I blinked, utterly confused. “I don’t even know you!” I shouted back. “I’ve never seen you before in my life. How can I cheat on someone I don’t know?” My mind raced. If I was cheating on anyone, it’d be Edwin. My mate. My husband. But the thought of me cheating on him was laughable. The insult stung deep. How dare this man accuse me of something so vile!
My blood boiled as I realized people from their pack had begun to gather, whispering amongst themselves. I heard the words “shameless,” “cheater,” and “disgraceful” passed around like dirty gossip. Their judgment weighed on me, suffocating like a thick fog. What had I even walked into?
I raised my voice, trying to drown out their murmurs. “Are you Tyler? The Alpha of Night Creek?”
The man let out a harsh laugh, his eyes glinting with something nasty. “Oh, now you’re pretending not to know me, huh? You don’t even recognize your own mate anymore after running off with some filthy rogue?”
My stomach churned.
‘Mate?’
I felt so disgusted being linked to a crude man like him. He was nowhere near Edwin's caliber.