Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Sisters meet
Where fear consumed me moments before, now anger floods my senses. Linda and I never fight, but I
can’t believe her
audacity. She knows better than anyone what Ethan put me through, and now it seems like she’s
forgetting it, simply because he put on a good show as the grieving widower.
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“Linda, if he’s sad I’m gone, it’s for one reason and one reason only.” | snap, “Because he misses having
a personal sex toy.. He misses having a mindless omega whose body he can control, who can’t deny him
even if they wanted to.”
I open my mouth to continue, but Linda holds up a staying hand. “Please hear me out, Jane. If not for
you, then for the other pups.” She beseeches, sounding truly distressed. “You haven’t been here. You
haven’t seen him with Paisley. He’s such a good father.”
“So what!” I demand hotly.
“So,” Linda replies, dragging out the word pointedly. “Children need a father. The boys need a male role
model and Riley needs a man in her life to help her build healthy expectations
for a mate.”
“Linda,” I growl, “I’ve been both mother and father to my pups this far and I’ve done a damned good job. I
don’t care if you don’t think I’m enough for them, because I know I am.”
“That isn’t what I meant!” Linda insists. “I know what a good job you’ve done, and I know you’ll provide
those kids with everything they need in life. I just think that if there’s a chance for you to be a family
again… it’s worth trying.”
“We already are a family.” I remind her coldly.
“I know, I just can’t bear to see you suffer.” She confesses, “you two were so in love when you got
married. I want you to be happy again, Jane.”
“I appreciate that.” | sigh, “I know you want the best for me, Linda. But please trust me, I only thought we
were in love. Ethan showed his true colors long ago, and there isn’t any chance that I might find
happiness with him again. When ites to Alphas and omegas, there is only pain.”
3rd Person
“Ethan please, you can’t let them do this!” Eve begged, her whiney voice grating at Ethan’s nerves. “I
didn’t know about the toxins!”
The Alpha had to fight the impulse to roll his eyes. The veryst thing he wanted to be doing at this
moment is babysitting Eve. He had plenty of sympathy for her when everything went wrong with Jane,
but over the years she’d only gotten more entitled and less trustworthy – so much so that he’d begun to
doubt what truly happened all those years ago.
Besides, Ethan had much more important things on his mind. Despite Linda’s best efforts, he was certain
she wasn’t beingpletely honest with him. Her anemic exnations for her strange behavior when
she brought Paisley home were far from convincing, and she was much too nervous when he brought up
Jane. The she-wolf was on edge throughout the
rest of their conversation and practically shoved him out the door at the earliest opportunity.
However instead of investigating these events further, Ethan was stuck in Eve’s atelier listening to her
comin about identally poisoning dozens of women with her fraudulent perfume.
“It’s not just about the aconite, Eve.” He rumbled sternly, “It was fraud whether you knew it would harm
your customers or not! As far as I’m concerned, the board is right to be considering your removal.”
After the boutique’s receptionist learned of the counterfeit products and had them removed from the
shop, she immediately called the business’s governing board. Within hours, the body held an emergency
meeting with its most prominent shareholders, with most members advocating to rece Eve as CEO.
Ethan would have been in attendance himself if Paisley hadn’t gone missing, and now Eve was under
the mistaken impression that his presence might have saved her.
“That isn’t fair!” Eve whimpered, “I only did it to help the shop make more money. La Louve is so
unbelievably expensive, I thought that if we coulde up with a cheaper substitute, we could increase
our profit margins.”
“Whose profit margins?” He demanded, “based on the two sets of books you’ve been keeping, you didn’t
n on including the shareholders on the returns of your deceitful little investment.”
“Ethan, no…you can’t believe I would do such a thing!” She cried, “1.”
“Wait a minute,” Ethan interrupted, reying her previous words in his head. “Did you say La Louve?”
Eve sniffed, “What does that have to do with anything?”
“Just answer the question, Eve.” The alphamanded.
“Yes.” She squeaked, “The perfume line is owned by La Louve.”
It was all too much of a coincidence. That was the fragrance brand the woman in the bakery was
wearing, the same scent that was in the Atelier where Paisley insisted she saw Jane… Ethan was so
caught up thinking about the connection, he almost didn’t realize Eve was talking again.
“You know how much thispany means to me! I would never… you’re the one who gave me the start-
up loan.” She moaned, “I love you so much, I would never dishonor you that way.”
“Actions speak louder than words.” He remarked harshly, “and right now, yours seem to be saying quite
the opposite. Make no mistake, there will be a full investigation into this matter, and if the board decides
to appoint a new CEO, I won’t do a damned thing to stop them.” Turning away from the mewling woman,
Ethan left her with one final piece of advice. “You made this mess, Eve. Now you clean it up!”
How could he speak to me that way? Eve thought once the
alpha departed. How could he be so cruel? Doesn’t he knowl d do anything to be with him?
She knew she’d lost too much money over thest few years, that’s why she came up with the perfume
n in the first ce. It’s true that she pocketed most of the profits, but sales
had been up ever since they brought the luxury brand into the store, so what if she skimmed a little off
the top?
Eve had to do something. She had to find a way to convince the board to keep her in ce as CEO. A
niggling thought rose in the back of her mind. Pulling out her phone, Eve dialed Elise Carrington. She still
wasn’t convinced the woman was not Jane, but she did offer to let Eve sell her genuine products in the
store. Eve needed a win right now, and as much as she hated the idea, a lucrative deal with La Louve
was the best option she had.
“Are you happy baby girl?” Ethan asks, grinning down at Paisley.
“Yes Daddy!” Paisley giggles, “Thank you so much for bringing me.” Paisley has been asking Ethan to
take her to the mall for ages. Her favorite cartoon series just released a full length movie, and she has
been dreaming about seeing it for months.
They’re just about to walk into the theater, when something catches Paisley’s eye.
Across the courtyard she sees a girl in a pretty pink dress, and when she turns towards Paisley, they are
feeling like looking in the mirror. They have the same dark hair and green eyes. They even have the
same freckle at the corner of the mouth!
| “Daddy, look!” Paisley begs, tugging on his sleeve, “That girl
looks just like me!”