Chapter 2: Realising the truth

Charlotte looked taken aback to see the woman Teddy Hudson had brought into their matrimonial home. This house was given to Teddy and her as their matrimonial gift from Alpha Lucas Hudson. After the night Charlotte had accepted Teddy as her husband and chosen mate, Alpha Lucas had given them the new duplex as their matrimonial home, and for the four years that Charlotte had been living with Teddy and helping him rule over the Norfield pack, Teddy hadn't brought any woman home. But today, on their marriage anniversary and Charlotte's 22nd birthday night, Teddy came home with another woman in his arms—a fair-skinned woman.

"Can't you greet me?" Teddy demanded as his green eyes glowered at Charlotte, snapping her out of her trance. 

"Um, good evening. Why's she here?" Charlotte immediately asked Teddy, her eyes moving to stare at the young woman of her age in a seductive crimson gown.

"Did you just ask me why is she here?" Teddy let go of the woman in his arms and drunkenly charged at Charlotte. 

Seizing Charlotte by her neck, Teddy told her, "She's the rightful Luna of this pack, the woman who is supposed to be my wife and real mate. If not for the fact that you bewitched my father into accepting you as the fake Luna and my mate!" Teddy shouted at Charlotte, squeezing her neck as if he meant to choke the life out of her.

"Teddy..." Charlotte's voice trailed off as she tried to stop her husband from suffocating her. She struggled to breathe and attempted to break free from Teddy's strong grip on her soft neck, but he wouldn’t let go.

"Baby, don't kill her here. That would implicate us, and you too," a soft voice said, and Teddy finally let go of Charlotte. She coughed and moved away from the beast of a husband she had married.

With tears in her eyes, Charlotte looked from Teddy to the lady who had just spoken in disbelief. "You're right, Anne. If I kill her here, my father would find out, and that would truly implicate us. Come, let me show you to our bedroom upstairs."

"Teddy!" Charlotte jumped in front of the stairs in the living room. "You cannot take this whore to our bedroom! Take her out immediately!" Charlotte ordered Teddy, whose anger boiled as he heard her refer to Anne Robert as a whore.

"What? Who did you call a whore? Honey, do you hear her speaking? I have been your mate even before you accepted this swine as your wife! I don't want to see her inside this house. Get rid of her; let her stay outside our home," Anne said as she burst into tears.

Teddy rushed to confront Charlotte. He dragged her away from the stairs while wearing a white shirt and black pants, some of his shirt buttons left undone. "Who do you call a whore? My mate?" Teddy charged at Charlotte, and in front of Anne, he removed his trouser belt and started to flog her. The maids working in the mansion could only peek at them, as none dared to intervene when Teddy and Charlotte were having marital problems. Teddy had warned them that if any of the maids working in the mansion dared to report him to his father, he would have the maid killed.

"Teddy! Stop! I'm sorry," Charlotte cried, but in the early hours of the night, Teddy continued to flog her, and Anne smiled sweetly.

"That's enough, sweetie. Come take me to our bedroom. I need to rest as I'm tired for the night," Anne said as she observed how Teddy had disciplined Charlotte mercilessly.

Satisfied with how he had punished Charlotte, Teddy let go of the woman crying on the tiled floor and walked over to Anne, using one hand to clutch his trousers that had loosened after removing his belt. Anne smiled sweetly and embraced Teddy. "Good boy," she told him as she kissed him in Charlotte's presence.

"Come take me upstairs. I'm tired and cannot wait to have you," Anne said sweetly to Teddy. She had followed him to the neighboring pack function as his Luna, and it was only right that Teddy get rid of Charlotte.

"Teddy! You dare to flog me because of this prostitute?" Charlotte stood up again from the tiled floor. She had blue, mesmerizing eyes that glowed even when she was crying. Charlotte was pretty, sexy, and curvy, but she was dark in complexion and still untouched, as Teddy hadn't consummated their marriage.

Teddy's anger surged again at hearing Charlotte refer to Anne Robert as a prostitute.

"I see that I haven't disciplined you enough. I'm going to kill you today and bury your before my father arrives. What gives you the right to refer to Anne as a prostitute?" Teddy wanted to charge toward Charlotte with killing intent in his eyes, but Anne quickly stopped him.

"No, baby. Don't kill her; it would implicate us. Come, let us go to the bedroom and make some babies that she's unable to give you. Once we make the baby, I will become the rightful Luna, and your father will have no choice but to accept me as your mate and chosen Luna of the Norfield pack," Anne said, and Teddy's eyes glowed in admiration at her words.

"You're right. Come, let us go," Teddy said, looking away from Charlotte angrily as his eyes shifted to Anne, who walked up to him sweetly in her black stiletto heels.

Charlotte cried, having worn a pink seductive dress to look sweet for Teddy. He stared at her with hostility in his eyes while looking at Anne Robert with love and warmth.

Charlotte, unable to bear the hurt and betrayal since getting married to Teddy Hudson, recalled how Teddy had told her that Anne was his sister from another mother. He had introduced Anne as his personal assistant, and she felt it was only right for her to acknowledge Anne, even though she didn’t like the pretty fair-skinned woman.

Charlotte had seen the way Teddy stared at Anne sweetly on several occasions that she followed him around, little did she know that Anne was Teddy's real mate, not just his assistant.

"Teddy! I'm not going to take this! I will end our marriage today and divorce you. I, Charlotte Mateo, reject you, Teddy Hudson, as my husband and mate!"

Teddy's eyes surged with rage as he turned to look back at Charlotte. He let go of Anne again with a smirk playing on his lips. He walked up to Charlotte, who was shivering and taking steps backward as he approached her. He asked, "What gives you the right to think that you can divorce me, Charlotte? Are you stupid? Do you think you can just walk away from this marriage? Oh, so you want to sabotage my name in front of our pack members and my parents? You wouldn't dare! The way Anne endured and watched you parade yourself as my mate is the same way you will endure and watch Anne birth my pups." With that, Teddy turned and went upstairs with Anne, leaving Charlotte to burst into tears in the living room.