Elgin:
"Silver's father is really upset. He is watching all the news channels, and he cannot believe that you called them to see your own mate unclothed and in such a compromised state," my mother muttered as she paced in front of the couch while I sat still without moving.
"Are you going to respond to me or not?" my mother yelled as she threw the file in her hand onto the table.
"I don't fucking care what they say or what they think anymore. He can take his dirty daughter and leave for all I fucking care," I muttered, watching her eyes widen in shock.
"You must be mistaken," my mother replied as she sat down beside me.
"I know what I saw. Did you not see the picture?" I almost yelled at her. I had lost my mind after last night.
Wherever I looked, I could see Madeline laughing at me.
I did not feel angry. I just felt guilty.
"Don't you fucking raise your voice at me," my mother yelled as she slapped the back of my head, making my fists clench.
"Okay, who was it? Did you see the man? We can punish him, or we can say that he forced himself on her."
The moment my mother said that, I felt as if someone had set me on fire. I turned to look at her in disbelief.
"Why are you trying so hard to save her reputation?" I asked.
My body shook with anger, and all I wanted was to shift and start a war with Silver and whoever that man was.
"I'm not trying to save her reputation. I'm trying to save yours," my mother answered.
"People are saying that maybe…" She paused and shifted uncomfortably away from me, looking to the side. "Maybe you cannot please her."
That was all she said before I started to laugh at her words.
She snapped back at me, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Have you lost your mind?" she asked.
"No, it is just crazy because there was a victim on the stand who was clearly raped, and we said she was faking it. And now look, it has come back to us," I replied, my smile fading again.
The fear of Madeline summoning the moon goddess hit me.
"We have to do damage control, Elgin. The alphas are not happy with you. They are saying that even if you caught your wife doing something like that, you were not supposed to call the news channels. And then you acted like you were angry." My mother slapped her forehead and slouched down.
I had no idea which corner of the mansion Silver was hiding in or if she was waiting for her father to come. I just did not care.
As for my children, they were devastated.
Before, they had seen their father make a terrible mistake, and now the moment they opened their tablets or went to school, people would tell them what their mother did.
"Your Highness, Graham is here," he announced.
I lifted my head and stared at him in silence.
"You must be really angry," I muttered as he tilted his head and narrowed his eyes at me.
"I mean, you are more loyal to Silver and her father than to me, aren't you?" I asked, wondering what would happen now.
I knew I could not stay with Silver after this.
"Your Highness–" Mathew paused, “Your friend is here,” then continued with the matter at hand instead of answering me.
I gave him a hand gesture to bring Graham in.
I started thinking about the royal beta. When I divorced her, would it be stupid to keep him here?
He would be loyal to her and her father.
He would take all the news to them.
But how could I get rid of him now?

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