#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.

things to say

much time to focus on any

on multiple dates, and the evidence that she

she hasn’t been in anything

her business, and she’s seen

the capital. I can’t reconcile this person with the girl I used to know.

just never took it seriously. I thought

the other hand, seems to have disappeared

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

channels. If I want to find

was always really friendly. She was close

She always loved to cook and

that the intimate photos I saw of Abby

everyone, not just

other evidence, though. How would her panties

wasn’t having an affair with him? I can’t think of any explanation, and

of the physical evidence I found.

her without concrete

I found them there that day, my heart shattered. I really

someone else broke me.

pick up the phone and call the doctor. I employed

the fabric, including Justin’s

has developed that can pinpoint the time. I’m desperate to know

get my wolf

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

I rub my temples. “Did you do the

Sir. I have the results here. Just give me one

wait for him to pull up the information with

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

least 24 hours after

“What does that mean?”

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

appeared.”

true, then Abby didn’t have an affair after

and did something

to track him down immediately and let my wolf claw him to

I say. I hang up the phone and lean back in my chair. I

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