Alpha’s Fatal Indulgence – Alpha Gavin knelt in the pouring rain for three whole days and nights, begging to make me his mate. Everyone in Manhattan claimed the city’s most notorious playboy Alpha had finally settled down for the most reserved princess of Frostmoon Pack. But for the three years we’d been bound by the mate bond, April Fools’ Day had always been Gavin’s day of reckless indulgence. He went on dates with young models, took my best friend to our marital bed… Every single time, he brushed his betrayals off as a mere joke. Until I fell pregnant, and his mistress lured me onto the interstate highway.
A car crushed my legs. Blood gushed out from under me. When I woke up in the hospital, Gavin knelt before me, tears streaming down his face as he begged for my forgiveness. He swore he would never joke with me like that again. I believed him. Yet three years later, on April Fools’ Day, I watched him lose a round of Truth or Dare with his friends. Gavin ripped my wedding ring off my finger and chose to answer Truth. “Rosalie, I actually regret marrying you. You have no idea how repulsive those crippled legs of yours are in bed.” “All these years, I never truly changed my ways.” He pointed at the young girl beside him. “This girl has been with me for five years. The night you lost your legs was her first time.
Now she’s pregnant, and I have to take responsibility for her.” He spoke in a careless, offhand tone, but panic flashed across his face when he saw my shoulders shaking. “Are you crying? It’s April Fools’ Day, I’m just messing with you.” But he didn’t know I wasn’t crying—I was laughing. Laughing because I had finally endured six long years, and I could leave him for good. … The girl who should have been rotting in prison leaned against Gavin and smiled at me mockingly. “Don’t worry, I’ve already broken things off with him. Alpha said no one would want a cripple like you, and he could never bear to let you go.” Her taunting words ignited the tension in the private room of the bar. All eyes locked onto me, and everyone pulled out their betting slips to place wagers. “I bet she trashes the bar this time.
What about you guys—will she attack someone or try to kill herself?” “Can she even stand up to hit anyone with those legs? I bet she kneels at Alpha Gavin’s feet and begs him to come home!” “We haven’t placed bets on her in three years. Let’s go all in today—Alpha Gavin will never let us lose money on her!” Gavin tapped the toe of his leather shoe against my wheelchair. “Hear that? That’s the reputation you built for yourself over the past three years.” “It’s just a joke. Don’t make a fool of yourself.” I tugged the corner of my mouth into a cold smile. Three years ago, I had done every single thing they were betting on. I exposed his mistress to the media, smashed the bar’s private booth to pieces, and even slit my wrists to force Gavin to come back to our family. I had gone from Frostmoon Pack’s most calm and composed princess to a moody, unstable lunatic because of him.
It had been utterly humiliating, so I would never act that way again. I lowered my head and signed my name on the mate bond termination agreement that Gavin had handed to me. “I agree to terminate our mate bond.” Gavin raised an eyebrow and snatched the agreement away. “You’ve learned to joke around too now?” He thought I was just being petty and angry. He tossed the wedding ring back into my lap casually. “Here’s your ring back. I finally get a day to let loose, so stop breathing down my neck, Luna Rosalie.” He waited for me to pick up the ring and put it back on like I always did, cherishing it like a treasure. But the ring slipped and clattered to the floor. Gavin’s expression turned cold and dark. I touched the deep, permanent ring mark on my finger and spoke softly. “I’m not joking.
We will go to the Pack Affairs Office this afternoon to terminate our mate bond.” The entire private room fell into dead silence. Crack! Gavin’s fist clenched so hard that he shattered a glass cup, his voice icy and furious. “Say that again.” His friends sensed something was wrong and immediately tried to smooth things over for him. “Come on, Luna. Alpha Gavin has just been under your strict control for three years; he went too far with the joke today.” “Yeah, Emma isn’t even carrying Alpha Gavin’s child! He’s stayed by your side and taken care of you every single day for three years since your legs were injured—when would he have time to cheat?” “He cooks nutritious meals for you every day, skips important business to stay home with you on your birthday, and just a few days ago, he was planning to get a vasectomy because he was afraid you would suffer from your leg condition if you gave birth!” “He really has changed his ways for you!” My nose stung, and I felt only absurdity and sarcasm. I had truly believed Gavin had changed his ways for me too. But yesterday, I had found his second hidden phone.
The password was my birthday, and it was filled with records of every little moment between him and Emma Cater. The man who had roared with rage and sworn to make Emma Cater pay after I miscarried and was crippled… had secretly cared for and protected her for three whole years behind my back. He cooked nutritious meals for me because he had grown used to making them for Emma Cater. He skipped business meetings because Emma Cater had a high fever that night, and he stayed with her all night. Even the vasectomy was because he couldn’t bear to see her suffer; he said he only wanted her to have one child for him in this life. Over those three years, the person who had made him settle down was never me. “You’re all so amusing. You were just placing bets that I would fall apart and beg for Gavin’s life a moment ago, and now you’re pretending to be good people to persuade me to reconcile with him.” I bent down with difficulty and picked up the ring, a cold laugh escaping my lips. “Don’t you love betting? I bet we will cut all ties with each other for good this time.” I placed the ring on the betting table.
Gavin slammed his wine glass down hard at my feet in a fit of rage. Veins bulged on his forehead, and he raised his voice to a thunderous roar. “I SAID IT WAS A JOKE! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO UNRELENTING!” “All these years, I’ve stayed faithful to you—I don’t dare drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, and I even have to ask for your permission before attending any social event! Am I still not good enough for you?!” “Fine! We’ll get divorced! Three o’clock at the Pack Affairs Office—whoever doesn’t show up is a coward!” He grabbed Emma Cater roughly and stormed past me quickly. I couldn’t dodge in time, and they knocked me over, sending me falling out of my wheelchair. Sharp glass shards pierced my palms, and the pain made me cry out in agony. Gavin glanced at me coldly, his eyes filled with indifference, and dropped the mate bond termination agreement on the floor.
The door to the private room slammed shut with a loud bang. I trembled and clenched the mate bond termination agreement tightly in my hands, letting out a broken sob in the darkness. I cried and laughed at the same time. I cried for wasting six years of my life begging a prodigal son to return to my side. I laughed because I had finally woken up and could escape this living hell.