bChapter /bb176/bb: /bbTonight /bShe is bIndeed /bVery bTouching /b

Chapter 176: Tonight She is Indeed Very Touching

(Elena’s POV)

Adrian Whitmore scrutinized Sandy Parker, seemingly unconvinced. As he pressed the call button, Sandy Parker scrambled off the bed and knelt before him, begging desperately.

“Don’t call the pack enforcement! Everything I said is true, I didn’t know it was a silver viperling, I thought bit /bwas just a regr snake!”

Her voice cracked with terror as she clutched at Adrian’s sleeve. Tears streamed down her face, leaving bdark /bmascara tracks on her cheeks.

Samuel Whitmore closed his eyes, his jaw clenched tight. When he opened thern again, his gaze was cold and disappointed.

“Why did you do this, Sandy?”

Sandy Parker’s shoulders shook as she sobbed. “I didn’t want to be sent away! I only intended to scare Elena with the snake, hoping to be seen as a savior and allowed to stay.”

She wiped her nose with the back of her hand. “I swear I didn’t know it was venomous! I’m afraid of snakes myself – I never even opened the box!”

Adrian remained unmoved, his expression skeptical. “Your story is convenient. Too convenient.”

Hugo Ashworth surprisingly interjected, his ivoice /icalm and analytical. “She’s not lying.”

Everyone turned to look at him in surprise. Hugo continued with clinical detachment.

“If she knew it was a venomous snake, she wouldn’t have been foolish enough to get bitten herself. She

seemed genuinely unaware that the snake came from her box, acting like any other bystander until she was

attacked.”

Sandy Parker seized on this lifeline desperately. “Yes! Exactly! I had no idea the snake was mine! I was just as

shocked as everyone else!”

She pressed her palms together in a pleading gesture. “I swear on my life, I didn’t know!”

I

stepped forward, my voice cutting through her desperate pleas. “Who gave you the snake, Sandy?”

Sandy hesitated, her eyes darting around the room like a trapped animal. Finally, she whispered, “Miss

Sophia.”

My blood ran cold. The pieces clicked together in my mind with terrifying rity.

“Did Sophia Rivers also instigate the car ident?” I asked directly.

Sandy’s expression changed drastically. Her face went white as a sheet, and she couldn’t bmeet /bbmy /bbeyes/b. bThe /b

silence stretched between us like ba /bbtaut /bwire.

Samuel Whitmore’s voice exploded bwith /brage. “The bcar /bbident/b? You’re btalking /bbabout /bbattempted /bbmurder/bb!/b”

bSandy /brealized the gravity of what she’d revealedb. /bbPanic /bbflooded /bbher /bbfeatures /bas bshe /bbscrambled /bbbackward /bbon /bthe bhospital /bbed.

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b“/bbPlease/b, Mr. Whitmore, forgive me! It was all Sophia Rivers‘ influencel She manipted mel

bHer /bvoice rose to a desperate shriek. “I was just following orders! I never meant for banyone /bbto /bbget /bseriously hurt!”

Samuel’s face twisted with disgust. He turned away from her, unable to look at her pathetic disy any longer.

“Save your exnations for the pack enforcement,” he said coldly before walking out of the room.

Sandy copsed onto the bed, her body wracked with sobs. She knew she was finished. There would be bno /bmercy, no second chances.

Adrian stayed behind to handle Sandy Parker’s situation while Hugo and I returned to the lodge. The bnight /bair felt cool against my skin as we walked infortable silence.

Back at the lodge, Hugo turned to me with an appreciative smile. “That gown really suits you perfectly.

I was genuinely surprised. Hugo rarelyplimented anyone, preferring to keep his observations to himself.

“I didn’t expect you topliment anyone,” I said, raising an eyebrow.

Hugo’s expression grew more serious. “I don’tpliment just anyone. Only you.”

The intensity in his amber eyes caught me off guard. For a moment, bI /bthought I saw something deeper there- an emotion that made my heart skip a beat.

Was I imagining things? The way he looked at me felt different somehow, more meaningful than simple friendship.

(Hugo’s POV)

She looked away, clearly flustered by my words. I couldn’t help but chuckle at her reaction.

“Do you find it cheesy?b” /bI asked, genuinely curious about her thoughts.

Elena smiled wryly, tilting her head. “What do you think?”

I nodded in agreement. “Pretty cheesy, I’ll admit.”

We reached our respective rooms and exchanged quiet goodnights. As Elena disappeared behind her door, bI /bpaused before entering my own room.

Looking back at where she’d stood, I acknowledged the truth in mypliment. She had been genuinely beautiful tonight, radiant in a way that took my breath away.

But I also knew that confessing my growing feelings could ruin the friendship we’d built. Some truths were

better left unspoken, at least ifor /inow.

b(/bGod’s POV)

The next morning, Diana ckwood sat in the Secondary Manor Great Hall, her coffee growing bcold /bbas /b

Isabe delivered the shocking news.

“Elena is the Whitmore family’s long–lost daughter,” Isabe said, her voice hollow bwith /bdefeat.

Diana’s cup ttered against the saucer. “What? bThat’s /bimpossible!”

Isabe had spent a sleepless night processing bthis /bdevastating revtion. bDark /bbcircles /bbshadowed /bbher /bbeyes/b,

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and her usually perfect appearance was disheveled.

“The person I always looked down upon has be the Whitmore family’s precious darling,” Isabe whispered bitterly.

Her voice cracked with the weight of her realization. “My past actions toward Elena havepletely alienated Adrian Whitmore. I’ve ruined any chance of mating into their family.”

Diana stared at her daughter in horror. The implications were staggering not only had they lost a potential alliance, but they’d made enemies of one of the most powerful families in the territory.

Isabe’s shoulders sagged with despair. “Even if I somehow managed to mate into the family now, my life would be miserable. Adrian will never forgive how I treated his sister.”

The future that had once seemed so bright and promising nowy in ruins around them.

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