spanng="EN"(Third–person’s POV)

spanng="EN"Theodore looked toward the neighboring balcony. Through the swaying curtains, he could only see what seemed to be the silhouette of a woman.

spanng="EN"His pack enforcer captain quietly informed him, “I will contact Seraphina Kane.”

spanng="EN"The captain ced moonlight herb medicine on the nightstand. He repeatedly reminded Theodore, “Alpha, remember to take your medicine. No red wine.”

spanng="EN"After the enforcer left, a boundless loneliness filled the quiet room. Theodore sat on the balcony sofa, gazing at the bustling night view of the Citadel.

spanng="EN"His mind drifted back to their mating ceremony honeymoon. It had also been in this city.

spanng="EN"He tortured himself with the thought that if his mate were here, she might revisit the ces they had been. Driven by this impulse, he left the hotel.

spanng="EN"Theodore wandered aimlessly through the vast city, retracing their old steps. He walked until he copsed from exhaustion.

spanng="EN"The pack enforcer captain, who had been following closely, sighed. He helped Theodore back into the car.

spanng="EN"The captain knew his Alpha was deliberately punishing himself. He worried that Theodore wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer if they couldn’t find her.

spanng="EN"(Olivia’s POV)

spanng="EN"After showering, I changed into my nightgown andy on the bed. I clicked on the contact “Nora” and initiated a video call.

spanng="EN"The call connected instantly, and Aurora’s chubby, adorable little face appeared on the screen.

spanng="EN"The pup, just two years and two months old, still had her baby fat. Herrge, deep eyes and chubby face were incredibly cute.

spanng="EN"“Mommy, I miss you,” she mumbled, waving her plump little hand and leaving a wet kiss on the phone screen, which made me chuckle.

spanng="EN"“Mom misses you too,” I replied warmly.

spanng="EN"At this moment, Matthew’s handsome profile entered the screen, gently wiping the camera lens that had gotten wet with a tissue.

spanng="EN"“Daddy, I want cookies,” Aurora called out. Matthew’s face disappeared, then returned a momentter, opening a box of venison cookies for her.

spanng="EN"“You can only have five,” Matthew’s deep voice came through.

spanng="EN"“No, eight!” Aurora bargained, causing Matthew to chuckle softly.

spanng="EN"“Alright.”

spanng="EN"A thought crossed my mind. In all the time I’d known him, I’d never seen Matthew smile.

spanng="EN"“Oh, right, Mom, Aurora mumbled through her snack, “Dad misses you too!”

spanng="EN"My heart skipped a beat, and then I replied tly, “Oh.”

spanng="EN"Suddenly, Matthew’s hand appeared, turning the phone towards himself. I was still lying down, and when I saw his handsome face suddenly appear, I was startled.

spanng="EN"I hurriedly sat up, my cheeks slightly warm, with Zoe stirring inside me.

spanng="EN"He seemed to ignore my shyness and said calmly: “Aurora needs to sleep now. Say goodnight to Mom.”

spanng="EN"After a muffled “Goodnight, Mom,” the call was taken by the nanny.

spanng="EN"Before it disconnected, I saw Matthew carrying Aurora upstairs. She clung to him like an octopus.

spanng="EN"They wereughing together, their bond appearing incredibly deep. I couldn’t help but wonder if he had epted me as his mate just to steal my daughter.

spanng="EN"At eight the next morning, a car sent by Alpha Asher White picked me up. We drove to the bank.

spanng="EN"Because something came up, Gina was temporarily transferredst night, and Selena was brought in to assist me instead.

spanng="EN"There, we met withputer engineers to understand how the suspects had stolen user funds. The goal was designing a system to trap them.

spanng="EN"We discovered that all the victims had clicked on spam text messages. It was a wide phishing scheme.

spanng="EN"Realizing the perpetrators would have to continuously send out these messages, I saw a shortcut.

spanng="EN"I approached Alpha White, “Alpha White, I’d like to try IP tracking first, if you don’t mind…”

spanng="EN"My method was a swift sess. I quickly located the suspects‘ IP address within the city.

spanng="EN"Alpha White’s team moved in for the arrest. The suspects confessed to stealing funds from numerous bank ounts.

spanng="EN"But a major problem arose during the interrogation.

spanng="EN"“We only took one yuan from each ount. We didn’t do the rest,” one of them insisted.

spanng="EN"“Don’t you dare try to frame us just because you can’t solve the case!”

spanng="EN"Listening to their adamant denials, I frowned.

spanng="EN"“Queen Olivia, what do you think of this…” Alpha White asked, looking troubled.

spanng="EN"“Let me check theirputers,” I replied.

spanng="EN"He immediately had the seizedptops brought to me. I bypassed the password with a flurry of code that left Alpha White in awe.

spanng="EN"I essed their systems and confirmed their story. They had indeed stolen only one yuan per ount, amassing a few hundred thousand.

spanng="EN"“Therge–scale theft wasn’t them,” I concluded, my expression turning serious. “It seems the trap system is a must after all.”

spanng="EN"Just as I refocused on the task, Alpha White’s Beta Ronan burst in.

spanng="EN"“Alpha, Seraphina Kane is here again with that gentleman.”

spanng="EN"(Third–person’s POV)

spanng="EN"Alpha White stepped out of the office to meet them. Seraphina Kane was beaming as she introduced the man beside her. “Uncle White, my friend here owns a majorwork securitypany in Stonehaven City. He can help catch these bank thieves!”

spanng="EN"Theodore stepped forward, offering his business card. “Alpha White, I hope I can be of assistance.”

spanng="EN"Alpha White politely took the card but declined. “We’ve already hired an expert, but thank you, Alpha Redgrave.” Seraphina grew anxious. “Uncle White, more help is always better! Besides, I heard Liam saying you arrested the wrong people and that the expert is useless.”

spanng="EN"She continued, “Some so–called experts have no real skills.”

spanng="EN"She handed Alpha White a tablet disying glowing reviews for Theodore’spany. The reviews highlighted cases where they had recoveredrge sums of stolen money.

spanng="EN"Alpha White shot a re at the junior warrior, Liam, who immediately fell silent. He could see Theodore hade prepared.

spanng="EN"“Alright then, you can give it a try.”

spanng="EN"Alpha White pushed open the office door and led the three of them inside.