Chapter 54

Silver’s POV

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Rebecca asked as she sat cross-legged on my bed. She was watching me warily as I roamed across the room. When my phone was at a decent charge, I called her and told her that I had gone home. I completely forgot she was at the hospital, probably wondering where I was.

She came over right away once I told her where I was.

“Shirley told me that they were mates; I’m not sure what else to do,” I muttered, giving her a pointed look.

Once I was alone in my room, I cried all that I could. I only stopped crying once Rebecca showed up and even now, my eyes were puffy and filled with moisture. I just felt so numb and out of it, I wanted this pain to stop already.

“But what if she was lying?” She asked, her brows pinched together.

“And if she wasn’t?” I asked in return. “I don’t want to be the reason to come between them. I feel stupid enough to be put in this position. He’s been hanging around her so much lately that this is the only thing that makes sense. He will barely touch me, Rebecca. Do you have any idea how that makes me feel?”

“Oh, Hun,” Rebecca said, standing to her feet. “I’m so sorry.”

I nodded and gave her a sad smile as I grabbed some more of my clothing and took it to the suitcase that sat on my bed.

“Are you sure that you don’t mind if I crash with you?” I asked her.

She gave me a strange look.

“Of course not; but I live in your father’s pack. Are you sure you’re okay with that?” She asked.

I nodded and licked my lips.

“I’ll have to be,” I muttered. “I don’t really have a choice right now. The worst part is I’m going to have to tell my father about this if I want to stay in his territory for the time being.”

She nodded and wrapped her arms around me, pulling me in for a tight embrace.

She glanced at her phone, and I could see the worry lines creasing in her eyes.

“My cousin, Marco, will be here any minute. Did you tell the guards that we were expecting him?” She asked.

I nodded; a nervous pit filled my stomach.

Marco was a lawyer, a very famous and talented lawyer. Even though he technically lived in my father’s territory with his family, he was still used amongst different packs. Rebecca called him on my behalf earlier asking him for a huge favor.

As if on cue, there was a knock on my bedroom door. I looked at Rebecca who gave me a reassuring and yet kind of sad smile. I nodded at her and took a deep breath before walking to the door and opening it.

One of the maids stood before me; she kept her head lowered like I was some prized possession that she couldn’t even look directly at. I didn’t let it bother me though; I stood and waited for her to tell me her message.

“Luma, your guest has arrived. He’s waiting downstairs, being screened by the gammas,” she announced.

I smiled my thanks to her and motioned for Rebecca to follow me out of the room and down the stairs.

Walking down the grand stairs, I saw Marco standing in the middle of the foyer being searched for by the gamma warriors.

“He’s all clear,’ one of them said as he stepped back.

“Marco,” I greeted as I took the last step.

He gave me a painfully handsome smile, revealing the dimples in his cheeks. The family resemblance between Marco and Rebecca. They both had the same silver eyes and freckles around their noses. Marco had dark hair and olive skin though and Rebecca had blonde hair and fair skin.

Marco was once married and had two kids with his wife, but he got divorced a couple of years ago and now has joint custody of the kids.

“Silver, it’s good to see you again,” Marco said, closing the distance to give me a tight hug. I missed this; Marco was always like a brother to me, and I was grateful for his protection and friendship. He glanced at Rebecca and smiled. “Becky,” he greeted.

She groaned at the nickname he used for her.

“Don’t call me that, Marco. You know I hate that,” she muttered, folding her arms across her chest.

This only made him laugh as he released me and pulled her into a hug.

“I’ve been so busy with work lately that I barely got time to see you,” he murmured, hugging her even tighter. “I missed you, Cousin.”

“You’re about to squeeze the living hell out of me,” Rebecca complained, but she was chuckling.

“So, what did you two want to discuss with me?” Marco asked.

The nervous knot formed in my belly once again and I suddenly wasn’t feeling too well. I wasn’t sure I could go through with this. But I knew if I didn’t, I would end up getting hurt way worse than I had already. Elliot found his true mate and there was nothing I could do about that. Shirley was always going to come between us, and he was always going to let her. This was nothing more than a contract marriage, there wasn’t supposed to be love or feelings involved.

“Come sit down in the parlor,” I suggested. “There’s wine and cheese.”

He nodded and we walked into the parlor. Marco sat on one of the cushioned seats and poured himself a glass of wine while Rebecca and I took the couch. Marco took the liberty of pouring Rebecca and my glasses of wine as well before setting the bottle on the new glass table that was just purchased seeming the other one was broken.

“So, is everything okay?” He asked.

“If I tell you something, will you promise to keep it between us?” I asked him. “Like client/lawyer confidentiality?”

He raised his perfectly groomed brows at my words.

He put the wine glass down and leaned back in his seat, watching me curiously.

“Of course,” he answered. “Even as a friend, I would never spill your secrets.”

I nodded, thankful for him.

“My marriage with Alpha Elliot is a sham,” I blurted.

His mouth nearly fell open at my words as he stared at me, trying to find any hint of lying.

“What do you mean it’s a sham?” He asked, hesitantly.

“I mean, I met him at a bar after I caught Gavin with another woman,” I told him.

Marco knew I had been dating Gavin for a couple of years and he knew how important that marriage was to not only me but my father as well. My father wanted that alliance between our packs, and he thought the best way for that to happen was for me to marry Gavin. It was initially a setup, like a blind date, falling in love with Gavin was not part of the plan. But because we were both still so young and Gavin was working his way through college, we agreed to not get married until he graduated.

I never got the chance to go to college because my father disapproved. I wasn’t good enough to attend college. All the skills that I’ve learned I have taught myself.

At one point, Marco had questioned Rebecca about my random marriage to Elliot.

“I thought she was marrying Gavin?” He had asked her.

“Gavin’s scum and fucked another woman in the same bed they shared,” Rebecca told him in return.

“So, how does she know Alpha Elliot? Why marry someone the day after she finds out her fiancé had been cheating on her?”

“I guess they’ve known each other for a while and rekindled the romance,” Rebecca simply replied.

Rebecca was a good friend for that, but now it was time that I came clean and told Marco the truth.

“You met him the day before you married him?” Marco asked, his eyes flickering to Rebecca who glanced at her hands. I’m sure he was remembering their past conversation when she lied to him and then his eyes landed back on me. “Are you out of your mind??”

“Apparently,” I muttered, wrapping my arms around my body like I was trying to desperately hold myself together.

“You barely even know him, and you married him,” he said, shaking his head and tisking at me. “What were you thinking?”

“I was drunk when I proposed to him and I didn’t think he’d actually show up at the wedding,” I confessed. “Plus, my father was forcing me to marry Gavin regardless of this alliance. There was no other way. At least, not at the time.”

“And now?” He asked, raising his right brow.

“And now, I don’t think this alliance is worth it,” I told him, tugging at my fingers nervously.

“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

I took a deep breath and nodded my head once.

“Yes,” I told him. “Elliot found his true mate and now it’s time for me to move on. I can’t keep being a doormat for him to walk all over again. This is the only thing I can think of.”

He nodded.

“Okay, then I can write you up a divorce agreement and end this marriage once and for all.”