Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 6 My eyes dart between him and Bianca, my cheeks flushing with embarrassment. It feels like they're all in on ssick joke, and I'm the butt of it. “You senta message askingto meet you here for lunch,” I say, my voice cracking.

Rhett's gaze narrows, and his face hardens. "I didn't send your any messages," he states flatly; Rhett's denial hitslike a punch to the gut, and I feel my world spiraling even further out of control. I turn to Bianca, searching for any kind of confirmation or explanation. But she just shrugs, a smug smile on her face, and I know she is behind it.

Tears well up in my eyes as I fumble to retrieve my phone, showing him the message. "But... I received this from your number," I stammer.

Rhett takes a step closer, snatching my phone and smashing it on the floor, his voice dripping with condescension. "Aubrey, you're so desperate to seethat you'd make up lies just to cto my office?" he mocks, his words laced with his effort to humiliate me.

Anger surges withinas I struggle to hold back tears. “I thought... You wanted to talk; maybe you wanted to make things right after last night,” I managed to say, my voice. quivering with hurt.

Rhett's eyes remain cold and unyielding. “I told you after the incident last week that you're not allowed at my office," he says, his tone cutting.

0 Chapter 6 "Please, Rhett," I choke out, trying to steady my voice, "tellthis is just ssick joke." "Joke?" His laughter cuts throughlike a knife, sharp and chilling. "You really are pathetic, Aubrey." My chest constricts with the pain of his words, but I can't help but cling to the last shred of hope that he might still care. "But... we're meant to be together," I whisper, my voice barely audible amidst the crumbling world around me. "We're mates." "Is that what you think?" he sneers, his cold eyes boring into mine. "Did you believe our bond guarantees your happiness? You've always been so naive." His words are a punch to the gut, and I feel the last shreds of hope slipping away, replaced by a cold, numbing emptiness. The mate bond that once connected us begins to fray, unraveling with each cruel word he utters.

My humiliation deepens, but I refuse to back down. "Well, clearly, my assumptions about you and Bianca were correct," I retort, my voice firm despite my trembling emotions. Rhett does up his pants, and my eyes move to Bianca to see the smug look on her face when Rhett speaks again while my stomach twists with the urge to throw up. This can't be happening.

His lips twist into a cruel, mocking smile, and it takes every ounce of strength I have not to crumble beneath the weight of his disdain. “You were always a hopeless romantic, Aubrey," he sneers. "So desperate to believe in fairy tales and happy endings." "The wedding is off," he states flatly, and I feel another dagger 000 ||| 0 < Chapter 6 to the heart.

17.Voucher "You think?" I state, finally able to reflect sanger in my tone.

Yet no matter how much I want to be one of those who can lift her chin and walk away, it's not that simple, not when mate bonds cinto play. However, I can't contain my pain any longer.

"How could you betraylike this? I'm your mate," I growl, tears streaming down my face. I know I shouldn't ask, but I deserve answers. Rhett's response is as cruel as it is heartless.

"What did you expect, Aubrey? You're a prude. Did you think I'd remain faithful until our wedding day when you have givennothing in the six months we've been together?" he scoffs.

Wow, he's going to use my virginity against me, something I was saving for him? He is my mate; I had guarded it for him, stayed pure so that the first touches of pleasure that I got from anyone would cfrom my mate. The one that I would spend the rest of my life loving. Well, I'm glad I didn't waste it on this fool.

"Don't act so shocked, Aubrey... it's your fault," he tells me. "Do you understand anything about how the world works?" Because that makes complete sense, yep, it's definitely my fault. I shoved him, he tripped and fell into her cock holster! Rhett laughs and shakes his head, buttoning his shirt, while Bianca doesn't even bother to cover her state of undress, instead flaunting it proudly. Rhett turns toward his desk. He grabs a piece of paper and holds it in the air. "It now makes sense why you wantedto terminate her employment. But ||| < I'm glad you came; it saveshaving to send out people to retrieve you." I look at him, confused.

"Someone has been stealing from the company account,” he states, and my gaze shifts to Bianca, who has her arms folded. over her chest, a sly smile on her face. "Did you really think you could get away with it?" Rhett demands, drawing my attention back to him.

"What?" I stammer, my confusion growing.

"Don't play dumb, Aubrey. We have proof it was you," Bianca sneers, her tone mocking.

My heart races and my thoughts spin out of control as I turn my attention back to Rhett, "Wait, you think it was me? Why would I steal from my mate? That makes no sense!" Rhett scoffs, his expression cold and unyielding. He tosses a stack of papers onto the coffee table in front of me, revealing an online gambling account in my name.

"Explain this, then."

My lips part and I instantly return to how everyone stared as I entered the I am building. Does the entire pack believe ve scriminal? Tears continue to stream down my face as I stare at the damning evidence and shake my head. "I didn't do this, Rhett. It's probably your whore. She's framing me!" I yell at him, my voice cracking with desperation.

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