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my ex-husband had his lawyer ca
rst and the air conditioning had died with it. It was a hundred degrees in Chicago. My heels we
The elders trust you'll honor yours. The pack can't s
he last thing he wanted from me
s proof before tomorrow n
t the bottom of the page. Grant
hen island without looking up from his ph
od at taking care of people, Ivy.
wife to nurse h
y price three weeks ago. Twenty million dollars, and I woul
plays m
himed at the e
open, and a m
is waist. He was built like a wall, broad-shouldered and solid, wi
g manager, was dabbing sweat off
apologetic bow of his head. "I'm so sorry for the wa
once at the man's back, and grimaced. H
na. He's all I coul
f. Bottom of t
my skirt. "It's fine,
ked past me int
and a wave of heat came off his skin-
n since I turned eighteen and nothing woke up inside me
dry. I swallowed hard
s, cufflinks, limited-edition watches, the leather armchairs he liked, even the orange Hermès box he had
"Luna, are you moving? D
it hauled to the in
stack of Italian gar
of
wn for a truck." He backed out
e the sharp clank of
nd leaned again
s even bigger. The muscles in his back shifted under the thin black cotton of his tank top
bad?" I
ut tighter than
e wrench for half a b
t h
Not a syl
Dark lashes. Aside from that silver-pale scar by his eye,
y enough that the pack would spit on my name and forget their Alpha
r a crime, I was going
tep into t
nd, as he glanced up through the dim lig
itch-black again. Just the
married?"
ench s
looked at me. His brows pulled
against my ribs.
ds a partner," I said.
was low, gravelly, and flat.
hat's
dn't
the open front door, Mr. Dale was st
weat-dampened shoulders in fr
? Thirty thousand a month. You
an
ped straight out of his ha
the small bathroom felt suddenly thick, pressing a
, taking half a step b
lowly and locked tho
ay wants a f
e of my lip and
e eno
nd on his knee
just to keep meeting his gaze as he towered over me i
ned-up hair down to my bare feet, slow and unhu
character," he said
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