Alpha's Substitute Bride - Chapter 49

Jude appeared next to me. According to what he said, he was here to express his regards to me on behalf of Atticus’ pack.

I didn’t know what else I could say to him. Although we’d always been on good terms, I didn’t think I wanted to get along with him in this situation.

The entire room fell into a strange silence.

As for why it wasn’t Atticus to send this regard, I didn’t care anymore. At the very least, this made me feel much better than sitting next to Atticus.

“So, we will give you financial compensation. After all, our Alpha delayed your journey,” he said expressionlessly.

“The money will be transferred to your account very soon. ‘

I didn’t hear what he said earlier, but I knew he would compensate me. That was enough.

“Of course!” I quickly put on a smile. This tugged at my wound, and I coughed violently. “I’m very happy to help your Alpha, but at the same time, I hope never to see him again.”

No one would reject money, let alone I, who was already very tight on cash.

“Eloise? It’s time for afternoon tea. Do you want to eat something?” Soren walked in. Although he was smiling, his gaze was almost always on Jude.

“Thank you very much,” I said to Soren with a smile and took the dessert. After that, the two maintained a superficial peace as they looked at each other and did not say anything more.

The atmosphere in the room was strange. Then, very quickly, Soren turned around and left.

I was grateful to Soren for helping me with everything, but somehow, I didn’t completely trust this family.

I didn’t think they’d hunt me down to allow me to inherit some property. There might be an ulterior motive.

If they hurt me because of this, I was afraid that I’d suffer even more than when I had to face Atticus and the others.

Before the paternity test results were out, I refused to go to the manor where their family lived. I wanted to keep it confidential.

After all, Atticus had been staying too close to me these past few days. Even when he wasn’t in the ward, Jude often came by. I was worried that his enemies would bring unnecessary danger to him because of this information.

However, I knew that Atticus would never understand my thoughts. He would only look at Soren and me and make it sound as if the whole world owed him.

I wasn’t sure whose phone rang, but I felt I’d been saved. At least there was no one by my side to bother me now.

“I’ll answer this,” Jude said in a low voice, and then he quickly went out of the room.

I didn’t know what it was about, but I had a bad feeling about it.

“Could it be information from Atticus?” My wolf muttered in my mind.

”

“Maybe that’s just work.

“That’s the best case scenario. I don’t want it to be something related to me.” I lay down in bed again and tried to stop thinking about these.

Jude came back quickly. His expression was terrible, and he was avoiding my gaze.

“What’s wrong?” I asked curiously. But at the same time, I knew that it was not good..