Chapter 885

　　Algernon's voice cut through the air, bone-chillingly cold. "Michelle, I've told you once. You will show the doctor the respect she's earned." 　　Michelle was spiraling. Having just been publicly rejected by Derek, the humiliation had turned into a toxic sludge of resentment. In her mind, Tabitha—a nobody with an unknown past—was the only person in the room she could kick while they were down. Instead of backing off from her usually indulgent father, she doubled down, her voice hitting a glass-shattering pitch. 　　"Dad! Why are you taking the side of an outsider? I'm not lying! We're the Royal Family, we're talking about the future of the entire pack, and you're letting some low-life traveling medic hang around to eavesdrop?" 　　"Michelle!" Algernon's voice dropped, a terrifying calm that preceded a hurricane. "It seems I've truly failed you by spoiling you this much. To be this disrespectful to the woman who saved my life... It's pathetic." 　　Realizing she couldn't win against her fath