The Alpha Next Door

mily politics that Bennett Orloff could get without a passport. Which, along with a steaming hot double espresso complete

of caffeine a swirl. He drank down it

rdgrave, informed him. "He's asked me to set up a

salvaged cedar floor on pointy turquoise stilettos. A bare,

o show up for work

. It wasn't the coffee. It was Dana. She could be a l

inner thoughts as she stood there, ramrod straight, perfectly poised, staring at

y were known fo

was no e

Bennet wasn't an easy Alpha to work with. But if Dana knew anything about herself it was that she was tenacious. She could handle anything

reason." Ben

d provide instructions. Until then her job, qu

sight out of mind thing." Bennett shook his head, as if he could dislodge

to answer. The ques

le

to attention. She subtly sniffed the air for any signs

Dana stayed sharp. She had to be

e determination. "Tell him I refuse." He b

students had just returned from recess covered in mud, l

eyebrow in

saw the tendons in

s teeth. She knew. He

o her throat. She forced an u

asily." She spoke as sof

ost a purr. It was his body that betrayed him. She could se

step back. Recalibrating as best she could to his shifting mood. When he w

. Dana could handle him. She

e feel of Italian weave against her bare skin. So sensual. So luxurious. She loved it almost as much as she loved fight

f his back. Bored or annoyed, she cou

relaxed her stance. A fig

ng the neighb

g room was as clear a view a

iving alone like that, really ought to put up s

ghtfully at the pre

-going life in her run-down house. His mind

stra

Broad shoulders squared. A playful expre

from behind. Felt the drape of her we

in his ear. She was standing so close; they c

action." His voice was c

?" Dana breathed the

s following the perky blo

fter all he was raised