Ms. Palmer also grew up in the Bright Orphanage.”
“As a human?” Griffon asked.
Andre nodded. “She was dropped off at their doorstep. Since it is widely known that the Bright Orphanage is for wolf shifters, it was a*sumed that a wolf shifter dropped her off and she was a shifter. But, as you know, she never received the gift of her wolf from the goddess.
“Ms. Palmer and Silas were at the orphanage at the same time. It would appear that Ms. Palmer, Silas, and Ms. Palmer’s best friend-a Harper Duke-were very close. Though, upon reaching their teenage years, Ms. Palmer and Silas became a couple. They remained together up to five years ago when Silas had a car accident. At that time, Ms. Palmer had just turned eighteen and had no money, so she had to sell herself to save him.
“Although he was saved, Silas lost his memory. He doesn’t remember Ms. Palmer, so it would appear they haven’t been in contact with each other since. I could find nothing regarding interaction between them over the past five years.”
Andre had only found a rough outline of what had happened, but the details were sparse. He didn’t understand why they didn’t see each other anymore.
Griffon’s face grew darker and darker as he flipped through the When he guessed Silas was Jackson, he knew Taya had sold herself to save Silas.
However, hearing and seeing it with his eyes made it real, something he couldn’t ignore.
Her history mattered to him. The fact that Taya had been in love with someone else, that she might have given her body to someone else… He couldn’t get those things out of his head. His wolf had always been extraordinarily possessive. What was his was ONLY HIS.
“Did you verify her virginity before you brought her to my room that night?”
Andre hadn’t expected Griffon to ask this. After a moment of shock, he shook his head.
“After I…bought Ms. Palmer, I took her to the mansion. You only asked me to wash her up…”
That night, Taya had been kneeling at the door of the nightclub. It was pouring out, and as soon as Alpha Knight saw the destitute-looking girl, Andre had seen something on his face shift. He’d taken immediate notice of her, had seemed almost desperate to have her.
Andre was hurrying to get her ready for the Alpha, so he’d skipped the virginity examination. He sent someone to clean Ms. Palmer up, then sent her directly to Griffon’s room.
She’d looked so innocent, so anxious and fearful at being prepared and brought to the Alpha. And certainly, a human wouldn’t have lied about something so serious to a wolf…an Alpha wolf no less.
Griffon seemed to have seen through what Andre was thinking, and his gaze swept over him.
When his wolf’s eyes grazed Andre, Andre shivered with fear.
Alpha… Alpha Knight, do you suspect that Ms. Palmer tricked you’s Alpha Knight was known for his possessiveness. Had he known or suspected that Ms. Palmer had deceived him, had been with someone else before him, he wouldn’t have slept with her that first night. And he certainly wouldn’t have kept sleeping with her for five years.
Since Alpha Knight asked if Andre had verified her virginity, he must have suspicions.
Andre understood his Alpha’s concern and quickly showed Griffon the timeline in the documents.
“Alpha, I went to the hospital to compare when Silas had the car accident, and when Ms. Palmer was selling herself outside of Nightshade. It was on the same night.
“That night, after Ms. Palmer sent Silas to the hospital, she went to sell herself to raise money for the operation. She didn’t have an opportunity to do a hymen repair operation.”
The disgust and discomfort in his heart gradually dissipated when Griffon heard this.
That night, her reactions to him made it feel like it had been her first time. Had it not been, her acting skills were unsurpa*sed.
Every way in which she’d reacted to him and formed an obsession for her, and Griffon never would have been able to live it down internally, his wolf would never be able to get over it if it had been a lie.
She had not lied to him this time, but…
His dark gaze fell back on the documents.
Lost his memory…
Griffon remembered that Taya disagreed when he forced her to sign the lovers’ agreement.
Later, when she returned from Wolverly Capital, she signed the agreement without hesitation.
She must have angrily signed the contract when she discovered Jackson had lost his memory, didn’t remember her, and didn’t want to be with her.
So many years, and she’d never fallen in love with him. It turned out…
Griffon’s grip on the documents tightened, his claws elongating and poking holes in the paper.
His dark expression turned into an angry scowl, his brows furrowing and his fangs dropping. He wanted to hunt, to kil l, to punish…
Jackson said that he had known Taya since childhood…meaning he had regained his memory,
The five years he had spent with Taya were nothing compared to their friendship of more than two decades.
Thinking of this, Griffon was furious.
Seeing Griffon like this, Andre was suddenly a little worried.
His Alpha had always been good at controlling his emotions. But because of Ms. Palmer, he had already lost control several times.
“Alpha, you…”
Andre wanted to say, “Since you’ve already separated from Ms. Palmer, let it go. It’s good for Alpha Sterling and Ms. Palmer.”
But he knew he couldn’t say this. It would be too cruel.
Ms. Palmer had meant something to the Alpha. Sure, Griffon was good at controlling his emotions, hiding them…but Andre had always suspected there was something more. Griffon didn’t bother with people he didn’t need, who didn’t serve a purpose. Let alone humans.
Griffon threw the documents back to Andre.
“Shred them.”
His flat voice was devoid of emotion, as if he had returned to being the controlled, indifferent Alpha.
Andre glanced at him but still didn’t say anything. He picked up the documents and ran them through the shredder.
There was a knock. Receiving Griffon’s order, Andre opened the door.
“Alpha Knight.”
Stephen Lawton, the pack member in charge of the Weston City project, came in.
“The bidding is over. The pack elders all voted for the Sterling pack.”
“The Sterling pack?” Griffon glowered at Stephen.
Stephen had noticed that Alpha Knight seemed to have a problem with the Sterling pack, so he quickly said, “The results haven’t been announced yet, and the elders have only spoken to me about their decision. I approached you to ask which group you plan to hand over the development rights to.”
“Where are the bids from this afternoon’s groups?”
Stephen quickly handed over the documents.
Griffon casually flipped through the stack of papers, looking at the prices, timeline, and other pertinent details.
After looking through everything, he set his jaw and sighed.
He was left with no choice.
He returned the files to Stephen. “The elders’ ruling stays.”