I was just about to speak when I heard Laila chuckle on his end. “Jackson, you’re so stupid. Seraphina cared so much about you and your pup. There’s no way she wouldn’t have tried everything to keep them.” 

After he heard this, Jackson’s tone instantly turned cold. “Seraphina, you’ve utterly disappointed me. How could you be this vicious? You did everything you could to marry me, and now you’re using the pup to threaten me? 

“I’m telling you, I won’t fall for it. If you keep this up, I’ll reject you!” 

He finished speaking and smugly waited for me to cry, beg, and apologize. 

However, to his surprise, I stayed silent for a few seconds before sighing in relief. 

“Alright. I accept the rejection,” I said before hanging up the call and going straight home with the necklace. 

Jackson didn’t show up for several days—he seemed to think I was just sulking. 

He kept texting me nonstop, bombarding me. 

“If you don’t bring my pup back safely within ten days, I’ll do what you wanted and break our mate bond.” 

“I’ll also publicly declare Laila as my mate in the Ulvengard pack.” 

When he saw I wasn’t reacting, he started a countdown and messaged me privately every day about his plans. 

On the fifth day, he took Laila to a ball. Then, on the sixth, he introduced her to his parents. The next day, they went out to get customized Luna jewelry together…