He Called Me A Stone And Chose Her Pearl Chapter 22
I paid her no mind.
Vanessa had never lost to me before, and she couldn’t stand it.
I thought we would soon be married and finally go our separate ways.
But a few days later, Theo invited me to meet him at the South Ridge Nature Preserve.
It was the first time we would be alone together since I learned his true identity.
I spent too long choosing my dress. By the time I arrived at the royal rest area, two people were already on the terrace.
Theo stood with his back to the entrance.
And standing before him, smiling up with a look of false gentleness, was Vanessa.
She was wearing the same pale blue dress I’d had on the last time I saw Theo, her hair styled in the exact same way.
Something tightened in my chest, and for a moment, I couldn’t breathe.
It was happening all over again.
This was how she must have looked when she posed as me for Nolan, defining herself in his mind before I ever had the chance.
Was I going to lose to her again?
I forced down the primal anger rising from my wolf and slowly walked closer.
Vanessa was holding up a lunch box.
“Theo, I heard you like lemon cake. I baked this myself. Won’t you try it?”