Mated to My Intended's Enemy novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Chapter 132 Ashes of Eight Years

Freya

After surviving the cruelest truth, I was ready to leave everything behind.

"I’m resigning."

The words left my mouth before I could think twice. I sat by the window of my penthouse, watching the city lights blur into the night. For three years, this place had been called home, but right now it felt like a stranger’s cage.

On the other end of the line, Beta Timothy went utterly silent. I could picture his face, brows knotted, jaw tight. "Resigning?" His voice finally broke the pause, sharp with disbelief. "Freya, are you even hearing yourself? This isn’t just a job. You’re throwing away your Gamma title. Do you know what that means for you? For the pack?"

"I do." My voice was steady, but my heart pounded against my ribs."Alpha already signed the withdrawal papers. I’ll finish the transition within a week."

"The hell he did. " he muttered, sharp with disbelief. "Alpha Jasper must’ve signed off on this without even noticing whose papers he was signing. He’s going to lose his mind when he realizes it was you."

A bitter smile tugged at my lips, though it hurt more than it soothed. "If he didn’t notice, that only proves I never mattered."

"You don’t believe that,Freya." Beta Timothy snapped, anger sharpening his tone. "For four years you’ve been his right hand, his shadow. Do you even realize how much he leans on you? The man sleeps because you keep the pack stable. He breathes because you’re there covering his back."

I pressed my palm against the cold glass, fighting the sting in my chest. "He depends on me, yes. But he doesn’t love me. Timothy, you know why I joined the Stone Lake Pack."

Timothy’s voice grew sharper, almost accusing."This is about Mia, isn’t it? She’s his mate, yes, but she abandoned him. You stayed. You gave him everything. Don’t tell me it meant nothing."

I closed my eyes. Of course I knew the truth. From the beginning, I was never his mate. He was bound to her the moment he came of age. I was only the woman foolish enough to fall for an Alpha who could never belong to me. I thought I could heal his wounds, that my devotion could replace what he lost. But I was never more than a shadow in his life.

"I’m going home," I lied softly. "My parents need me."

Timothy knew it was an excuse, but he didn’t call me out. He just sighed, defeated. "Then I hope you won’t regret this."

The call ended, and silence filled the apartment. I stared at the walls, at the traces of my life with him scattered everywhere, and I felt like I was suffocating.

Eight years ago, I thought I had been blessed by fate.

I still remember Harvard, the day I met Elena. She was dazzling, the kind of girl who made everyone stop and look. Somehow, she chose me as her closest friend. Through her, I met her brother—Alpha Jasper of the Stone Lake Pack.

From that moment, my heart belonged to him.

After graduation, Elena went to Paris, and I stayed. I became his gamma, his assistant, the one who cleaned up his messes, filled his schedule, kept his world in order. I told myself it was enough. That even if I wasn’t his mate, I could still stand beside him.

Until that night.

Someone spiked his drink. He cornered me, kissed me like he couldn’t breathe without me, and by dawn, I had given him my first time. But when his lips parted in the dark, the name he moaned wasn’t mine.

It was hers. Mia. His destined mate. The one who left him behind.

The next morning, he stood by the window, cigarette smoke curling around him, his eyes cold as ice. "You like me, don’t you?" His voice was detached, like I was nothing but a stranger. "Last night shouldn’t have happened. I love someone else."

Then he tossed a bank card onto the bed. "Take it. Forget it."

I should have walked away. Instead, I begged. "Give me a chance. If she doesn’t come back, if you can’t let her go, I’ll leave."

He hesitated. Then nodded.

That hesitation was enough for me to chain myself to him for the next four years.

By day, I was his gamma, his trusted assistant. By night, I was his secret lover. Nobody knew, nobody would ever know. And I told myself it was happiness.

Until his birthday.

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