My Alpha Wants Two Lunas? I'M Done (Laila and Holt) novel Chapter 230

Chapter 230 I Never Even Liked Him That Much

Laila’s POV:

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“No, I can’t. It’s important.” Shane rubbed my forehead and smiled. “We’ll see each other again soon, won’t we? You’re going back to school afterward anyway, right?”

“Mm… alright.” I had no choice but to swallow down my sadness and remind him, “Then be careful on the way.”

“I know. Stop seeing me off and go back inside.” Shane waved at me. “Oh, right. I had a piece of jewelry made for you at Cloria’s. Send someone to pick it up. I’ve already paid. Faulkner has the receipt.”

“Then I’ll have Faulkner make a trip over later.”

“See you.”

Shane didn’t drag things out. He turned and left at once. He walked away so quickly, without the slightest hesitation or reluctance. My mood crashed straight to the bottom.

I sat in my room for a while, then asked Faulkner for the receipt from Cloria’s and went out with Pearl. Like Bellgari, Cloria specialized in jewelry, though its business wasn’t nearly as strong. And

every now and then, rumors would surface that some of its designs had copied Bellgari’s.

When I arrived at Cloria’s, I handed the receipt to a clerk. After checking it, the clerk led me upstairs, then quickly returned with a box and placed it in front of me.

“My lady, this is a custom piece made for you.”

Curious, I opened the box. Inside lay a giant gold bracelet. Not the refined, elegant kind, either. This one was the kind of bracelet so flashy it could blind a whole room of wolves, so heavy it could double as a dumbbell, and so gaudy it looked like a prop from some tacky crime drama.

Shane usually had decent taste. I’d actually been looking forward to seeing what he’d gotten me. And this was it?

“Who cares? I love it!” Nita whistled in my mind. “It’s big, flashy, and intimidating!”

“Exactly,” I said inwardly, rolling my eyes. “Wear this on your wrist and you’ll look like a vulgar nouveau riche. Walk down the street and you’ll probably get robbed.”

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Chapter 230 1 Never Even Liked Him That Much

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Honestly, I was a little disappointed. But then again, it was still a thoughtful gift. I couldn’t exactly say outright that it was a bad gift.

I put it on for formality’s sake, but it was so heavy my arm nearly wouldn’t lift. I quickly took it back off and stuffed it into the box.

When I came downstairs, I ran into Eleanor of Blackrock Pack, Victoria’s mother.

“Hello, Eleanor,” I greeted her first.

“Ms. Conlay.” Eleanor smiled too. “Your mating ceremony is almost here. What brings you here shopping at a time like this?”

“Just picking something up,” I replied without elaborating. I intended to leave right after that. There really wasn’t much for us to talk about.

But she suddenly stepped closer, took my arm, and drew me into a corner.

“Ms. Conlay.” She lowered her voice. “If Victoria does anything to offend you in the future, I hope you won’t hold it against her.”

Hm? I looked at her in confusion. “I don’t quite understand, Eleanor. Could you be more direct?”

As far as I knew, Victoria and I had no conflict. The day she came to ask me about Holt, I’d already seen through it. She liked Holt quite a bit, which meant she didn’t actually care whether he’d once wanted to seize my property or not.

She hadn’t come to understand Holt’s character or morals at all. What she’d really wanted to know was whether I still had feelings for him. And I’d made that perfectly clear. I didn’t have any feelings left for Holt whatsoever. So what exactly was she dissatisfied about?

When I pressed her, Eleanor looked awkward. “It’s Holt’s sister, Freya. She came to Blackrock Pack a few days ago and told Victoria that… that you still couldn’t let Holt go. That when you broke your mate’s bond with him, you did it only because you had no choice, and that you were trying to force him to beg you to stay. Then later, you even chased after him onto the battlefield…”

I raised a brow. “And Victoria believed her?”

Eleanor sighed. “I told her not to, but she did. She thinks that since you were once marked by Holt…” She hesitated for a long time and couldn’t continue.

With a cold laugh, I finished it for her. “She thinks a general like Holt, so powerful and handsome, is impossible for any woman not to love. Especially me, since I was once his fated

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