You Want Me Back? Too Bad, My Alpha—I'm Done Waiting

Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Nora's POV After we finished eating, everyone pitched in with the dishes before slowly drifting off to their own business. I was heading to my room when Winifred's voice stopped me. "Nora, we need to chat." Intel CORE A little while later, I sitting next to Winifred on an old wooden bench by the playground, her hand resting on my arm. "You're really planning to skip the whole thing?" Winifred asked, and I could hear the worry in her voice. She'd been there my whole childhood and knew exactly how hard I'd fought to escape this place.

I'd actually made it out once, only to circle back because of the sanctuary, and she was scared I was planning to bury myself here forever. When she heard the Vale Pack was sending representatives to evaluate our program, she got all hopeful. While choosing staff to guide the visitors around, my name was the first one that popped into her head. Winifred kept saying I had so much potential that if I showed up and wowed them, maybe I could land a position somewhere with actual opportunities. She kept going on about how I was throwing away my future in this tiny mountain town.

I appreciated that she cared, but there was no way I was showing my face. I gave her the same story I'd been telling everyone. I explained that my heart belonged here now, and since this place had shaped me, I wasn't going to act like it was beneath me. But the real reason was that I couldn't handle seeing Declan again. I couldn't deal with facing the guy who'd played me and broken my heart repeatedly, all for Cassia's benefit. Staying away from him was the only way I could finally put this behind me. Winifred let out this long, heavy sigh, looking completely defeated.

But she didn't fight me on it. As she got up to head inside, I called after her. "Ms. Ashby, when they show up, just... don't mention me, okay?" If Declan actually came himself, or somehow spotted me, everything would go to hell. Winifred didn't even look back, just gave a little wave. "I've got it handled." A few days later, the Vale Pack's black SUVS came winding up the mountain road. Right before they hit the foothills, Sophie and I had already driven down to the valley to stock up on groceries.

Right then, sitting in the leather seats of the lead vehicle, Declan was staring out at the endless mountain peaks, his expression unreadable. A few days back, while Declan was pushing his team harder to track me down, Beta Jasper had stopped by his office with the quarterly charity review from the Vale Pack's community fund. Scanning through the stack of proposals, Declan's attention immediately locked onto this remote children's facility buried in the mountains. The Vale Pack's charity work usually focused on environmental cleanup and healthcare for underserved areas. 11:32 ack?

Too Bad, My Alpha-I'm Done Waiting 3.1% Chapter 15 They rarely bothered with children's homes since half their social circle was already throwing money at those places, and it seemed pointless to pile on. Better to fund stuff that actually needed the help. But just as Declan was about to mark this one as a pass, something clicked. He asked Beta Jasper to dig up my background information. Jasper recalled how I'd once had him ship a package to some children's sanctuary-the exact same place sitting in front of them now.

Declan immediately cleared his schedule and told Beta Jasper to call the sanctuary's administrator to arrange a site visit and hammer out funding specifics. Declan's motivation was crystal clear: he planned to pump Winifred for information about my whereabouts. Up until now, Declan had written me off as some isolated orphan with zero connections, so he'd never thought to dig in that direction. Now that Declan realized I actually had people who mattered to me, he raced over here, convinced they'd have leads on where I'd gone.

He was betting that someone with my attachment issues wouldn't just ghost the people who'd raised me. So a week later, Declan's entourage rolled up to the sanctuary. After hours of navigating switchbacks and gravel roads, Declan and his crew finally pulled up to the children's home. Declan climbed out of the SUV and took in the freshly renovated building spread out in front of him. Despite all the upgrades, he could still make out signs of how rough this place used to be underneath all the new paint and siding.

'So this is where Nora spent her childhood?' For a split second, something that looked like regret flashed across Declan's face. 11-22 (0) 800 (0) Stack? Too Bad. My Aluba-For Done Waiting 3.6% Cedella Cedella is a passionate storyteller known for her bold romantic and spicy novels that keep readers hooked from the very first chapter. With a flair for crafting emotionally intense plots and unforgettable characters, she blends love, desire, and drama into every story she writes.

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