Temporary Luna, Permanent Heartbreak - Chapter 39: Chapter 39

Freya's action clearly prohibited her from purchasing clothes in this store!
"Sure."
When a customer wants to buy a large quantity of clothes, the store manager naturally wouldn't want to disappoint the customer and miss out on sales. Right?
Although there were only a few dozen sets of size M clothes, buying them all would cost as much as a small house in the territory.
Diana witnessed Freya standing up for me without even batting an eye, fueling her hatred to the point of stomping her feet. Yet there was nothing she could do besides angrily storming away.
"It's not worth wasting your money on an unrelated she-wolf."
After leaving the store, I expressed my opinion.
I truly didn't value someone like Diana.
Freya grumbled lazily, "Because she thinks the Ashford pack is rich, she dares to be so arrogant. I just want her to realize that her money is nothing compared to ours!"
"I'm telling you, if you didn't hide the fact that you are a successful and wealthy person, and could use money to crush them, for the past four years they wouldn't have oppressed you like this." Freya always held a grudge against the Ashford pack.
I not only had a large following of millions of fans, but I also owned Starlight Media.
Freya was just a manager working for me.
I forced a stiff smile.
It's not that I didn't think about telling Sterling the truth, but every time I opened my mouth, he would turn away and leave, never giving me a chance.
Time kept passing, and I didn't bother bringing it up.
Third-Person's POV
Tonight, Sterling went to the Williams' pack house.
Williams' sister had just given birth to a pup, and today they were celebrating the one-month birthday of the pup.
Sterling leaned back on the sofa and saw Williams' brother-in-law carrying the pup in, paying no attention to the expensive and clumsy outfit while changing the pup's diaper, and suddenly Sterling thought of his daughter, Lyra.
In his memories, it seemed like he had never changed diapers for the little pup.
Zara forced him to mate her in this way, so he kept all his anger inside.
Knowing that she had a pup only made him angrier, and he would rather spend more time on work, even if it meant neglecting the pup.
"Am I failing as a father?" His voice hoarse, he asked Williams.
Williams stopped drinking and looked at him. "You also failed as a mate."
Sterling was taken aback.
"I never wanted to be her mate!" He angrily retorted.
He despised Zara's cowardly forced mating tactics!
Williams nodded. "Indeed, you don't want to be her mate, but you should even help strangers in need, right?"
"When she gave birth, she had postpartum hemorrhage, and the pup had complications, almost dying in an instant. When I saw her, she was holding the pup with a lifeless face, but still begging the pack healer to take her blood to save the pup. The pack healer refused, and she had no choice but to bang her head and beg."
"Is that true?" Sterling couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at Williams.
"Of course it's true. Lyra had a blood infection and needed an urgent blood transfusion, but the pack hospital didn't have the right blood type. They had to temporarily mobilize people to donate."
"The pup's condition was critical, and there might not have been enough time to wait for blood donors. That's why Zara was so desperate."
Williams knew the situation at the time because he was at the pack hospital at that time.
In fact, he didn't like Zara, but after witnessing that scene, his thoughts about her slowly changed.
Sterling was stunned. He couldn't believe that was the truth.
He suddenly remembered that there was a time when Zara called him many times, but he thought she just wanted to cause trouble, so he didn't pay attention.
And he ignored it.
Now thinking back, those calls were when she gave birth!
When she called him, was she really... seeking help? Thinking that he could save Lyra?
So today, when she asked the question "What happened when Lyra was born," she wanted to let him know about this?
His heart suddenly ached, and he got up and ran outside.
"Sterling!"
Celeste and Robert arrived just in time, seeing Sterling running so fast, she shouted loudly.
Sterling left without even looking at her.
"What's happening? What did you say to him?" Robert angrily approached Williams, questioning him.
Williams shrugged. "What can I say? It's just old stories that Zara has exaggerated."
"You!" Robert said furiously. "You clearly know that Sterling is the only one the Celeste can rely on now. Why would you say such things?"
"I just don't want Sterling to miss his true feelings, lest he make more mistakes!" Williams's eyes looked deeply at Celeste, without saying another word as he walked away.
Celeste stared intently at the empty seat where Sterling had just been sitting, her eyes filled with turmoil.
Zara's POV
Because I was worried that the bond dissolution would affect Lyra's mood, I had let Lyra take a break from academy for a while, and today was the day she was returning to academy.
"Goodbye, Mama." Lyra waved her hand to me, her short legs stepping into the academy.
Watching my daughter's adorable figure, I beamed with joy.
Only after Lyra's figure completely disappeared did I turn around and take a few steps before seeing Sterling by the roadside.
Sterling rarely came to the academy, why today...
I guessed, approaching him. "Alpha Ashford, is something wrong?"
Sterling's gaze slowly moved to my face, and for the first time today, he looked at me seriously.
A petite oval face with delicate and clean features.
He couldn't deny that the she-wolf in front of him was extremely beautiful.
It's just that she was too thin.
"When Lyra was born, you bled a lot, the pup got infected and needed blood filtration. Why have you never told me?"
I was taken aback. I didn't expect Sterling to ask this.
"At the time when I needed you, you didn't come. What's the use now?" I lowered my head and smiled, hiding the sadness in my eyes.
Sterling: "..."
He fell silent for a moment, then took out a check from his pocket and handed it to me. "Consider this as compensation for you."
I looked at the check.
There were many zeros on the check, enough to highlight his generosity.
He always thought about his attitude after learning about this incident.
He thought, at least for the sake of the pup, he would apologize, but in the end... with money?
I shouldn't have had any illusions about him.
"No need." I coldly avoided the check, refusing directly. "I will remember the past, let alone after so many years have passed? I won't accept your money."
"And from now on, we owe each other nothing."
After saying that, I tilted my head and looked at him with an indifferent smile.
Sterling was extremely surprised by my reaction.
According to his opinion, it was because of the Ashford pack's money that I had tried every means to enter the Ashford pack.
Why would I refuse the money when it was handed to me?