I Was Only His Future LunaChapter 2

The next morning, Edward left unusually early.

Breakfast had been left on the dining table, with a note tucked underneath.

“I’ve gone to work. Don’t be upset about last night. We’ll have a candlelit dinner after work.”

I took a bite. There was no salt in it, and the food tasted bland.

He had always been meticulous about everything he did, so he must have been in a hurry to leave that morning.

At noon, I finished preparing a lunchbox and took a cab to the Pack Council Hall.

As I pressed the button for Edward’s private floor, Monica squeezed into the elevator.

The nameplate on her chest read Assistant to the Alpha.

She was carrying takeout in both hands and sweating profusely, yet she still managed to flash me a composed smile.

“Do you have an appointment? The Alpha has made it clear that not just anyone is allowed on his floor.”

I returned her polite smile.

“Weren’t we introduced at the gathering? I’m the future Luna.”

She raised her chin slightly, her eyes filled with disdain and her tone dripping with arrogance.

“The future? We all know what future means. It means you’re not it yet.”

The elevator doors opened, and Monica stepped out first in her high heels.

She looked triumphant, a world away from the pitiful, embarrassed woman she had been at the gathering.

The moment I pushed open Edward’s office door, I saw Monica leaning over him, frantically wiping water off his body.

I set the lunchbox down on his desk with a heavy thud.

Edward’s expression shifted slightly as he pushed Monica away.

Her cheeks flushed red, and she hurriedly explained in a panicked, tearful voice.

“Don’t get the wrong idea, Catherine! I was just being clumsy and accidentally spilled water on the Alpha. I really was only trying to wipe it off!”

My gaze fell on Edward’s necklace.

I had carved it for him by hand last year from a piece of moonstone I had acquired at an auction, and it had cost a fortune.

But once moonstone came into contact with water, it lost its brilliance.

I stared at Monica without a trace of emotion.

“No need to explain. Just reimburse me for the necklace at its original price. One hundred thousand. Transfer it to me.”

She choked on her words and looked at Edward pleadingly.

“That’s enough! Get out of here, you idiot!”

Edward raked a hand through his hair in frustration and barked at Monica.

But I knew he was merely giving her a way out.

Edward picked up the takeout from the corner, unwrapped it, and began eating one bite after another as he explained.

“She didn’t do it on purpose, and it’s not like you’re short of money. Be the bigger person and let it go.”

The lunchbox in the middle contained the soup I had spent three hours simmering.

He didn’t even spare it a glance.

I could hear my voice trembling as I asked, “Why is she here?”

Edward paused, never once lifting his head.

“The Beta hired her. I didn’t know.”

Yet that thank-you email had been sent directly to Edward’s personal inbox.

“Then make her leave.”

He put down his bowl and frowned.

“Is that really necessary? Both her parents are dead, and she’s having a hard enough time as it is. You’ve always been kindhearted. Why can’t you help Monica out?”

“It is necessary!”

“Is this just because she’s my ex-girlfriend? Do you really have so little faith in me?”

I opened my phone and was about to call Beta David to have him fire Monica.

“Catherine, I am the Alpha of Silvermoon Pack!”

Edward shot to his feet, finally losing his temper.

He was breathing hard, his face flushed red.

Suddenly, I remembered the year he had first become Alpha, when the Moon Goddess had guided us to each other.

He had held me in his arms and sworn that he would never leave me, that he would remain by my side for the rest of our lives, and that everything he owned belonged to me.

I slipped my phone back into my pocket and nodded thoughtfully.

“That’s right. You’re the Alpha of Silvermoon Pack.”

Edward froze, clearly surprised by how suddenly I had backed down.

I turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

He was indeed the Alpha of Silvermoon Pack.

But I no longer wanted to be his Luna.