Abandoned While Pregnant, Claimed by the Alpha novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76

“He mentioned in one of them that photography was his only hobby.”

Vicki kept sending messages.

“The reporter asked him why, as an Alpha managing a huge business empire and wolf pack territories, he would spend time on such a delicate art. Guess what he said?”

I felt my grip on the phone tighten.

“Hebert said, ‘I learned photography for someone very important. I wanted to capture every moment of her

beauty with my own hands while she’s at her best. I didn’t want her beauty to only exist in my unreliable memory.‘

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The phone slipped from my hand, landing with a dull thud on the soft blanket.

For someone very important.

Memories came flooding back.

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I remembered that moment on the mountaintop, when I was impressed by his skills and asked why he took up photography.

He just raised an eyebrow, his lips curling into that faint, unreadable smile of his as he said, “I learned it on purpose.”

He didn’t explain why.

And then there was Cecelia.

That wolf girl who had mocked me at the banquet, looking at me with a mix of jealousy and pity.

“You really think Hebert is interested in you? Stop dreaming. His heart has long belonged to someone else. Someone no one can ever replace.”

At that time, I thought she was just making up lies to get under my skin.

Turns out, it was true.

Hebert has a woman he still can’t let go of.

He learned photography for her. It was her face he wanted to capture.

So, everything he’s done for me during this time… the little moments of possessiveness, those late–night pancakes he made for me, the way he looked at me on the mountaintop earlier… all of it…

What a joke. Same old storyline.

A chill started at the bottom of my feet, spreading quickly all the way up. That brief flutter in my chest when I saw the photo earlier? It’s now like a loud slap across my face, stinging and echoing.

How stupid could I be?

Turns out, the signs were always there.

His kindness towards me? He’s just looking at someone else through me. Just like Brian did before.

And strangely… it’s a relief.

Yeah, it really is.

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If his heart belongs to someone else, his interest in me will fade sooner or later. The moment he realizes I’m not that perfect shadow, or if the real person shows up, he’ll drop me without hesitation.

And I’ll be safe.

I won’t have to worry about falling into his emotional trap. won’t have to fear he’ll take my child from me. Because, honestly, he never cared about me in the first place.

Why does my chest feel so heavy? Like someone stuffed it full of soaked cotton, making it almost impossible to

breathe.

The phone screen lit up again. Vicki’s messages kept flooding in.

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