Chosen by the Beast Alpha

Chapter 106: Chapter 106

Lena’s POV

She had never, not even once, imagined a document like this existed. Back then, Dominic had always said that even if he dropped dead, she wouldn’t get a single cent from him.

He’d said it so coldly, so cleanly, without even blinking. And yet behind her back, he had planned to transfer everything to her.

Lena couldn’t move.

“The original is in the safe in my office,” Samuel said, taking his phone back. “I’m showing you this because there’s something you need to get straight. Dominic never planned to leave you with nothing. In every version of the future he ever pictured, whether he lived or died, you were in it.”

Her chest tightened all at once.

“When you agreed to that arrangement, whatever your reasons were, you bet your life on a man everyone thought would die from the curse. He isn’t heartless, Lena. He understands why you did it.” Samuel paused, then his voice softened a little. “He once told me you always said you wanted him to live. Wanted him healthy. You’re a good person. So good that everyone forgot why you agreed to that contract in the first place.”

She drew in a slow breath.

She had spent the whole night telling herself it was over between them. Totally over. Done. But now that certainty cracked apart in seconds.

“You two don’t actually have some huge fatal issue,” Samuel said, unusually serious now. “You’re just in a messy phase. When that contract was signed, there were zero feelings between you. The fact that you made it this far is already kind of insane, in a good way. Every relationship hits rough patches. You can leave him and find someone new, sure. And then what? Same growing pains. Same emotional chaos.”

She knew he was right. And wow, she hated that he was right.

“And one more thing...” Samuel leaned closer and dropped his voice, all secretive like he was sharing insider gossip. “Don’t tell Dominic I said this. If you hold on a few more years and then end the agreement, you can walk away with a lot more.”

She stared at him, straight-up stunned. He just flashed a grin. “Bloodmoon Pack is expanding on a massive scale right now. Once those deals close, the pack’s assets will double. If you play the long game, you’re set for life.”

A laugh slipped out before she could stop it. “You are really pulling out every trick you’ve got to make me stay.”

“I’m a businessman.” He shrugged. “If you two split later and it turns into an asset dispute, my commission percentage goes up too.”

Slowly, she gave him a thumbs-up, dripping with sarcasm. “Wow. Legendary.”

Samuel accepted it like she meant it. “Thank you.”

Truthfully, she had already let go of the idea of ending things. Not because of the money. Because of that document.

Dominic really was the type to say one thing and do another. But his real nature wasn’t terrifying. And it wasn’t cold, either.

“One last thing.” Samuel raised a finger. “Eliza is not a threat to me. If there were really anything going on between her and Dominic, it would’ve happened years ago. Do you seriously think he’d end your agreement just to go back to her? Come on. Be real.”

Samuel knew exactly what was running through Lena’s head. He didn’t even bother dancing around it. He just said it straight.

"If she keeps crossing the line, shut her down. Any she-wolf with real self-respect wouldn’t stick her nose into someone else’s relationship."

Lena narrowed her eyes at him all of a sudden, suspicion flickering up fast.

Under her stare, Samuel shifted in his seat, tugged at his shirt, then touched his face like he was checking if something was stuck there. "What? Is there something wrong with me?"

"Who did you see before you came here?"

"A client." He looked painfully innocent.

Lena narrowed her eyes even more. "Dominic?"

"He’s not my client. He’s my boss. Totally different thing." He looked a little tense now, like he knew he’d been caught.

"So you came here for him."

Samuel threw both hands up. "I swear, every word I said tonight was for your own good!"

Lena was exhausted, too drained to keep pushing him. "Are we done? I’m leaving."

"I’ll take you home."

"You’ve been drinking."

He sniffed and said, "I can call a car."

Without turning back, Lena waved a hand. "Bye."

She took a cab back to the apartment. When the elevator doors opened on her floor, Dominic was already standing outside her door, an unlit cigarette hanging from his lips.

Samuel had definitely tipped him off. Still, at least he hadn’t let himself in.

"What are you doing here?" She brushed past him and unlocked the door.

"The ring?" His eyes dropped straight to her bare finger.

Lena glanced at her hand. "It was getting in the way, so I took it off."

“What do you mean, in the way?”

“In the way of my social life.” Lena stepped inside, then turned and blocked the doorway. “Dominic, I think we should live separately for a while.”

