Not only would this plan of mine ruin Sylvia’s reputation, but it would also even make her notorious for the rest of her pathetic life! Ahead of time, I already hired a lot of people to slander her on the Internet. At that time, Rufus would be disgusted with her.
While I was focused on watching the news unfold, my door was suddenly burst open.
The door swung open so hard that it hit the wall like a thunderclap.
I was startled by the sound. Cursing, I turned around and saw Warren walking in my direction.
“What are you doing here?” I jumped up from the couch and looked at him warily.
“Were you the one who did it?” Warren did not beat around the bush.
“What… What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”
“Oh, you don’t understand? Okay, well, let me backtrack a bit for you then. Did you know that Sylvia got drugged?” Warren gave me a cold glare.
I pretended to think about it and then replied to him in an even colder tone, “No, I didn’t know. Who would even pay attention to that bitch?”
“No, of course you know about this!” Warren raised his voice at me, which was unusual. “Even the guards at your door are talking about how Sylvia got drugged. You are such a liar, Alina.”
My body trembled for a second, and I had to take a couple of steps back to regain balance. “Warren, how could you to talk to me like that? I already said I don’t know anything. Are you accusing me? You have the wrong person.”
Warren let out a crooked smile, as if he had heard a big joke. “I saw you at school that day and chased after you. But I was lured right into a corner and fell victim to an ambush. How can you say this had nothing to do with you, Alina?”
I didn’t dare look him in the eye. I continued to argue, “That wasn’t me. Someone must have disguised as me to deceive you!”
I knew how powerful and guarded Warren was at all times, so I obviously couldn’t force him to do anything. That was why I planned to lure him instead into a trap. I wore clothes that Warren was familiar with, but I deliberately covered my face, thinking that I could get away with it later on. However, I didn’t expect Warren to be so sure that it was me.
“Look, if you don’t believe me, you can even ask Queen Laura. I was with her that day,” I added.
“What makes you think I won’t actually do that?”
Warren’s expression hardened, which put me at unease. I just made up that excuse right now. I was not actually at Laura’s place that day.
Until now, I always believed that Warren still had feelings for me. No matter what happened, I thought he would always show me some mercy.
But with the way he was acting towards me now, I concluded that he might not care about me as much anymore.
“Alina.” Warren slowly raised his cold and indifferent eyes, an expression he had never shown me before. “We grew up together. I know you very well, down to your tiny movements. Most especially, I know when you lie. Yet here you are, trying to fool me with such a lame excuse. Do you really think I could have mistaken someone else for you? Don’t be ridiculous.”
He laughed out loud. The irony in his voice made me feel ashamed.
“Well, whatever you’re accusing me of, I didn’t do it.” I pretended to be indifferent and pointed to the door. “You should just go, Warren. I don’t think this conversation is going anywhere.”
There was an expression on Warren’s face that I could not read. He then sighed and took out what looked like a ring from his pocket.
I was shocked. It was my ring! I searched for that ring in every corner of my residence for the past few days, but I never found it. How was it in Warren’s hand right now?
Immediately, I reached out and tried to wrestle the ring from his grasp.
Warren’s POV
Alina pounced on my hand, but she was too slow. I raised the ring up high with one hand and shoved Alina away with the other.
“I found it when I went back to the scene of the sneak attack,” I explained calmly.
Alina only came up to my shoulders in terms of height. As long as I held my hand up high, she couldn’t reach the ring, no matter how hard she tried.
Irked, Alina glared at me. “Warren!”
I sneered. “Are you panicking now? Alpha Leonard gave you this ring as a gift. Your name is engraved on it, so you can’t deny it anymore.”
Alina couldn’t wrestle the ring from me and settled for throwing a punch at me angrily. Unfortunately for her, I dodged her attack and slipped the ring back into my pocket.
“Just admit it, Alina. The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable. All your excuses are invalid,” I added to drive the point home.
Alina’s eyes turned red. She clenched her fists as helplessness overtook her. “So what if I did it? I didn’t do anything wrong!”
“Don’t you feel guilty at all? Even if you don’t feel sorry for Sylvia, don’t you feel even just a little sorry for me?”
I couldn’t hide my disappointment. She wasn’t the Alina I knew. It was as though she had completely changed into another person. Or maybe I never really knew her. The gentle and considerate princess of the past could’ve just been her pretense.
“I did it because you like Sylvia! I’m doing this to help you!” Alina suddenly lost control of herself and started shouting at me. “You have feelings for her. But you’re so pathetic, you’ve never even tried to go after her. How would she know that you like her if you don’t show her? I helped you out of the goodness of my heart, yet you have the balls to blame me! Or, do you never mean it when you talk about love? Have you been lying all this time? That was pathetic!”
Apparently, Alina was implying something else. Before I could carefully think about what she said, my anger got the best of me. “You’ve gone too far, Alina! You don’t have a clue about me! I will fight for my love myself. I don’t need your help! You shouldn’t have resorted to such dirty means. A forced relationship never lasts, and…”
My voice trailed off. I paused for a moment and Flora’s figure suddenly appeared in my mind.
At this moment, my emotions were a mess. I couldn’t figure out how I felt about Sylvia. After what happened between me and Flora, I knew I didn’t deserve Sylvia anymore. And now, I felt very guilty towards Flora. If possible, I wanted to take responsibility for her and make things up to her.
But it was clear that Flora had been avoiding me since that day. I couldn’t find a chance to talk to her.
“You finally admitted it, Warren! So you’re saying that our relationship isn’t as important as that lowly she-wolf?” Alina’s wrath interrupted my thoughts. Her eyes became redder and her expression darkened with rage. “I didn’t think you really liked Sylvia! Have you forgotten what my father expects of you? As the son of a Beta, how dare you stoop down to a slave’s level? What about the things you said to me before? What happened to your ambition? Where are your goals?”
This was my first time to see her so riled up, which made me feel a little confused. “It’s my business whoever I like. It should have nothing to do with you, right? Even though we grew up together, you like someone else now. We all have our own lives to live.
As for my identity, that’s not something I can change. But I will use it to my advantage and protect the people I care. My goals and ambition only give me a clear direction in life, not excuses to hurt others.”
“Warren!” Alina’s voice grew shrill and she pointed at me. “You’ve betrayed me!”
Warren’s POV
Alina’s sudden accusation made me even more confused. When did I betray her?
If she hadn’t kept crossing the line, we wouldn’t even be in this situation.
“Alina, just leave here and go back to our pack.” I gave her an ultimatum. At the same time, I felt exhausted, as though all my energy was drained. I never thought that our relationship would fall apart one day.
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