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Alpha Howar gave a wry smile and suddenly collapsed to his knees, his legs giving way beneath him. “So, you really had no intention of forgiving me at all...” I looked at him impassively, my tone calm. “When you saved me from the rooftop and cared for me so tenderly, I truly fell in love with you. Compared to Beta Lewis’s abandonment and the scorn of others, you have no idea how much your salvation meant to me. “After discovering I was pregnant, I even daydreamed about the happy life we’d have as a family of three. “But I never imagined that all of this was just a trap you had carefully woven. You only saved me out of a sense of guilt, but even so, you shouldn’t have let Cheryl harm my child!” Alpha Howar covered his face and wept bitterly, as if in immense pain, repeatedly pounding his chest. “Zelda, I’m sorry, truly sorry…” I’ve felt this way before. When the pain is so intense it feels like you can’t breathe, you choose to punish yourself in this way to make yourself feel bett