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Story: Alpha’s Second Choice
“Since your childhood sweetheart always calls you away before marking me, it means you do not want to mark me, so I will grant your wish. Without me as your girlfriend, you can spend all of your time together in the future.”
“I’m not pretending not to know you, but I wish I hadn’t met you from beginning to end!”
When Henry appeared before me, I couldn’t help but remember the five years of betrayal.
After five years of companionship and dedication, he couldn’t even get a few minutes to mark me.
Henry looked at me as if struck by lightning; he wanted to say something, but Mateo instructed the guards to drag him out.
While guards were dragging him out, he yelled, “Ivy, I’m ready to mark you, and I can be your groom.”
Mateo snorted coldly beside me, whispering to himself. “That’s a nice thought. You want to be Ivy’s groom?! Have you asked me if I agree?”
Mateo appeared innocent when I asked him about what he had just said. He claimed he said nothing; I must have misunderstood. I was certain I had not misheard, but I understood that everyone had secrets and that one should not delve into the details.
Without the troublemakers, Mateo and I had a very smooth wedding.
My grandmother also arrived and witnessed Mateo and me complete the ceremony firsthand. Perhaps because I fulfilled her last wish, she lost her breath and collapsed with her hands on her chest immediately following my wedding.
Before I could take off my wedding dress, I received word that my grandmother had been returned to the Wolf Pack Hospital for rescue.
I ran with red eyes, eager to get to the hospital to see how my grandmother was doing, but I didn’t expect to be stopped by Henry, who had been lurking on the road.
He grabbed my arm and said to me, “Ivy, you can’t marry that man, he won’t treat you well!”
“We have been together for so many years, don’t you know whether I really love you?”
I couldn’t hear anything; all I wanted was to make sure my grandmother was safe. I yelled at Henry: “Let me go! I don’t have time to deal with you!”
I shook his hand off, and he drew my veil again. When I lifted the veil, he squatted down and hugged my legs again.
Oh, my God, he resembles a disgusting dog skin plaster!
Fortunately, Mateo arrived and took Henry away, allowing me to escape.
I dashed to the Wolf Pack Hospital as quickly as I could. Many passers-by were taken aback by the wedding gown I was wearing, but all I could hear was my heart racing.
I was fast enough, but I was still a step behind.
When I arrived at the hospital, my grandmother’s breathing had stopped.
You’re late, Ivy. However, your grandmother was very happy before her death. She died smiling. “I believe she has no regrets,” the doctor told me in a sad tone.
I felt as if I were falling into an ice cave, and I realised I had missed my last meeting with my grandmother.
I fell weakly beside the bed and gently placed my grandmother’s hand on my cheek, as she had done before.
But my grandmother’s hand had gone cold, and she had abandoned me completely.
“Ivy, don’t be so sad. You’ve fulfilled Grandma’s final wish. My father comforted me in a gentle tone.
I couldn’t stop crying after seeing my grandmother’s smile.
“Yes, grandma must be very happy…”
“I’m not pretending not to know you, but I wish I hadn’t met you from beginning to end!”
When Henry appeared before me, I couldn’t help but remember the five years of betrayal.
After five years of companionship and dedication, he couldn’t even get a few minutes to mark me.
Henry looked at me as if struck by lightning; he wanted to say something, but Mateo instructed the guards to drag him out.
While guards were dragging him out, he yelled, “Ivy, I’m ready to mark you, and I can be your groom.”
Mateo snorted coldly beside me, whispering to himself. “That’s a nice thought. You want to be Ivy’s groom?! Have you asked me if I agree?”
Mateo appeared innocent when I asked him about what he had just said. He claimed he said nothing; I must have misunderstood. I was certain I had not misheard, but I understood that everyone had secrets and that one should not delve into the details.
Without the troublemakers, Mateo and I had a very smooth wedding.
My grandmother also arrived and witnessed Mateo and me complete the ceremony firsthand. Perhaps because I fulfilled her last wish, she lost her breath and collapsed with her hands on her chest immediately following my wedding.
Before I could take off my wedding dress, I received word that my grandmother had been returned to the Wolf Pack Hospital for rescue.
I ran with red eyes, eager to get to the hospital to see how my grandmother was doing, but I didn’t expect to be stopped by Henry, who had been lurking on the road.
He grabbed my arm and said to me, “Ivy, you can’t marry that man, he won’t treat you well!”
“We have been together for so many years, don’t you know whether I really love you?”
I couldn’t hear anything; all I wanted was to make sure my grandmother was safe. I yelled at Henry: “Let me go! I don’t have time to deal with you!”
I shook his hand off, and he drew my veil again. When I lifted the veil, he squatted down and hugged my legs again.
Oh, my God, he resembles a disgusting dog skin plaster!
Fortunately, Mateo arrived and took Henry away, allowing me to escape.
I dashed to the Wolf Pack Hospital as quickly as I could. Many passers-by were taken aback by the wedding gown I was wearing, but all I could hear was my heart racing.
I was fast enough, but I was still a step behind.
When I arrived at the hospital, my grandmother’s breathing had stopped.
You’re late, Ivy. However, your grandmother was very happy before her death. She died smiling. “I believe she has no regrets,” the doctor told me in a sad tone.
I felt as if I were falling into an ice cave, and I realised I had missed my last meeting with my grandmother.
I fell weakly beside the bed and gently placed my grandmother’s hand on my cheek, as she had done before.
But my grandmother’s hand had gone cold, and she had abandoned me completely.
“Ivy, don’t be so sad. You’ve fulfilled Grandma’s final wish. My father comforted me in a gentle tone.
I couldn’t stop crying after seeing my grandmother’s smile.
“Yes, grandma must be very happy…”