#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

information about her patrons. Everyone my

to say

she hasn’t had much time to focus on any personal relationships

on multiple dates, and the evidence that she has

been in

business, and she’s seen results. Her food is

capital. I can’t reconcile this person

never took it seriously. I thought

the other hand, seems to have disappeared completely

Wherever he’s working now, it hasn’t been through

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

Abby was always really friendly. She was close to

had any attitude with them. She always loved to cook and would

the intimate photos I saw of Abby and Justin

everyone, not

explain the other evidence, though. How would her

him? I can’t think of any explanation, and

the physical

with her without

my heart shattered. I really loved her,

someone else broke me.

doctor. I employed him back when I first found the panties.

of their DNA on the fabric, including Justin’s semen. It’s

that can pinpoint the

if only to get my wolf

morning, Alpha,” he says when he picks

“Did you do the tests I asked

Sir. I have the results here. Just

to pull up the information

He’s silent for a moment, and I’m

least 24 hours after the marks made by

“What does that mean?”

means it’s unlikely that the wearer of the panties had them on that same day

appeared.”

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

of her panties and did something with them I’d rather not imagine.

to track him down immediately and let my

hang up the phone and lean back in

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