His brows pulled together at once.

“I’m not throwing a tantrum,” she said, meeting his eyes head-on. Her voice was calm, but there was no wavering in it. “I really mean it. We need some space. If we stay apart for a bit, maybe we can both figure out what we actually feel.”

He studied her for a long moment, his gaze heavy, unreadable. Then he finally took one step back.

“Alright.”

That one word, that rare bit of compromise from him, made the tight knot in her chest loosen just a little.

She nodded. “Get some rest. Good night.”

She started to close the door, but his hand came up and caught the edge of it.

Lena looked at him.

“Add me back.” His tone was firm, leaving zero room for debate. “Back into your phone.”

She had already blocked his number and deleted him. And clearly, he was not going anywhere until she did it.

So she pulled out her phone and, under his steady stare, added him back.

“Don’t delete me again.” He glanced down at his screen, checked that his contact had really been restored, and only then let go of the doorknob.

Lena shut the door and pressed both palms against it, standing there in silence, listening. His footsteps moved farther and farther away. Then came the elevator chime. The doors slid closed.

Only then did she let out a long breath.

She peeled herself away from the door, took a shower, and crawled into bed.

The next few days got completely swallowed by work. One meeting after another, nonstop, like an endless grind. Lunch kept getting pushed back until two in the afternoon, and half the time nobody even remembered what day it was anymore.

Dominic would text her now and then, asking what she was doing.

Her replies were always basically the same: “In a meeting.”

He replied once: “Does your company have more meetings than a pack council?”

She sent him a smile emoji, and that was the end of it.

There’s a saying: the second leadership starts obsessing over optics and stops caring about what actually matters, the whole organization is basically walking on thin ice.

One evening after work, a female coworker drifted over to Lena and leaned in close, like she was about to drop some top-secret gossip.

"Do you know why things have been such a mess lately?" she whispered, lowering her voice. "Something blew up at the top."

Lena blinked. She genuinely had no clue what the woman was talking about.

"Our CEO—the Alpha of the Gaoyue Pack—his Luna can’t have children." The coworker glanced around to make sure nobody was eavesdropping. "A few years ago, the Luna brought back her best friend, a she-wolf from her old pack, and had her act as a surrogate. The whole thing was set up by the Luna herself."

Lena’s eyes widened on the spot.

"The surrogate gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The CEO was over the moon. As a reward, he handed her a vice president position. That’s how the surrogate she-wolf got the status she has now."

Lena was stunned. She really hadn’t known any of this.

"Now jump to the present. The Luna and that surrogate haven’t spoken in years. The surrogate isn’t satisfied with being vice president anymore—she wants the Luna’s place." The coworker’s tone turned even sharper. "The Alpha and Luna’s whole pack is at each other’s throats. They’ve even threatened to split. And if the Luna takes half the assets, the surrogate—who brings in most of the company’s revenue—is never going to let that slide."

Lena tried to sort through all the layers in that mess. It was a lot.

"So," the coworker said, folding her arms, "when they go to war, the rest of us get dragged into it too."

"Exactly." Lena shook her head.

"The Luna couldn’t give birth to pups, so she handed her own friend over to her mate." The coworker dropped her voice even lower, almost to a breath. "Can you imagine that? In a wolf pack, that’s basically the same as giving away everything you have. Pups are everything. The she-wolf who can bear the Alpha’s children holds absolute power."

Lena honestly couldn’t wrap her mind around it. A Luna had willingly let another she-wolf carry her mate’s pups. Just thinking about it made her feel weird all over.

"So whose fault is that, really?" the coworker said with a crooked, bitter smile. "That’s the real takeaway here."

Lena looked at her quietly.

"If you join a powerful pack, you’d better be able to have pups." The coworker turned and flashed her a grin. "Speaking of which, your mate is pretty incredible, right? You two—"

"No, stop right there." Lena cut her off, her tone firm. "I don’t want to talk about my private life."

The woman laughed. "Okay, okay. But seriously, if a she-wolf doesn’t give birth to pups, she basically becomes a target for everyone. Otherwise why do you think our Luna did something that desperate?"

That sentence landed on Lena like a weight.

But she and Dominic Voss weren’t anywhere near that stage. Not even close. Their relationship wasn’t even stable enough to talk about pups.

She had just gotten into a taxi when her phone rang.

Celeste.

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