Chapter 3 Pregnant

The following morning, I woke up with a pounding headache. The sunlight streamed in from the window, temporarily blinding me, and all I could feel was pain in my lower body, as though I had been rubbed raw.

"What the— What's going on?"

I struggled to get up from the bed and lifted the quilt. What I saw shocked me to my core. There were hickeys all over my body.

Fragments of memories from last night's passionate encounter flooded into my mind.

Wait a second. Who did I sleep with?

Stunned, I slowly turned my head, only to find a man sleeping soundly beside me.

Fuck!

I slept with a stranger?

"What do you mean a stranger?" Ivy protested. "He's your mate."

"My mate? Oh, thank God."

Ivy's ridiculing words made me feel a lot less guilty.

"Aren't you going to check him out?" Ivy asked.

"Yes, of course."

I leaned over curiously, trying to get a better look at my so-called mate.

Indeed, he was handsome—very handsome. He was probably the most handsome man I had ever seen in my life.

His clothes and belongings were strewn all over the bed. A stray ID card in the corner caught my eye.

When I saw the name on the ID card, my heart leaped to my throat.

"Oh, my God, Ivy. I'm doomed!" I smacked my forehead and felt instant regret.

This man was none other than Caleb Wright!

He was the infamous Alpha of the Thorn Edge Pack, notorious for his terrible reputation. No girl in her right mind would approach him, let alone sleep with him.

It was rumored that even Moon Goddess detested him, which was why he didn't have any mate assigned to him. Even worse was the fact that the children in his pack always died at an early age for mysterious reasons. Many she-wolves had to watch their children die.

If word got out that I had slept with him, not only my father would be furious, but the whole Silver Ridge Pack would ostracize me. Even my dead mother would probably roll over in her grave.

I couldn't even begin to imagine the horrible consequences.

I had to run away before anyone found me with him.

"How could this be?" Ivy snorted in dissatisfaction. "He's your mate! You're destined to be together!"

"Shut up! I don't want my life to be ruined by Caleb Wright!"

Ignoring Ivy's protests, I quickly put on my clothes and snuck out.

Everything was going well. Everyone seemed to be talking about yesterday's wedding, and no one noticed me. I was relieved.

When I got home, I found that my father and Marley were not there. They were probably on their honeymoon. At this moment, a concerned voice sounded from behind me.

"Honey, where have you been? I was looking for you all night. I was so worried!" Vicky looked me up and down worriedly.

I felt terribly guilty, but I didn't dare to tell her the truth. "Sorry, Vicky. I was so drunk that I fell asleep outside."

"Is that so?" Vicky asked with a skeptical look. "Did you try to take revenge on your stepmother last night?"

"What? Of course not!" I pretended to be angry and changed the topic. "And even if I did, so what? She went too far last night. If you didn't stop me, I would've taught that woman a lesson."

Vicky shook her head helplessly. She couldn't do anything to me. "Well, she's the Luna of our pack now. Try not to stir up any trouble."

"Fine."

Truth be told, I didn't intend to mess with Marley. I did love my father and I didn't want to put him in a dilemma.

Unfortunately, Marley didn't feel the same way.

As soon as she became the Luna of our pack, she began to make trouble for me.

She tried to manipulate my father into thinking that a partnership between the Silver Ridge Pack and the Frosty River Pack was a good idea. However, this partnership wasn't just unbeneficial, but from what I could tell, we might even suffer losses.

I could tell that something was off, so I asked if I could review the proposed projects, but Marley didn't allow me to interfere.

In fact, Marley refused to let me get involved in any of the pack affairs, which made her look even more suspicious.

So I had to convince my father to let me participate in these projects.

During this period, I managed to find out that the Frosty River Pack had some financial problems. However, Marley had tampered with the relevant reports, concealing this fact.

Considering how my father always believed in whatever Marley said, it was risky for me to say anything rashly, so I decided to secretly investigate the matter.

Unfortunately, my investigation did not go smoothly. Marley seemed to have found me out. Not only did she try and stop me from attending meetings, but she even gave orders to the Frosty River Pack to keep me in the dark. I wasn't able to obtain any more information.

One day, I was attending a pack meeting, trying to pinpoint the flaws in Marley's plans when my father suddenly sent someone to call me over.

On the way to see him, I suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

"Are you feeling sick again?" Vicky stretched out her hand and rubbed my back for me. "What's going on with you? Haven't you gotten a result from the doctor yet? It's been days."

"No, not yet. I'm also confused. I've been feeling sick for a while now, but I don't know what's going on."

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered my father's study, he threw the examination report at me angrily.

"Debra, you're really something!" Fury and disappointment was written all over my father's face. "Look at what you have done!"

I had never seen my father look so angry before, and it scared me.

After mustering some courage, I took a deep breath and looked at the examination report.

The next second, my eyes went as wide as saucers.

The report said that I was pregnant.

Upon reading the verdict, I nearly fainted on the spot.