Page 195 of His Sunshine Baby

“I didn’t ask for anything, Iris! Clark and Xavier decided it all on their own!”

She sends me a glare back.

“Oh, shut the hell up, Elena. You’ve always known you were more cherished. The precious little orphan, so strong, so bright, so loved. After enduring my father’s jealousy towards yours, now you were in the competition as well? But guess what, my fathernever, ever considered me as your rival or an heir for a single second!”

“I don’t want to be anyone’s rival, Iris! I even gave Chris the Opal Moon Alpha position!”

Iris laughed, rolling her eyes.

“You gave it to him? Do you even hear yourself? Even now you think you’re so much better than us? Moreover, you’re the same as my dad! You don’t consider me at all!”

I’m getting tired of that attitude of hers. I’ve had enough emotions for today. I growl, warning her.

“You are who you are, Iris, and that is not a leader. You may be an alpha, but…”

“What? I don’t have the muscles?”

I frown. She really thinks that’s all there is? Is that why she’s so delusional? And jealous?

“I have the brains, Elena! I may not be strong, but I was always the smarter one!”

“You’re doing a great job with our facilities, Iris, I know that. You’re an integral part of the clan, and so important, but…”

She scoffs.

“Oh, poor Elena,” she sighs. “You really think that’s it, right? Don’t you get it? I’m so good at this game, I am the one who kicked you out of Clark’s heir position as the White Moon Alpha in the first place.”

What is she talking about? Clark took me out of his potential heirs because of my baby, and Iris has nothing to do with it. She shakes her head, with that annoying smirk of hers.

“I bet you never realized until now, cousin. Gosh, it wasn’t easy, you know?”

She walks around me in a circle while talking, making my wolf wary of her. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Daniel, Reagan, Levi, Ben, and Bonnie arrive next to us, all the Lewissiblings in their wolf form. Reagan is still in her human form but growling.

“Let’s go back to the start. When your father had his accident and you were sent to jail because you were stupid enough to get involved with Diego, I thought we would finally get rid of you. What I did not expect was that you’d be back and forgiven by Clark. Not only that, following Samuel’s coma, he made your position official as his goddaughter and possible heir. You have no idea how furious I was! So I tried to find a way to kick you out discreetly.”

What the hell? Behind her, the rest of the Opal Moon clan is listening as well, visibly as confused as I am.

“Luckily, you gave me an opportunity sooner than I thought; when you met Nathaniel Black.”

A lot of faces cannot hide their shock and stare at me in awe. I guess the cat’s out of the bag now, but I couldn’t care less who knows or not. Iris continues her speech, ignoring everyone else, so full of confidence it’s beyond irritating.

“I didn’t think much of it at first, but when I heard about you two being together at the club, I thought this might be another opportunity.”

“You saw us?”

“Oh no, Elena, I’m the good girl, remember? I don’t go partying outside of the pack’s territory. But some kids from our pack were there, remember? One of them saw you, how attracted you were to Black, and told me everything.”

I can’t believe it. This goes back to my first meeting with Nate! She chuckles.

“So I made sure you went back again. I know how attracted you are to bad boys, Elena, I knew you’d fall for him.”

“You’re the one who sent that text,” I realize.

I had never understood how the club had gotten my number to send a private invite, but it turns out it was Iris?

“Bingo!” she says with a smile. “Clever, right? You ran back there, so I knew I had you in Black’s arms. knowing you, I thought you’d sleep with him once or twice. But I didn’t expect it to go on and on for weeks!”

“How the hell do you know!”

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