Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 144 They Would Get There

“I wanted to talk with you about the office block you bought for me actually.” Ann said

as soon as she had swallowed her mouthful of bacon.

Adam took a sip from his mug of coffee as he sat back on the chair and nodded

slowly.

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“Okay… have you decided what you’re going to do with it?” he asked curiously.

“Well actually… I’m in two minds. As much as I would have loved to run a new real

estate business out of there, its a little redundant now that we have control of my

fathers company isn’t it? It seems silly to be in direct compet*ition with each other and

they already have an established client list and a good reputation. So I was thinking of

other options actually.”

Adam nodded along as she explained and he could see the wisdom in her thought

process.

“So actually, at least to start with, I was wondering what your plans for Lexi were?”

Adam almost spat his coffee out laughing as he looked at her incredulously with a

twinkle in his eye.

“How did we get from the office block to talking about Lexi?”

“Just, bear with me Adam. Don’t tease me, I’m being serious. You said you wanted her

to stay and potentially lecture on her knowledge of Daemon’s and Witchcraft, right?”

Ann answered quickly, well aware that it seemed as though she had gone off on a

tangent.

“Yes, that’s already been agreed. She’s willing to teach us because in her words,

‘perhaps some of the raging hormones and primal instinct might be replaced by some

intellect, critical thinking and reasoning,’” Adam snorted. “I

has such a low opinion of us

because the majority of the shifters she encounters

as she describes.” Ann laughed, “You forget that

reporter and photographer on various issues for years

to a whole host of weird and

what does the office block have to do

was thinking…” Ann started carefully, “Her relationship

it’s obvious to me that

still struggling with

narrowed his eyes

He stated bluntly, leaning

if he doesn’t? You

people integrating, especially from a

everyone is on

then it’s going to be difficult, not just

that Adam was getting

might go

the right course

get Adam to see it as

“Adam, you know as well as I do that if they

own members, let alone from their Beta, then things

quietly and once we

to be able to be here as often to play referee between her and

think it would be safer,

a little

question hanging in the air between them so that Adam would

had the final

Although Ann intended to present the option to

If she couldn’t obtain it this way,

which she would

Adam was silent for a little while, the scowl

cup. After what seemed like forever, he exhaled

patient stare. “I don’t think

said slowly, “But I think you’re right about Allen. So am I right in

in the office block for teaching, seminars,

up with?”

not to breathe a sigh of relief. She had no

but it was the first time that she had felt

of his decisions that affected the pack and

was worried about what

mean, there’s a lot of space available and if

Coven are planning on only escalating their attempts at a takeover, which

likely, then aren’t more

knowledge that she