While Pregnant, My Alpha Husband Auctioned Me Off for One Dollar Chapter 08

While Pregnant, My Alpha Husband Auctioned Me Off for One Dollar Chapter 08

The gala was held at The Peninsula. 

It was Gavin’s most important social event before the bidding for the Manhattan development 

project. He needed to present himself as a 

responsible businessman with a stable marriage and strong family values. 

That made his pregnant wife an essential prop in the image he wanted to sell. 

Before we left, he fastened an expensive diamond necklace around my throat. 

“Business reporters and representatives from the Pack Council will be there tonight,” he murmured beside my ear, his fingers slowly stroking the skin at the back of my neck. 

His touch was warm, but goose bumps crawled 

over my skin. 

“Keep smiling. Don’t embarrass the Cole Pack.” 

Camera flashes erupted the moment we arrived. 

I walked the red carpet with my arm linked through 

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Gavin’s. In front of the cameras, he wore a gentle smile and even bent down to straighten the hem 

of my dress. 

“Mr. Cole really is the perfect husband.” 

“Mrs. Cole looks wonderful, even during her pregnancy. You two seem so happy.” 

Compliments followed us from every direction. 

I played along and kept a polished smile on my 

face. 

The moment we entered the ballroom, Gavin was 

surrounded by investors and Pack Council 

representatives. He released my hand almost at 

once. 

“Go sit in the lounge area for a while. Don’t tire 

yourself out.” 

He dismissed me to a corner, then turned back to 

the investors and Pack Council representatives. 

I sat quietly on a sofa with a glass of warm water and watched the room. 

Less than ten minutes later, Vera entered in 

another white dress. 

She had actually come. 

She still looked delicate and harmless, but she 

walked straight to Gavin’s side. 

Gavin even handed her a glass of champagne 

right in front of me. 

An unsuspecting business associate smiled. “Mr. 

Cole, who is this?” 

Gavin smiled back. “This is Vera Dawson, the 

person I trust most. When it comes to the 

Manhattan project, she matters more to me than 

any business partner.” 

The person I trust most. 

With one sentence, spoken in front of everyone, he 

turned his pregnant wife into a public joke. 

The guests who had praised us only moments earlier began exchanging looks. Whispers spread 

through the room. 

“So Mr. Cole prefers the fragile, innocent type?” 

“His pregnant wife is sitting alone in a corner while 

Vera stays beside him.” 

“In families like theirs, wives are sometimes 

nothing more than props for public appearances.” 

I was completely isolated, and everyone could see that my own husband had deliberately pushed me 

aside. 

Since he couldn’t torture me physically, he was 

determined to humiliate me emotionally and 

publicly instead, over and over again, in front of 

everyone in their social and business circles. 

This was his idea of punishment. 

Vera seemed to thrive under the attention. As she 

approached me with her champagne, her scent 

sharpened with smug satisfaction. 

“Erin.” 

She stopped in front of me and looked down at 

me with open contempt. 

“Is it too cold in here? Look at you, sitting here all 

alone. You look pathetic.” 

She gave a quiet laugh, no longer bothering to hide 

the malice in her voice. 

“Gavin told me he’s announcing something very 

important tonight.” 

She leaned closer. 

“He’s transferring a thirty–percent stake in the 

Manhattan project into my name. After tonight, 

Erin, you’ll be nothing.” 

Triumph saturated her scent. She clearly believed I 

would soon be driven out of the Cole family with. 

nothing. 

I lifted my head and looked past her toward the 

ballroom entrance. 

The doors opened, and Damian walked in wearing 

a sharply tailored custom suit, flanked by several 

security guards. 

He didn’t release any Alpha pressure, yet the 

crowd still parted instinctively. 

“It’s Mr. Black!” 

“Why is the Alpha of the Black Pack here?” 

Gavin stopped speaking and hurried forward with 

naked eagerness. 

“Mr. Black! I’m very pleased you could attend tonight’s event.” 

He immediately withdrew his own Alpha pressure, and both his posture and voice turned deferential. 

Damian stopped. 

His gaze passed over Gavin and landed directly on me in the corner. 

The faint scent of fir reached me, settling my wolf almost instantly. 

A trace of a cold smile touched his mouth. 

“Are you?” 

He said nothing else, but I understood the 

message in his eyes. 

Proceed with the plan. 

I set down my water, rose, and smoothed my skirt. 

At last, our counterattack had begun.