She didn’t let up. Grabbing the houquet, she held it up.
“These flowers are my favorite. Leo gets them for me every day, even though I mentioned them only once.”
I nodded calmly, a little frustrated.
Leo had never given me such thoughtful gifts.
I had always believed his lack of romance was due to his busy Alpha life, not because he didn’t care,
Aria’s show of affection felt like salt in an old wound.
Noticing my slight change of emotion, Aria continued.
“You know, Leo and I have always had a special connection. We’ve shared so many intimate moments.”
I could tell she was deliberately provoking me. It was boring.
“I’m not interested in hearing about your relationship with Leo,” I said, standing up. “I need to get back to work.”
Aria’s grip tightened around my arm.
“You’re not going anywhere until you promise me.” she insisted, her voice sharp. “You can’t break my love for Leo again.”
I sarcastically replied “Leo and I are not divorced and you are the one who is destroying other people’s families.”
Aria condescendingly wrote out a cheque and said
“aren’t you here for the money, now I’ll give you double and don’t let me see you in Silvermoon.”
I sneered and threw the cheque in her face.
She felt insulted and angrily rushed up trying to scratch my face with her nailss.
Before I could react, a figure appeared from the side.
She quickly punched Aria in the face, and Aria stumbled and fell to the ground in a terrible heap.
It was Emma, she was still protecting me as she always did before.
She was furious and growled, “Get back in your pack! Women like you who destroy other people’s families are not welcome here!”
Aria’s face was streaked with tears, “I’m the future Luna! Just you wait, I’ll be the first to banish you when the time comes!”
Moments later, Leo burst into the café.
His eyes scanned the scene, settling on Aria, who was now showing him her bruises and the damaged flowers.
“Elizabeth did this,” she accused, her voice laden with dramatic distress.
“Elizabeth scratched my face and threw flowers at my face because I offered the money to help her but she is just so jealous.”
Leo’s gaze turned to me, his eyes hard with expectation. “What’s going on?”
I opened my mouth to explain, but before I could utter a word, the café door swung open once more.
Rolin strode in, a huge bouquet of flowers in hand.
He moved with an effortless grace that drew everyone’s attention.
“She won’t be able to look at these for you.”

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