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The day my father injected me with suppressants, Derek helped me escape.
From that day on, I became his mate.
He lavished me with the utmost care; if I asked for the moon, he'd never offer me just the stars.
Everyone envied my good fortune, and even I believed it myself.
Until three years later, on the eve of our bonding ceremony, he, who was supposed to become my mate, instead delivered me right back into my father's hands.
"I've watched her for three years and ensured she didn't escape. Our agreement is fulfilled. Now, you should betroth Olivia to me, shouldn't you?"
Olivia, my younger sister.
My father nodded in satisfaction, yet he still seemed somewhat puzzled.
"You've lived with her for three years, and you haven't developed any feelings for her at all?"
Derek let out a cold laugh.
"Feelings? Every second I spent with her made me sick. If it weren't for Olivia, I would never have feigned any affection for her."
Since Derek treated me like trash, why should I bother treating him like a human being?

My Beta’s Three-Year Lie, My Alpha’s Forever Truth

But what did it matter? The pain he was feeling now wasn't even a thousandth of what I had endured all this time.


And Marcus's actions had clearly stunned my father; he seemed to have never imagined that Marcus could care about me so deeply.


He had only married me off to Marcus to gain some benefits from him; in his eyes, giving me away meant I was as good as dead.


After all, the rumors surrounding Marcus were known to everyone.


He was rumored to be ferocious and brutal, utterly capricious, and every woman who had been with him had supposedly been toyed with until her death.


But who would have thought that this man of legend, appearing before everyone for the first time today, would be the complete opposite of those rumors?


"Don't you forget, you still have a partnership with our family! For you to show such open hostility towards me like this..."


Before he could finish his sentence, Marcus let out a derisive laugh.


Chapter 11