Chapter 5

With his hands behind his back, Leonardo looked down at me with an icy gaze. "You can get up after apologizing to Bella."

I gritted my teeth and spat back, "Forget it! I'll never apologize! I won't do it even if you keep me on my knees for the rest of my life!"

Leonardo's brows furrowed, his sharp glare burning into me as if he wanted to tear me apart. He took a deep breath, visibly suppressing his anger, and then spoke coldly, "Then stay down forever."

With that, he sat down on the sofa with one leg crossed over the other and watched with indifference.

Isabella sat down right beside him, massaging his shoulders as she spoke softly, "Leo, just let it go. I'm sure Alicia didn't mean it."

Leonardo took her hand and said affectionately, "You're still as kind as you were back then. You've always treated her like a sister, but she has never seen you as one."

Isabella blushed, lowering her head into his embrace. I watched them, feeling nothing but amusement. Oh, Leonardo… even now, he was still showing off his love for her in front of me.

I lifted my head and shot Leonardo a cold look as I enunciated each word clearly, "Leonardo, I hate you!"

For a moment, Leonardo stiffened, his brows drawing together.

"Alicia, if you just be good and apologize, I'll let go of the fact that you lied to gain my sympathy. I'll even take Jack to the circus right away. In fact, I'll even officially announce you as my Luna."

I let out a cold laugh. I had once desperately wanted to be his Luna.

But for years, he had paraded Isabella around, taking her to pack meetings and grand banquets. By now, everyone had already assumed she was his true Luna.

And now, the moment I had finally chosen to leave, he suddenly said this? What a joke!

I shook my head and firmly refused, "I don't want to be your Luna. Let's end this."

Leonardo didn't take me seriously and mocked, "End this? Don't you want to be my Luna?"

He thought I was still the same as before—that as long as he threw me a bone, I'd come crawling back.

I nodded firmly. "My mind is made. Let's end this. You never marked me anyway, so we don't even have a mate bond to break."

Leonardo frowned and asked in disbelief.

"You're doing all that over this? You'd throw everything away—including your son's future? Do you really want to leave Jack without a father? If you stay with me, Jack will be the next Alpha!"

Isabella seized the moment and added fuel to the fire, her voice laced with mockery.

"Alicia, how heartless can you be? You're letting your pride get in the way of your son's future and well-being!"

I glared at her, my fury boiling over.

"Shut up! This is between me and Leonardo. It has nothing to do with you!"

Leonardo was angered by my response and barked, "What do you mean it has nothing to do with Bella? How dare you say that after everything you've done to hurt her?"

Then, he turned to the steward and said in a chilling tone.

"Find out which hospital she sent Jack to. Wasn't he supposed to be sick? Cancel all his treatments immediately!"

I initially thought that, no matter how angry he was, he would never go after his own son. But I was wrong. He would actually go that far.

The steward hesitated, then said cautiously, "But Alpha Leonardo, Jack has already…"

Leonardo let out a cold chuckle, thinking the steward was hesitant to stop the treatment. "Has what? Stop his treatment and teach her a lesson!"

The steward took a deep breath to gather his courage before finally saying, "Alpha Leonardo, Jack passed away not long after you disappeared…"