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Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Everyone’s gaze moved from Melissa to me instantly. Even though no one knew who I was under the mask, everyone envied me at that moment. I gave Melissa a straightforward glance, then slowly placed my hand in Enzo’s palm amidst her furious gaze. Enzo straightened up, one hand on my waist, while the other held mine. Then, we danced to the music.
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“Oh my gosh! They are such a lovely couple!” “Yeah! Look at their masks. Definitely a pair.” “Who’s that girl? She has a great body!” “I think she’s more attractive than Melissa.”
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Countless compliments floated into my ears, as I glanced at Melissa out of the corner of my eye to see her face twisted into an ugly expression. She was biting down hard on her lips, and I could tell she was about to explode from anger. I couldn’t describe the feeling that swelled up in me at the sight. Perhaps it was the thrill of getting my revenge, but pity stood out more.
Poor Melissa had sold her kindness to the devil.
“Eyes on me!” Enzo said suddenly, tightening his grip on my hand.
‘I withdrew my gaze from Melissa.
“I’m a little upset that you’re being inattentive.”
Enzo lowered his eyes to look at me, his breath burning like flames on my face.
“So…” Enzo raised his arm, and I followed his cue to spin in a circle, then fall sideways into his arms.
His golden-brown eyes fixed on my face, as he said in a low whisper, “This is a small punishment.”
Enzo suddenly leaned down and kissed me on the lips amidst my shock. An ear-splitting scream and thunderous applause erupted immediately! His kiss was fierce and passionate. His nimble tongue easily pushed my lips apart and burrowed into my mouth, tangling and playing with my tongue. I closed my eyes without much thought, basking in the sudden kiss.
I only came to my senses when Enzo held me by the waist and straightened us up.
But the peaceful atmosphere didn’t last for long. Someone suddenly grabbed my wrist in the next few seconds and yanked me out from Enzo’s embrace.
Melissa’s spiteful gaze was within my sight. Without hesitation, she raised her arm to slap me.
She moved so quickly that I could only close my eyes in anticipation of the blow.
But the expected pain didn’t come, and I heard Enzo say coldly, “What are you doing to my fiancée?”
I opened my eyes to see Enzo gripping Melissa’s wrist and deflected the slap meant for me. Melissa turned her head to look straight at Enzo and shouted, “I’m your
fiancée!”
Enzo released Melissa’s wrist and tugged me behind him. He rubbed his ear and said, “From the start, I have said that my fiancée is Andrea. That’s the union that Alpha Michael personally promised me, wasn’t it?” Enzo glanced at Michael, directing the question at him. Michael cleared his throat, trying to maintain what little poise he had as he replied, “I did promise you that. But the truth is that a Rogue attacked Andrea, and she’s dead.” Enzo tilted his head slightly. “Is that so?”
It was time.
I slowly removed the mask on my face and looked up at Alpha Michael.
After a beat of dead silence, Melissa suddenly burst out in a heart-wrenching scream.
“Impossible! You’re dead! Dead!” she screamed as though she had broken down.
I saw Ellen was also shocked, but she maintained her composure. She put her arm around Melissa, trying to soothe her as much as possible. But I wasn’t about to let her have her way.
I walked out from behind Enzo and to the front of Melissa, “Look at me. Do I look dead or alive?”
Melissa’s eyes were wide as panic crept in her eyes. Her chest rose and fell violently, and the bones in her shoulders were stiff.
“Impossible… Impossible…!”
She pushed Ellen away as she backed up and muttered continuously to herself. Then, as though all the strength had left her body, she crumpled to the ground. “Why is it impossible?” I asked her.
My presence near her seemed to agitate her even more as she covered her ears and screamed,” Impossible! You’re not Andrea! You’re not!”
She broke down completely, still covering her ears as she trembled violently. I forced her hands away and shouted with reddened eyes, “I am! I’m the Andrea that you and Ellen almost beat to death and threw out in the middle of nowhere! Open your eyes wide and take a good look at me!”
I had been desperately practicing my speech the entire week to express myself adequately. The hatred that bubbled in me drove me to shout out loud as though I was putting nineteen years’ worth of words tonight.
There was uproar all around.
Melissa was just an eighteen-year-old girl at the end of the day. She had just come of age, and her parents had spoiled her since she was young. Her mentality was not enough to support her to face this situation calmly, to meet the person she had killed with her own hands now standing in front of her, alive and well.
“Impossible! She’s dead! I saw her die with my own eyes!!!”
Melissa kept crawling backward. After a moment, her eyes suddenly widened even more, the fear more apparent than ever. “… You’re a ghost! She’s a ghost here to take my life!” Melissa screamed as she pointed at me. Tears and snot seeped down from under her mask, and she no longer looked as exquisite as she did before.
Ellen suddenly rushed forward and pushed me away, but Enzo caught me just in time.
“What nonsense are you babbling? Who beat you to death? You’re falsely accusing us!” Ellen stood in front of Melissa, shouting at me. Enzo held me tightly in his arms, covering the back of my head with his hand. “It’s too late for false accusations,” Enzo said to Ellen as his gaze fell on Melissa, who was in a daze behind Ellen.
„Enzo was right. Melissa’s performance had indirectly proved the truth of the matter.
If she hadn’t done anything to me, why did she break down in terror when I stood in front of her, whole and alive? Why did she scream and claim that I was a ghost that had come to take her life?
Enzo looked at Michael and said solemnly, “Alpha Michael, please give me and my fiancée an explanation for this matter. I don’t want our union to be broken, nor do I want this matter to affect our Packs.”
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