#Chapter 8 – The Truth
Karl

I put down the stack of papers and lean back in my chair. I’ve spent the better part of the morning going

over the report from my investigators, and I’m still struggling to wrap my head around everything they

found.

It seems like Abby has had a tough couple of years. Even though her father gave her a generous

severance package, his business has clearly been struggling. He even had to sell their house,

something I know must have been hard for Abby, who spent her childhood there.

Her father was a supplier for the former Alpha, and her family was very wealthy as a result. When we

married, though, she offered to change suppliers to avoid suspicion.

We didn’t want people to see me as a selfish Alpha. I don’t think either of us realized how much of a

strain that would put on her father’s business, even if he was completely understanding of our decision.

After our divorce, Abby started as a backroom apprentice at a restaurant. By doing so, she managed to

save up a sum of money.

Looking at the pictures of her from that time makes something in my heart hurt. She looks haggard,

worked to the bone, and there’s a hollowness in her eyes that makes me feel incredibly guilty. I know I

caused that broken look on her face. I never imagined she felt as heartbroken as I did. She cheated on

me, after all.

From there, she moved to the capital to start her own business. Using some contacts left behind by me,

she was able to build her restaurant into a must-go spot. Now she’s doing great. She owns one of the

top eateries here, which is a feat in and of itself.

Her acquaintances describe her as incredibly smart, great at maintaining relationships, sweet, and

remembering information about her patrons. Everyone my investigators spoke

to say about

time to focus on any personal relationships

her go on multiple dates, and the evidence that she has gone on quite a few since we

been in anything

business, and she’s seen results.

of the best food in the capital. I can’t reconcile this person with the

loved to cook. I just never took it seriously. I

to

on him. Wherever he’s working now, it hasn’t

I want to find him, it won’t be quite as

my staff, Abby was always

with them. She always loved to cook and would often

of Abby and

not

the other evidence, though. How would her panties have gotten in the weed

with him? I can’t think of any

of the physical evidence I found. It’s not

her without

day, my heart shattered. I

someone else broke me.

and call the doctor. I employed him back

including Justin’s semen. It’s hard to

can pinpoint

if only to get my wolf off my

Alpha,” he says when he picks

morning.” I rub my temples. “Did you

the results

him to pull up the information with bated

silent for a moment, and I’m not sure if I’m even breathing. “It seems

on the panties appeared at least

“What does that mean?”

wearer of the panties had them on that same

appeared.”

into silence. If that’s true, then Abby didn’t have an affair after

of her panties and did something with

down immediately and let my wolf claw

I say. I hang up the phone and lean back in my chair. I can’t believe it. If only

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