Jaxen POV
Had he only come over to make the introduction?
Curiosity flickered.
I watched his retreating, then shifted focus to Scarlett’s face.
She met my eyes by accident and looked as if she’d rather be anywhere else.
Not because of what I’d done in front of people—just the pure social death of an ex who refused to stay in the past.
The word “sweetheart” hadn’t embarrassed me.
It had embarrassed her.
Good. Let the room know that the claim still existed, even if the papers said otherwise.
The wolf approved.
She cleared her throat and pretended the eye contact never happened.
I was ready to file the whole thing under minor inconvenience when the man Parker had been talking to be looked Scarlett up and down and asked,
“Ms. Ravencroft—planning to remarry Alpha Hale?”
She
