Chapter 6

Evelyn POV

The guests froze, their glasses suspended in mid-air. The smile on Isabella's face shattered.

"Ev... Evelyn?" Damian's face drained of color. He looked terrified. He instinctively pushed Isabella away, ran up the stairs to the third floor, and threw his arms around me.

"Let me explain!" he stammered, his voice trembling. "This is just a rehearsal! I wanted to surprise you for our anniversary!"

He fumbled in his pocket, pulled out the ring, and tried to force it onto my finger.

But the size was wrong. It got stuck painfully at my knuckle.

"Isabella!" Damian screamed down the stairs, not even looking back. "Tell Evelyn the truth!"

Isabella's eyes welled with tears, her voice dripping with submission. "Evelyn, it's true. Damian planned this surprise for you. I was just helping him rehearse."

Damian clung to her words like a drowning man, tightening his grip on me. "Evelyn, you are the only one I've ever loved. How could I ever betray you..."

What a disgusting hypocrite.

Isabella sniffled, her voice loud enough for everyone to hear. "I wish Damian and Evelyn a lifetime of happiness. I hope you guys have your own baby soon."

Their own baby...

A wave of pain shot through my abdomen.

Isabella couldn't keep up the act anymore. She covered her face and ran out of the shop.

"Isabella!"

Damian roared. He pushed me away so violently that I lost my balance, slamming hard against the wooden railing. My vision went black for a second from the pain.

And just like that, he left me and all our friends standing there as he chased after her.

As soon as Isabella ran out, she dashed toward a black sedan parked by the curb.

Damian caught up to her, opened the driver's door, and started the engine.

The car roared to life, tires screeching against the asphalt.

But just as the sedan sped into the intersection, a massive semi-truck blasted through the red light, slamming violently into the passenger side.

BOOM!

The screech of tearing metal echoed through the street.

The sedan flipped twice before landing upside down in the middle of the road, debris scattering everywhere.

Damian, covered in blood, crawled out of the shattered window. He ripped the passenger door open with his bare hands and pulled a bleeding, unconscious Isabella out.

Isabella was just an unranked wolf; she didn't have the rapid healing powers of an Alpha.

She lay in his arms, her breath shallow. "Save... save our baby..."

Damian looked back at me, standing on the balcony. The eyes that once held nothing but love for me were now filled with pure, unadulterated hatred.

With all his strength, he screamed up at me, "Evelyn! I told you it was just a rehearsal! Why didn't you believe me? Why did you have to kill her and my baby?!"

The accusation hit me like a physical blow.

The friends downstairs rushed out, pointing fingers at me.

Kael was the first to speak. "Don't you know how much Damian loved you, Evelyn? He even banished Isabella, who loved him for years, from the pack for five years just for you! This rehearsal was for you! She was just helping him!"

Another friend chimed in, "Yeah, Evelyn, why are you so heartless? Isabella is so innocent. She just loved Damian. Why did you have to drive her to her death?"

Their twisted accusations rained down on me.

I looked at their self-righteous faces and suddenly burst into laughter.