Chapter 2

When Gareth came home with Fiona, I was watching TV with other pack members.

"Luna Violet, you and Alpha Gareth have been married for three years now, right? Shouldn't you start thinking about having a child?"

"Exactly. Have one soon."

Gareth's mother picked up the conversation: "Violet had some physical issues before, so she couldn't get pregnant. Recently she's been drinking quite a bit of potion specially prepared for her by a witch. She should be able to conceive soon."

At that moment, Alpha King Jasper appeared on the TV.

I looked up sharply, and that familiar face appeared on the TV screen.

The reporter interviewed Jasper:

"Who will you spend the New Moon Festival with?"

Jasper smiled warmly:

"Of course with the most important person!"

Gareth's mother couldn't help but exclaim, "The Alpha King is so handsome."

Fiona picked up the thread. "The Alpha King is many girls' dream man."

They didn't know that the person Jasper was meeting tonight was me.

Long ago, Gareth also said I was the most important person to him.

When I first married Gareth, he took me traveling to various places every day and prepared all my birthday gifts from birth to age twenty.

Gareth said, "I don't want to be absent from any of your past days."

But last year on my birthday, he was absent.

That day Fiona got sick, and he was busy taking her to the hospital, staying with her until very late before coming home.

At night, when he saw the unopened cake on the table, he realized he'd forgotten my birthday.

That was the first time we fought.

Later, our friction grew more and more.

Gareth always complained that I was too sensitive and jealous, that I couldn't even tolerate a first love.

Time and again, he left me to accompany Fiona moving, celebrating holidays, seeing doctors.

My phone vibrating pulled me back from my thoughts.

Someone at the gathering pulled out their phone and showed me a photo, asking if the person in it was me.

It was Jasper's just-posted Ins:

[Every moment with you is happy.]

In the attached group photo of volunteers, I was standing right next to Jasper.

In front of us were a group of orphanage children we were visiting.

Before I could respond, Gareth chimed in from the side:

"How is that possible? She just looks similar. How could Violet possibly appear in the Alpha King's photo? Impossible."

Looking at his flustered appearance, I even found it somewhat laughable.

While speaking, he accidentally knocked over a wine glass on the table, wetting his pants.

Fiona quickly pulled out some tissues and without thinking began gently wiping his leg.

Gareth awkwardly cleared his throat, and only then did she stop.

I laughed lightly. "Why don't you just wash them for him?"

Fiona's face turned red instantly.

"What are you saying? I broke up with Gareth long ago. I only think of Gareth as a brother now. Don't overthink it."

I ignored her and just explained briefly from the side.

I'd been doing volunteer work at the orphanage before and happened to run into the Alpha King who came to participate in his monthly charity activities.

The scene got even livelier.

"Oh my god, Violet actually met the Alpha King in person!"

"How tall and handsome is he in real life? I want to know!"

I got scared and didn't dare say much more.

Just then, Jasper sent me a message:

[Interview's done. I'm heading to the airport. I'll come find you soon.]