#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

her patrons. Everyone

things to

like she hasn’t had much time to focus on

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

hasn’t been in

all of herself into her business, and she’s seen results.

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

I just never took it seriously. I

seems to have disappeared completely from the public eye.

him. Wherever he’s working

want to find him, it won’t

staff, Abby was always really friendly. She was

attitude with them. She always loved to cook and would often get them

the intimate photos I saw of Abby and Justin

everyone, not

would her panties have gotten in the weed

having an affair with him? I can’t

for me doesn’t refute any of the physical evidence I found. It’s not like

her

my heart shattered.

someone else broke me.

up the phone and call the doctor. I employed him

including Justin’s semen.

developed that can pinpoint the time. I’m

if only to get my

morning, Alpha,” he says when he picks up the

I rub my temples. “Did you do the tests I asked

the results here. Just

to pull

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

the panties appeared at least 24 hours after

“What does that mean?”

the wearer of the panties had

appeared.”

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

something with them I’d rather not

to track him down immediately

you,” I say. I hang up the phone and lean back in my

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