Abandoned Luna: Claimed by Two

a's

re smelled of m

quiet luxury. It was a place where people traded

stopping by the same counter every day. O

oking fo

o many pieces already. Haven't y

s Gr

new me as Luna Green, but for the sake of this little act, I

at a simple diamond

is one. Pleas

ubtle sigh of relief. "Of c

I was married. My name on their records had nev

" another customer whispered with en

re his whole world!

they no longer have the energy t

the young clerk b

nda

e last three months teaching myself to hate the sight of her. At first glance, there was nothing extraordinary about her. She was not dazzling. She

her

I noticed ever

ever kneaded dough for fifty guests because a Luna's table had to be perfect, never cracked from cold or sp

at the hands that had worked, bled, carried, steadied, served. I had not been born Stephen's Lu

e with standing beside an Alpha and pretending strength even when your bones ached from holding up his world. S

had still ta

seven years of blood, patience, pride, and obedience into becoming the perfect Luna, while she had done absolutely nothing ex

me back. Her brow furrowed. "Is ther

finger and placed it on the

is your wedding ring. It

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hat day, the trembling sincerity in his voice, the way he had kissed my knuckles

"Are you sure you w

etters as if they wer

ice stayed stead

the sun had already dipped

to me. We bumped into each other, and I almo

e me feel safe, but now

e so long?" His voice sounded worried

rehead under the warm

calm me, but now it

the perfect mate, prete

mma, the housekeeper, hurried to exp

exhaled in relief, mur

Green just got home. T

ad actual

t afraid that I had been hurt. He was afraid that I had gone missing long enough for people to ask questions, and if people aske

alm warm and smelling faintly of sandalwood, a s

like smoke

r phone?" he murmured. "I

Tangled in another woman's hair. Resting, possessive and intimat

se in m

"I needed air.

and draped it around my shoulders befor

ovements were careful. His

hat made i

even while being the reason I had be

house without thanking him

oulder, "bring hot apple ci

, he lowered his voice, as though we

sounded earlier. I wa

m f

e, too calm. "You haven't seemed hap

N

ad never imagined being denied. "Aria, we've been together for seven yea

x

t. As though marriage could be patched with

could make devotion sound like authority, make promises feel like protection, make a cage seem so soft and

g," I said d

"Cancel my meetings. I'm taking

cutting sound that hung i

ing, having such

eved, thinking

aking, not from emotion but fr

asked. "Anything y

me. "Seven years toge

uld finish. The light from th

soft look in his eyes,

l, Aria," he said with a

I went to the garag

and I saw that his WhatsApp

n the screen. It

n again today! I love

You sound

lthy woman would visit our store ev

our store every day too. Did

different. She

And what

again? Anyway, no one's stopping me f

So I'm di

n the phone. That rich lady tried on ten n

en: A

slowly around th

nt except for the l

alled a number I had saved

nnected alm

estiga

older even than the part of me that had stood in the jewe

y, debts, habits, relationships. And keep watching Stephen Gr

ief

"Under

osing my eyes for just a moment. Lily was silent insi

my eyes again,

I was no l

knew exactly w

whispered into the dark. "Let's