Chapter 4
But now, I felt like he was a stranger.
His face was exactly the same as before, but I no longer felt that same flutter in my heart.
Sebastian reached out and touched my face, and I noticed the ring on his ring finger.
It hadn’t been there before
“I’m tired. Can I go back to the pack house to rest first?”
I shifted my gaze and focused on his face, watching as panic flickered in his eyes.
“Okay sure.”
“But today the pack is holding a baby shower after party. A friend of mine, also one of our pack members, has become a father, but there was no place to hold the baby shower for his child, so they came to our house.”
“You don’t mind, do you?”
Before, I thought of him as my guardian. Every time I was hurt, he would show up just in time.
Whenever I wasn’t feeling well, he would calmly take care of me.
One winter, we went out together to buy fireworks and witnessed a couple arguing. The cause was the man had deceived the woman and was seeing another girl.
At the time, he told me, “Harper, keep your eyes peeled when choosing your mate in the future. You should find someone like me, the gold standard.”
“I’ll never lie to you.”
But now, all he spoke were lies.
Maybe because I had really become more mature, I didn’t want to expose him
I wanted to see just how long he could keep deceiving me.
“I don’t mind.”
When Sebastian heard this, he smiled. He tried to pull me closer, but I dodged him.
A flicker of surprise passed through his eyes, but then he gave a self–assuring smile.
“You’ve grown distant with me now.”
“It’s okay. I’ll stay by your side and help you become the way you were before.”
But in my heart, I knew too well I could never go back to how things were.
Three years ago, he had tricked me into going to the battlefield in Northern Border to become a healer.
I had seen too much death and loss. I had watched a little girl smile at me one moment, and the next, she turned into a cold, lifeless body.
At that time, I realized I had to learn to cherish time
Because one never knew which would come first–tomorrow or an unexpected accident. So now, I didn’t want to waste my time on someone who didn’t deserve it.
Sebastian didn’t take me to the master bedroom where I used to sleep. Instead, he led me to the guest room.
He explained, “It’s not convenient because of the baby, so he’s temporarily staying in the master bedroom.” Chapter 4
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“Once things settle down in a few days, I’ll have the maid thoroughly clean the room. Would you be okay with staying then?”
“Okay.”
I set my bag down.
He looked at me for a few seconds before adding, “I guess you and I don’t like noisy scenes. You rest here, and I’ll go handle some
things.
After Sebastian left, I took a stone from my pocket, one with the English engraving: “Peace and Joy,”
It had been given to me by a little boy while I was assisting at the Northern Border.
At the time, his parents had passed, and he was all alone.
He handed me the stone with his dark hand and said, “Doctor, this is for you. You can give it to your beloved mate and wish him safety.”
I had accepted it and was about to get up to get him some candy when, in the next second, he was shot in the head and collapsed in front
of me.
I had cried hysterically, wanting to save him, but the other healers took me away.
Coming back to the present, I opened the door to the guest room and took a careful look at the pack house.
In my excitement, I had forgotten to observe earlier.
There were signs of another she–wolf in the house.
In the bathroom, there were women’s towels and skincare products. On the coffee table, there were flowers, a baby bottle, and
children’s toys.
