Chapter 31
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Regretted not cleaning out my accounts before leaving!
I'm a goddamn Alpha. Pride doesn't fill an empty stomach.
Now I couldn't do anything. Couldn't even pawn my watch without Thornfield lackeys tracking us down.
Unbelievable...
I was ashamed.
Living off Aria's art now.
But strangely, Aria seemed happy supporting us.
Even happier than she'd been in London. She smiled more freely.
She genuinely preferred this simple life.
But I couldn't pretend nothing had changed—
Aria had changed her entire career path for me.
She'd been studying animation. Secretly switched to traditional Chinese painting.
She entered every competition she could find. Any that might bring recognition, she pursued relentlessly.
I knew what she was doing—working herself to exhaustion, desperate for recognition.
Desperate for even the slightest chance to stand as an equal to the Thornfield Pack.
