"With all this evidence, I will make sure that you get rid of Alpha Caleb and live a better life," the lawyer assured Ivana.
Ivana left the lawyer's office, after declining her offer to drive her home. Ivana just wanted to be alone for now; calming herself under the rain didn't seem like a bad idea.
Unfortunately, she had to postpone that idea after her mother called. "Hello Mom?" Ivana greeted with a trembling voice.
"Ivana? Are you okay? Your voice sounds shaky. The maid at your house said you weren't home, where are you now?" her mother asked, full of concern.
Tears fell again, soaking Ivana's cheeks as if they were never in short supply. Amidst the disappointment and pain she was experiencing, she was grateful to still have a mother by her side. Her mother, the only one who always stood by Ivana, defended and loved her unconditionally.
"I'm fine. I'm outside, going for a check-up," Ivana lied, still with a trembling voice.
"Did you go alone? Where is your husband?" her mother asked again, sounding annoyed.
"He's buying me hot chocolate and I'm waiting in the hospital corridor. He's being very kind to me," Ivana responded, holding back the pain in her throat caused by holding back tears.
A long sigh was heard from the other end of the phone. It seemed her mother didn't buy Ivana's lie, but she didn’t want to argue with Ivana. Because Ivana always defended Caleb, no matter what happened.
"Come home after Caleb arrives. I miss you," her mother said before hanging up.
A mother's intuition is never wrong. Right after Ivana arrived at her mother's house, she got a fever and was bedridden for 2 days. When her fever started to subside, Caleb called.
A small part of Ivana’s heart felt somewhat happy about it. Unfortunately, what Caleb said next successfully turned the warmth in Ivana's heart into frozen ice.
"Ivana, I'm busy here. Can you ask the gamma to send you the treaty from the neighboring pack—" Ivana refused to hear the rest of Caleb's sentence and interrupted him immediately.
"Are you trying to kill me and this baby?" Ivana asked, her voice coming through clenched teeth.
"What...?" Caleb asked, full of surprise. Faintly, Ivana could hear the sound of a late-night TV show and Chloe's playful purr leaking through his phone's microphone.
Ivana smirked bitterly. "It's already midnight, Alpha. I've had a fever for the past 2 days, and you're asking me to work?"
"But this is really for the pack's benefit. This is your duty as a Luna!" Caleb responded, sounding annoyed.
"Then do it yourself. Or ask someone else, instead of always asking your pregnant Luna! Or, be honest with me, you just want to repeat what happened 3 years ago, don't you? You want me to lose my child again, right?"
"Ivana!" Caleb shouted angrily. Ivana quickly hung up the phone, no longer willing to listen to more words that would make her even sadder. The small happiness that briefly appeared vanished just like that. What more could she expect from someone who cheated on his mate?
The next day, Ivana went to the lawyer's office to sign the divorce documents. Ivana sent one to White Villa, then returned to her home in the Summerstone Pack. Ivana gazed at the house that had been a silent witness to her 5-year marriage, making her nostalgic.
Until Chloe's presence destroyed it. Ivana didn’t want to see her, so she opened the door and intended to shut it in Chloe's face. But Chloe moved quickly and blocked the door with her foot.
"That's not how you welcome guests, Luna," Chloe mocked at the end of her sentence. Ivana had to let Chloe open the door and enter as she pleased.
"What do you want from me?" Ivana asked angrily, glaring at Chloe.
But Ivana was shocked when she saw a very familiar Gucci necklace around Chloe's neck. Tears quickly welled up in her eyes as sad memories flashed by. Pleased with Ivana's reaction, Chloe said, "This is the necklace that goes with your husband's watch. He gave it to me 2 years ago."
True. Ivana lost that necklace two years ago because Caleb accidentally misplaced her item. Ivana cried and mourned for a month because she couldn’t keep the memento from her Dad, who passed away a few months after she miscarried. The item was a matching set her Dad had given as a 2nd wedding anniversary gift.
A mocking smile appeared on Chloe's face at Ivana's reaction. She then walked casually inside the house. "Your taste is awful, Ivana. As boring as you are. Maybe that's why Caleb needed a change. I'll change everything in this house as soon as I become Luna!"
Ivana smirked bitterly. There was no ripple in her heart as if emotions had vanished after learning about their affair behind her back.
"That's all you can do, being a replacement for someone else and being a thief. I should have known from the first time I saw you, your sly gaze like a fox.
You begged Caleb to give you the house, and now you’re stealing someone else's husband. You can't even buy yourself a necklace and shamelessly steal someone else's. What else can you do? Ah, don’t tell me you're pretending to be pregnant too?"
Chloe's face paled, then she glared at Ivana sharply. Anger replaced the inappropriate surprise that had just appeared.
"So what about that? In the end, I will be Luna! And my child will be the heir. While your child? Will never have a place anywhere, just like their mother!" Chloe shouted angrily.
Ivana raised an eyebrow cynically.
"I am Luna, chosen directly by Caleb's father because he knew his son was incompetent.
Do you know, while you were cozying up under the same blanket with Caleb, I was busy dealing with rogue attacks. I was the one ensuring everything ran smoothly, day or night!
Do you think, with that level of stress, how could anyone easily get pregnant?
But it's okay, from now on, you will replace me in handling all the pack's difficulties!"
With Chloe's spoiled nature, Ivana was sure she wouldn't be able to last as Luna. Chloe stepped towards Ivana and yanked her hair hard.
"I don't care about your empty threats because Caleb has promised to give me an easy life. Now tell me, what did you say to Caleb last night that made him leave me just like that?"
The yank was so hard that Ivana lost her balance. Chloe then shoved her hand, making Ivana fall with her stomach down. Trauma flashed before Ivana's eyes, replaying memories of her miscarriage 3 years ago.
"Why is my vision turning red like this?"
