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Contract Over: I Rejected My Alpha Husband First

Chapter 10 Margaret's Collapse

Word Count: 1048    |    Released on: 13/03/2026

ouch, sketching idly in her noteboo

lanced through her h

rgaret has collapsed! The doctors a

and frantic that it cut thro

asked, alarmed by Fr

said, already on her

to go. Whatever happened between you and Ni

Freya whis

her-in-law?" Fiona

eya grabbed her purse, her mind

her the keys. "Call me

n Pack House, her heart pounding wildly. Several pa

asked the first pe

oom," the woman

g herself for the worst. She pushe

sofa, a teacup in her perfectly steady ha

aimed, setting down her cup wit

n and anger flickering acros

garet replied cheerfully.

lapsed," Freya said through gritted

Olivia being dramatic. I just mentioned feeling a

n tensed with irritation. "Was this Niklau

ed. "He's been at work all day." She patted

reya sat. "I c

ry in her eyes. "I was so concerned. Nikla

et had always been kind, had welcomed her into the pac

and me are... complicate

What's complicated abou

ng the contract marriage. "I don't think Niklaus wants to be with me. N

rows shot up. "

e except when he needed something. He's never once told me he loves me

He takes after his father that way. Mikael hardly said ten romantic

insisted. "I'm not what he wa

n't make mistakes, Freya. If she made you two ma

t knew how their mating had really started--wi

n Goddess gets it wrong," she s

haven't been entirely honest with you. The doctors were here

froze.

her voice trembling slightly. "And knowing my son and his

et about the divorce, abou

ashed ov

ded reluctantly. "But then I need

ret's face. "Thank you,

ept up a steady stream of conversation about pack business. Niklaus hadn't come home for

rying about him. He was unreasonable and

, she was struck by how unchanged it was. Her small trinkets still sat on the van

r, surprise flashing across his handsome face before it settled into a com

come back. His strategy of freezing her assets had wor

her distance. "I'm only here because Margaret

ser to her. "Leaving? Where

the light from the hallway. His scent mixed with

knot in her stomach. Rebekah'

? Had he been at the hospital tak

and loosened his tie. He spread his arms, waiting--expecting her

sting with disgust. "Your smell

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Contract Over: I Rejected My Alpha Husband First
Contract Over: I Rejected My Alpha Husband First
“When her father fled with his mistress, leaving crushing debts behind, Freya Gilbert had nowhere to turn. Crashing Alpha Jonas's welcome ceremony in desperation, she never expected to find her fated mate there. But it wasn't gentle Jonas who made her wolf howl "mate." It was the dangerous, devastatingly powerful Niklaus Lockwood. One scorching night of passion sealed her fate. Niklaus already had his perfect chosen mate, the elegant Rebekah. Unwilling to abandon his plans, he offered Freya a cold business deal: be his contract Luna for three years, play the perfect wife in public, and he'd clear her debts. When their arrangement expired, she'd accept his rejection and disappear quietly. Freya thought she could survive a loveless marriage. She was wrong. Three years later, she's fallen hopelessly for the Alpha who sees her as nothing more than a gold-digging Omega. On their anniversary night, the very day their contract expires, Niklaus chooses Rebekah. The message couldn't be clearer. But when Freya files for divorce and moves out first, Niklaus's carefully controlled world shatters. The mate bond he's suppressed for years, and he never expected his obedient, compliant wife to actually leave him. "I, Freya Gilbert, reject you, Niklaus Lockwood." The words that should have set them both free only ignite a fire that threatens to consume them both. Can a love born from a business contract survive the flames of pride and betrayal? Or will the most powerful Alpha in the territory lose his true mate because he was too blind to see what was right in front of him? When the contract ends, the real battle for love begins.”