Chasing His Wolfless Luna Back (Rayna Quinn) novel Chapter 64

The Fourth Time

Thea’s POV

We glared at each other for a solid thirty seconds. Finally, I turned the key in the ignition, too exhausted to fight him. “Your car?”

“Damien will take care of it.”

I pulled away from the curb, feeling strangely hollow. “Funny how shit works out, huh? Finally step into the spotlight, and boom, everything goes up in flames. Literally.”

“This isn’t your fault.”

I let out a bitter laugh. “Seems like the universe disagreeing with you there.”

“It will be okay.”

“Will it?”

For some reason, I had a feeling things wouldn’t be okay, and the worst was yet to come.

I pulled over to the side of the road and called my real estate agent. He answered immediately.

“Glenn, it’s Thea. You’ve probably heard-”

“I just saw the news,” he interrupted, sounding genuinely distressed. “Are you alright?”

“It’s fine.” I paused for a moment. “Please tell me you have a house for me, anything, considering I’m now homeless.”

I didn’t like the idea of staying in a hotel for any length of time. If he told me there was no house available, I didn’t know what I’d do.

“I have one, and it’s perfect for you. I’m sure you’ll love it,”

Relief washed over me. “Text me the address. I’ll go see it now.”

After he agreed, I hung up.

1/5

The Fourth Time

“So you’re buying a new house? You know I have several properties sitting empty. You’re welcome to one. No strings.” Sebastian said, startling me.

He’d been so quiet, and I’d been so focused on finding a house that I’d completely forgotten he was with me in the car.

“I’m good, thanks,” I said flatly, putting the car back in drive. “I don’t need your charity.”

“It’s not charity, Thea. It’s-”

“Guilt? Pity? No thanks.”

We drove in uncomfortable silence for several minutes before Sebastian spoke again.

“How did you do it?” he asked quietly.

“Do what? Get my house torched? No idea, but apparently I’ve got a talent for pissing people off.”

“Become successful on your own. Build everything you have. As far as I know, your father cut off your finances.”

I glanced at him, surprised by the genuine curiosity in his voice. There was something disarming about it something that made me answer honestly.

–

“I knew our marriage wouldn’t last. Either I’d give up and ask for divorce, or you would. Honestly, I thought it would be you. I knew you’d leave me once Aurora came back, it was just a matter of time.” He took a deep breath at the mention of her name.

I didn’t know what had happened between them yesterday, but I didn’t care. After all, it

wasn’t my business.

“I also knew I didn’t want to take a penny from you beyond what Leo was entitled to. I wanted to continue providing Leo with the life he was used to, but my salary as a teacher

wouldn’t allow that, so about three years into our marriage, I took all the money I had and invested in a new company.” I paused before continuing.

“The bank told me it was risky, that the company had little chance of success. They were sure I’d end up losing everything. But they were wrong–that company thrived.”

Thinking back on it, I smiled. It was a major company, very successful in its field. I was

“I started making money from the shares, and it felt great. I took part–time business courses, just to understand the ins and outs of running a business. From there, I began investing in startups. Companies that needed funding but couldn’t get it from banks came to me. I studied their business plans, and if there was potential, I invested.”

“Yes… when I made my first million, I was so excited to tell you, hoping you’d be proud. Hoping you’d see that I wasn’t just a wolfless failure.” I recalled that day. “I remember waiting for you to come home, but you didn’t, so I saved the news for morning, still

I stopped to swallow, taking a deep breath. The memory was etched in my mind.

dropped dead at that moment, you wouldn’t care, so rather than waste your time and ruin your morning, why didn’t I go bother someone else.”

“Thea…” he began, his voice rough, but I cut him off.

“So, after that morning, I never said anything again, and since you made it clear you

The memory still hurt, but like everything with Sebastian, I was learning to live with it. Someday, I knew, it wouldn’t hurt so much.

We fell into silence again. When I couldn’t take it anymore, just as I was about to turn on the radio, his phone rang. He answered it.

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