Contract Over: I Rejected My Alpha Husband First

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around the tray until the

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use of h

outside the Gilbert estate. Court officers, debt collectors, pack auditors. Their vehicles had

thought there had

or years. He was proud, charming, and careless with money, but Fre

uditor handed h

the family accounts and

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aughter, Freya Gilbert, would be pledged to Frostw

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s barely

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e was moved into

during childhood lessons was scrubbing floors and serving dri

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her with one pain

na

his name made

r climb the old cedar tree behind the training field because she wanted to see the whole pack from above. When s

to enjoy combat drills, Jonas had stood beside her and

ept those memories hid

it was

but even then, she had never truly stood beside him as an equal. N

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t had happened to her. He would remember the girl who used to sh

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anyone else,"

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the debt collec

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rt disappeared. The promotion made his family one of the most powerful house

er. Her blond hair had been styled into perfect waves, and a diamond neckla

y, both wearing the eager smiles of people who enjoyed

eyes. "Good even

. How polite. I almost forgot you

ls beside her

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s usual

stomach turn. "Tell me, Freya, is it true your father sold you to pay his gam

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s actions a

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ped the tr

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Freya's chest and soaked i

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d. The wine was cold against her skin, but no

lse sweetness. "How clumsy. No

" Freya said before s

aded from B

did yo

apologize and step back. But something in her chest, som

t was not

for two seconds, the

ile was

ea said. "A little

a full glass of chilled champagne from

es, over her cheeks, and into the collar of her uni

around her

ss, humiliation burn

said. "Now you look

areful hands, afraid that if she kept holding

ce barely steady. "I need to cle

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aught h

so

the hand gripping h

"That's better. But before you run

nd them had g

pulse qu

matic surprise. The diamond necklace t

said loudly. "Whe

sped. "Berea, you wer

e slowly toward Freya. "And th

stomach

touch you

r the nearby guests to hear.

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ryone knows the Gilberts are drowning in debt. Maybe she th

ers began

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half the pack. Like f

he Alpha's welcome c

face w

welcome ceremony, she could be punished publicly. Worse, Jonas might see her as

forcing down her panic. "You

ld hear. "I know exactly what you are, Freya. A debt-slave

tened Fre

unded innocence. "Someone call security. I wa

d the staircase wi

ic was

wd was

staircase, the pack's an

he declared, his voice echoing through the hal

ploded acro

slammed agai

presence calm and luminous beneath the chandelier light. For one painful second, Freya forgot the champ

as h