Cherry sniffed loudly and wiped her snot. “I… I didn’t see her face clearly. She was wearing sunglasses and a mask and deliberately lowered her voice when she spoke.”
“How could you help someone when you didn’t even know who it was?” I sneered “She gave me money. Lots of money. She… I… Wait! I have a recording.” Cherry hurriedly picked her phone from the floor and played an audio file.
The voices in the recording were muffled, and I could barely hear the she-wolf’s voice. There was no substantial evidence about the woman talking about stealing clothes.
“I really didn’t mean to steal it. What should I say to make you believe me?” Cherry clutched her chest and began to wail loudly.
It was not until then that I noticed the bracelet on her wrist. I grabbed her arm hard and exposed it to the crowd. “Then, what about this bracelet? Don’t tell me that you bought it yourself. This is mine; I bought it at an auction for three million dollars. It’s the only piece in the entire world.”
The crowd broke into an uproar and began accusing Cherry of stealing.
“I… I…” Cherry withdrew her hand guiltily. Her lips quivered, but she couldn’t utter a word.
I was not in the mood to interrogate her, so I took the bracelet away.
“Cherry’s immorality and misconduct have violated the rules and disturbed orders of the royal palace. She is expelled from the school from this moment on and has to go back to her original pack for breaking the school’s rules and regulations. I order her not to set foot into the imperial capital city again.”
I beckoned the guards to take Cherry away.
Cherry didn’t give up. She struggled and cried, “I’m innocent! Someone asked me to steal them. It’s just that I was so greedy that I took the bracelet away. Please forgive me. I won’t repeat my mistakes.”
Her voice grew faint as the guards dragged her away. But Cherry’s words made me suspicious. Although evidence proved that Cherry was the culprit, the fact that a car had stopped at a remote path and just so happened to record the entire stealing process seemed suspicious. Everything had happened without a hitch, which in itself seemed a little strange.
I decided to send my men to find out whose car it was. After all, the issue didn’t seem as simple as I first believed it to be.
Sylvia’s POV
When Flora and I returned from the training ground, we saw a couple of werewolves standing at the gate.
“What happened?” Flora and I exchanged quizzical glances.
We eventually heard shrill cries; the onlookers grew restless and broke into hushed whispers. I heard them mention Cherry’s name.
Flora soon dragged me and elbowed our way in. I soon saw Cherry in a state of despair. She was barefoot, and her long hair was a mess. I saw a trail of eyeliner on each of her cheeks, and her eyes looked puffy and bloodshot. She was cursing and shouting at the two guards in black pressing her from either side.
“Finally, someone taught her a lesson. She deserves it!” Flora cursed, breathing a sigh of relief.
Just then, Cherry turned around. Her face reddened with rage when her gaze met mine. She pushed the two guards away and rushed to me. “You bitch! It’s all your fault! I hate you!”
However, Flora stood in front of me protectively and shouted, “What are you doing? Mind your tongue!”
I grabbed Flora’s hand and pulled her back. Cherry had lost her mind, and I was afraid she would vent her anger on Flora. I knew Cherry too well. She hated anyone or anything related to me.
“Sylvia! You must be happy I’m expelled from school, right? You fucking bitch! Do you think you can get popular just because you’re pretty? Let me tell you something. As long as I’m alive, I’ll make sure you don’t live a good life!”
I stepped back to keep a safe distance from Cherry. “Behave yourself, Cherry. I don’t want to argue with you.”
Cherry gritted her teeth and glared at me as if she wanted to tear me into pieces. She picked up a stone from the ground and tried to throw it at me. However, the men in black grabbed her hands and dragged her away.
The people sneered at Cherry as they watched the men drag her away.
“She is paying the price for being arrogant and rude to everyone. Look at her. Poor girl! She is like a drowned rat now.”
“I heard her private life is a mess. She has slept with several men.”
“Every time I tried talking to her, she has ignored me. What a snob!”
“Yeah. She is just the daughter of a Gamma from a small pack but thinks she is a queen. She deserves the punishment.”
The crowd gradually dispersed after Cherry was dragged away. Just as I looked up, I saw Rufus looking at me from afar. I didn’t know how long he had been staring at me, but the way he looked at me made my heart stutter. It felt as if a thousand butterflies were set loose in my stomach. I grew excited every time I saw him.
I avoided the crowd and walked to a secluded place with Rufus. He held my hand tightly and looked into my eyes.
“So you mistook someone else for me and danced with her at the ball?” I asked.
Rufus nodded. “But soon, I found it wasn’t you, so I came looking for you.”
That was when I understood what Flora meant when she told me that Rufus went berserk halfway through the party. However, the fact that Rufus had been intimate with another she-wolf, thinking it was me, made my heart sink.
Jealousy reared its ugly head. It felt as if some other she-wolf had stolen my man. If I had known it earlier, I’d not have skipped the ball. I couldn’t think of Rufus being with anyone else other than me.
“So you danced with another she-wolf and held her waist?” I asked, trying to swallow my jealousy.
“That was because I thought she was you.” Rufus pursed his lips like a stubborn child and looked at me. “You have no idea know how long I waited for you that day.”
My anger disappeared in an instant. “I’m sorry. I’m not angry with you. I’m just a little mad at myself,” I said, shaking his hand. “I regret missing the opportunity to dance with you. I practiced for so long, only to cancel it at the last minute. I even ruined your reputation online.”
Rufus’ POV
Sylvia looked so adorable when she pouted. I gently squeezed her soft hand and said, “It’s good that you know you were wrong. Don’t scare me like that again.”
“Yes, sir! I will follow your order.” Then she gave me a playful salute, which made her look so cute.
I felt like I was enchanted. My heart, mind, and soul had all been completely dominated by Sylvia.
“As for the ball, there will be more opportunities in the future.” I smiled and stretched out my arms to hug her. It was only then that I find that I was still holding the bracelet that I took off from Cherry’s wrist with my other hand.
“Hey, isn’t that the bracelet you gave me before? I asked Maya to return it to you.”
Sylvia reached out her hand to get it, but I raised my hand, so she couldn’t touch it.
Sylvia put down her tiptoe and mumbled, “Isn’t it for me?”
“Don’t touch it. It’s already dirty,” I said and threw the bracelet to Maya in the distance disgustedly. Then I ordered, “Go and donate it.”
“Yes, Prince Rufus,” Maya answered. Then she turned around and left with the bracelet.
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