Chapter 85. Shattered Trust

Griffon frowned. “Is there anything else?”

Stella hesitated briefly. “Alpha Knight, do you… care about Ms. Palmer very much?”

She thought that if the Alpha cared about Taya so much, it would be unfair for her to help Taya hide how serious her illness was from him.

Griffon raised his head and arched an eyebrow as if reprimanding her for daring to ask him something so personal.

At receiving his look, Stella quickly wanted to apologize, but Griffon spoke before she could. “She fulfills a need.”

Stella was surprised. She’d thought for sure that the Alpha cared for Taya, given how anxious he was at the hospital. He’d rushed in, demanding the best care for her, and then he’s gone so far as to bring her to his personal pack home to ensure she was more comfortable as she finished more treatments.

She didn’t expect that he would say Taya was simply a means to an end, someone to fulfill his physical desires…

When Stella heard Taya say she was a substi