Chapter 3

Elias frowned hard, his gaze irritably landing on my empty hand.

"Can you stop making a scene? I said I'd marry you, so I will. There's no need for these games of playing hard to get."

Rebecca tugged at his sleeve, pouting coquettishly.

"Elias, this is the newest limited edition! I tried so hard to get it but couldn't!"

Elias's tight frown relaxed as he handed her the ring box.

"Then try it on?"

Rebecca's eyes lit up as she moved to open it and put it on.

I grabbed Rebecca's wrist, my voice turning cold.

"Hasn't anyone told you not to touch other people's things?"

Before I even applied pressure, Rebecca started crying out in pain with reddened eyes.

Elias panicked and grabbed my wrist, flinging my hand away.

He used too much force—the sharp pain made my vision go black.

Rebecca accused me with red eyes.

"I just wanted to look at it. Why are you being so rough?"

Elias's heart ached as he shouted at me.

"You made her cry! Clara, aren't you going too far?"

He completely failed to notice my face, pale from the pain.

It was always like this. As long as Rebecca frowned or shed a tear, he would stand firmly on her side without fail.

Suppressing the sourness in my heart, I reached out.

"That's my wedding ring. Give it back!"

Elias's face darkened as he shoved the ring box into Rebecca's hand.

"This style isn't suitable for a wedding ring. Pick another one."

What wasn't suitable? It was just another excuse to make me yield to Rebecca.

And besides, I wasn't marrying him anymore, so why should he decide what was suitable?

Just as I was about to tell Elias about the change in marriage partners, he scooped Rebecca up and impatiently cut me off.

"I don't want to hear your excuses! If you target Rebecca again, I'll have to seriously reconsider our relationship."

Watching his resolute departing back, I laughed self-mockingly.

Elias, there's no need.

I've already made the decision for you.

During the wedding preparations, the news was full of scandals about Elias and Rebecca traveling together.

Everyone was curious about my reaction.

People in the pack had already started taking bets on whether I'd marry Elias no matter how many times he abandoned me.

I heard that when Rebecca found out the two families were holding the wedding again, she bet everything she had, counting on making a fortune.

But this time, she was probably going to lose everything.

On the wedding day, I'd barely woken up when my assistant called in a panic.

"Miss Clara, this is terrible! Elias brought people to tear down the wedding venue!"

First he ran away from his own wedding, and now he wanted to interfere with me marrying someone else?

Suppressing my anger, I rushed to the hotel to find Elias directing people to move the flower arrangements.

Before I could speak, he launched into a barrage of questions.

"Didn't I say we're not getting married for now? What are you doing, forcing me into marriage by acting first and asking later? Last time with the ring, Rebecca was very upset. Until she agrees, the wedding's off."

I stopped the workers who were about to leave, my voice cold:

"Put everything back."

Elias's face darkened.

"Don't you dare! Don't forget, I'm the Dubois Pack's Alpha heir. Even after you marry in, you'll have to watch my mood."

Alpha heir?

Ha, Elias, not for much longer.

Just as I was about to call Alpha Hector to have them removed, Rebecca pushed through the door wearing a wedding dress.

She lifted her skirt and twirled, acting coquettish toward Elias.

"I just said it looked nice, and you insisted I try it on. Now that I have, if you dare say I look ugly, you'll never hear the end of it!"

Then, as if just noticing me, she said with surprise.

"Clara, what are you doing here?"

I actually heard a trace of accusation in her words and responded sarcastically.

"Do I need to notify you when I come to my own wedding venue? Are you going to take that wedding dress off yourself, or should I get someone to help you?"

Elias's face darkened as he shielded Rebecca behind him.

"Clara, don't go too far!"

Wrecking my wedding venue, wearing my wedding dress that took two years to make—and I was the one going too far?

Looking at the security guards by the door, I ordered directly.

"Throw these two out!"

Elias grabbed my wrist, anger rising in his eyes.

"Not even married yet and already acting like the Dubois Pack's Luna?"

He flung my hand away forcefully.

"Tear everything here down and burn it. Teach her a lesson!"

To make amends, Alpha Hector had taken the initiative to provide staff for the wedding venue.

These people didn't yet know about the heir change, so they immediately began following Elias's orders.

Seeing a worker carry a portrait out of a room, I shot to my feet.

"Put that painting down!"