The Alpha Regretted Having An Affair

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stood at the thre

cked softly against the

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ep voice rumbl

the folders in my grasp, my

ffered a fleeting smile a

contracts that need

y sliding the documents across the oak desk

from northern clans, his presence still

study, immersing himself in

h the weariness of a long journey-yet he didn't even glance

ness," he muttered, fli

ned documents and t

icked up that venison

night. Don

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chest and turned, my heels

was to him, my smile

a soft sound pricked my ears-like a startled breath

egranate juice sat beside a crumpled chocolate wrapper, and a

ant, the pi

the air, the way his pulse had quickened when I

d turned

room, I collap

d to the

a sacred bond with me beneath the full moon, the way his presence h

he warned me not to get too comfortable, clai

ere different, that our bond was forge

load o

along, letting her breathe the same thin air that should have been

signed agreement and sen

she and I had

emanded I initiate the bond-breaking and k

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ck k

g the edge of a locket-once a gift from Adrian,

tant, stepped inside. His posture was rigid. "Vivian,

d it car

, said to be harvested from a hidden cove o

silk bathrobe, dangling a pearl bracelet with a careless grin, the room's dim lights casting an intimate g

my throat tightening as i

, Ryan,"

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. One-of-a-kind, you know, sourced from that pri

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king time to shop for me in hi

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