The Defiant Omega's Revenge On Her Cheating Alpha

Hallie POV:

My hand remained wrapped around the phone. Anna was silent for ten seconds after hearing my words.

Then she only said one thing. "Okay. I'll be waiting."

My sister Anna had always been that way. As my Alpha, she never asked unnecessary questions or hesitated when I needed her.

Outside the door, Judd finally lost his patience. His fist struck the wood, and his voice carried the unmistakable authority of an Alpha. "Hallie, open this door! Stop this nonsense!"

I leaned against the cold wall and listened to his voice through the door.

Nonsense?

That was what he called it. To him, this was nothing more than an Omega throwing a fit.

A familiar pressure suddenly pulsed through my mind. Judd was trying to reach me through the mate link. "Hallie, baby, I know you're nervous, but we can't do this. Be good. Come out, and we'll go home and talk properly."

His voice sounded gentle, but every word carried the same condescension he always used when he thought I would eventually give in.

I closed my eyes and gathered my strength. In my mind, I built a wall of ice and pushed it down without hesitation, cutting off the connection between us.

Mates rarely severed a mind-link this way. It was like closing a door directly on the other's soul.

The sudden silence inside my head felt unfamiliar, but clean. The pounding outside the door stopped as well.

Judd had clearly not expected me to block him.

A moment later, my phone vibrated. A message from him.

I'm waiting in the car.

I changed back into my own clothes and left "Eternity" lying on the floor of the dressing room. Without looking back, I walked out through the boutique's back entrance.

Instead of going to the parking garage to find Judd, I called a car and headed straight back to the penthouse we shared.

Halfway there, the mate link pulsed again. This time, Judd's voice carried impatience beneath his carefully controlled tone. "I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been late, and I shouldn't have lost my temper. I love you, Hallie. Don't throw away seven years over one small argument."

I didn't answer.

When I returned to the penthouse at the top of Celestial Tower, the first thing I did was call my lawyer.

"Mark," I said the moment he answered. "Put the Celestial Tower apartment on the market. Immediately. And draft a partnership asset division agreement."

There was a brief silence on the other end. Mark was surprised, but he quickly returned to his professional tone. "Of course, Miss Whitaker."

After hanging up, I stood in the middle of the apartment we had shared and looked around. The furniture, the decorations, every corner of this place had once belonged to our future.

Now, I only saw the traces of everything he had hidden from me.

I sat down on the sofa, picked up my phone, and opened WolfConnect, the Pack's private social platform. A new post appeared at the top of my feed. The account belonged to an Omega I vaguely recognized.

Corine Donovan.

The photo showed an expensive cocktail sitting on a table. Behind it was the terrace of an upscale city restaurant. But the detail that caught my attention was the man's hand resting in the corner of the frame.

On his wrist was the Patek Philippe watch I had given Judd for his twenty-fourth birthday. I had personally engraved a tiny wolf totem on the side of the watch face. There was only one in the world.

Corine's caption was simple.

Some things are worth the wait.

The post had been uploaded one hour ago. Exactly when I had been standing in the bridal boutique waiting for Judd.

I stared at the screen and finally understood what his "urgent meeting" had been.

I saved the screenshot and sent it directly to Mark. My follow-up message was brief. "Additional evidence. Expedite the agreement."

After sending it, I stood up and walked into the master closet. I pulled out the largest suitcase we owned. Then I started removing Judd's clothes, shoes, and accessories from the shelves.

The electronic lock on the front door beeped.

Judd was home. When he stepped inside and saw me standing beside the packed suitcase, his expression changed instantly.

"Hallie, what the hell do you think you're doing?" His voice dropped, cold and threatening, like a storm about to break.