Rejected and Pregnant Claimed By The Dark Alpha Prince novel Chapter 724

Chapter 724: Play with all your toys

Juniper stared at the daunting stack of files looming over her desk. She took a long sip of latte before setting the cup on the desk.

"You need to have those entries finalized within the hour," a voice chirped beside her. It was Chelsea, one of her colleagues, who was leaning against the cubicle wall with a look of feigned sympathy. "The manager was in a foul mood this morning. I heard he caught a lashing from the higher-ups at the company, and he’s looking for someone to blame."

"Understood," Juniper replied shortly, her fingers already beginning to fly across the keyboard. "I’ll get it done."

Chelsea didn’t move. Since the break hadn’t officially ended, she felt no rush to return to her own chair. She lingered, her eyes darting toward Juniper with a sudden glint of curiosity.

"By the way, Juniper," Chelsea started, her voice dropping to a gossipy stage whisper. "Is it true that you were actually married to Prince Dominick?"

Juniper’s fingers froze over the keys.

During her years of dating Dominick, Juniper had managed to keep her face relatively private, known only to those within the inner circles.

But the moment the royal marriage was announced, her name had been splashed across every headline in the country. There was no hiding from it now.

"Yes," Juniper replied.

"Was it really that bad?" Chelsea pressed, her eyes wide with pity and fascination. "I mean, you two were together for so long, more than seven years, right? But then you parted ways almost immediately after the wedding. I’m not trying to pry, but I think everyone is just a bit curious how the love between you two evaporated in a month."

"We simply weren’t compatible in the end," Juniper answered, her fingers momentarily stilling over the keyboard. She turned her chair slightly to face Chelsea. "Please do not ask me about my past from this moment forward. I don’t appreciate it, and I won’t be discussing it again."

She was blunt, but it was a necessary boundary. She knew the gossip would likely spread through the department like wildfire by the afternoon coffee break, but she found she cared remarkably little.

Chelsea blinked, taken aback by the sudden frost in Juniper’s tone. "Right. Sorry," she muttered, finally retreating toward her own desk.

Juniper turned back to her monitor, the flickering blue light reflecting in her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she focused on her work, pushing away the memories that she once shared with Dominick.

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"You want this one? Then we’ll get it. We’ll buy this car for you, my boy," Gabriel said, his voice full of indulgence as Noah pointed a finger at a box containing a sleek, battery-operated motorcar.

"Absolutely not. You’ve already bought him enough toys to fill the entire room," Amelie interrupted. She stepped in, firmly taking the box from Gabriel’s hands and tucking it back onto the high shelf. "He needs to play with the ones he already has."

Noah’s face crumpled instantly, his lower lip jutting out in a dramatic pout before he let out a wail.

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