After Three Years as a Deranged Alpha’s Sedative, I Faked My Death Chapter 11
By the next morning, the hurricane had passed.Â
The sky over Key West was bright blue, and theÂ
sunlight was almost blinding.Â
I sat in the courtyard, directing the workers as theyÂ
replaced the shattered glass door.Â
Several black Rolls–Royce Phantoms pulled upÂ
outside the hotel.Â
The doors opened, and Mrs. Black stepped intoÂ
the courtyard in a dark red suit, surrounded byÂ
bodyguards.Â
I had not seen her in three years, and she hadÂ
aged considerably.Â
There was gray at her temples, and the wrinklesÂ
around her eyes had deepened, making it obvious.Â
that she had spent the past three years cleaningÂ
up the consequences of her son’s breakdowns.Â
The moment she saw me sitting there drinkingÂ
coconut water, her expression twisted with shock,Â
anger, and undisguised contempt.Â
“Erin Carter.”Â
She stopped in front of me.Â
“So you really are alive.”Â
I kept the straw between my lips and lazily raisedÂ
my eyes.Â
“Mrs. Black, it’s been a while. Are you in Key West for a vacation?”Â
“Don’t pretend you don’t know why I’m here.”Â
She slammed her palm against the table.Â
“Do you have any idea what Adrian has been through for the past three years? Because of you, neither the Black family nor the entire pack has been able to function properly!”Â
Her composure cracked.Â
“He drove Selena into a psychiatric facility and became a complete madman himself. BlackÂ
Group’s stock price has fallen thirty percent.Â
because of his behavior, and the Pack Council hasÂ
repeatedly demanded that he be removed as Alpha heir!”Â
I raised an eyebrow.Â
“So?”Â
I set down the coconut and wiped my mouth withÂ
a tissue.Â
“That sounds like an internal matter for the BlackÂ
Pack. What does it have to do with someone who has been dead for three years?”Â
For a moment, she had no answer.Â
She could only take a deep breath and force herself to calm down.Â
Then she pulled a checkbook from her HermèsÂ
handbag, wrote down a number, and slapped theÂ
check onto the table.Â
“Five million dollars.”Â
Mrs. Black spoke again in the commanding toneÂ
of the pack’s matriarch.Â
“Adrian came looking for you last night, didn’t he?Â
Where is he?”Â
Her eyes hardened.Â
“Take the five million, hand him over to me, leaveÂ
the United States immediately, and stay out of hisÂ
life forever.”Â
My eyes lit up the moment I saw theÂ
five–million–dollar check.Â
Every time the Black family made me an offer, theÂ
amount was higher than the last.Â
I stood immediately and accepted the check withÂ
both hands.Â
After carefully confirming that it was genuine, I slipped it into my pocket and gave her my most professional smile..Â
“I accept your terms. He’s in the storage roomÂ
behind the hotel, and you can take him whenever you like.”Â
I smiled more brightly.Â
“I promise I’ll leave for the Maldives tomorrow, andÂ
you’ll never see me again.”
