Chapter 148

The sharp click of heels against marble flooring drew both my attention and Hugo's to the restaurant entrance. There stood Selene, rage blazing in her eyes, with her ever-faithful shadow Cici hovering just behind her shoulder. The timing was too perfect to be coincidence. Selene and her lapdog appearing precisely as Hugo was making his pathetic attempt at seduction? This reeked of a setup. "Selene," Hugo choked out, his face draining of color faster than a beta being cornered by an enraged Alpha. "What are you doing here?" Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as panic replaced his earlier arrogance. This clearly wasn't part of whatever script he'd been following. Selene stalked forward, jealousy burning beneath her carefully constructed mask of indignation. "You have the nerve to ask me that? When you're here with *her*?" She spat the last word like it was poison in her mouth. Cici, not missing her cue in this little performance, stepped forward with a sneer. "Honestly, does everyone in H