost my footing and crashed into the handrail behind me.
The healer rushed forward to steady me.
“Alpha heir, your mate just barely escaped danger. This could kill her!”
Garrett acted as if he hadn’t heard.
Filled with concern for Scarlett, he rushed away.
The healer looked at me with pity in his eyes.
But my pale face showed no expression at all.
It was as if all the love, hate, and passion had been completely worn away during seven years of grinding torment.
