Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

CHAPTER 26 It’s My Job

“No, thank you! I have to work!” Ann squeaked suddenly, shaking her head voraciously as she backed away.

Maeve roared at her furiously and Ann angrily shut her out as Adam watched her every

movement, as if he wanted to devour every inch of her. She was struggling to think straight under this amount of pressure.

“I can make my own way to work, Adam, I don’t want to inconvenience you,” Ann announced, trying and failing to keep the tremor from her voice.

Adam chuckled.

“It’s no inconvenience. I insist on being the one to take you to work. I won’t have my Luna wandering around with her arousal so easily recognized.” He answered firmly, almost possessively

Ann shuddered.

This was not how her morning was supposed to have started.

As Ann shut the car door behind her and she watched Adam speed off, she let out a sigh of relief.

The journey had been almost unbearable because of the sexual tension between them both.

difficult with her lewd suggestions for scratching that itch and Ann had resigned herself to the fact that her wolf was insatiable and it was something that she was going to have

her out in irritation and was still seething when she entered the company headquarters. Ann swiped her key card and

would take her up to the 18th floor. Veritas Estates had flourished

specialized in buying run–down and derelict properties and renovating them, before selling them on for a profit. Her predecessor had focused only on commercial properties or acquiring failing businesses before stripping

and other shifters, new nests of Vampires or established nests that had been forced to move, there was a huge market for properties

had managed to form a close relationship with the Vampire Council and let them know in advance of any properties that would be available in the coming

stepped out of the elevator as it reached her floor and swiped her keycard

assistant Eva, looked up in surprise

at all actually considering everything that’s happened recently…” Eva trailed off, her warm smile fading to

Ann chuckled.

happens to us all, Eva. Besides, you know I’d rather be busy with something productive rather than moping about in

and seemed to

of the most successful and most profitable under the Veritas Brand… you should be proud of yourself. It

felt the color rise to her cheeks in embarrassment. She had never been good at taking

it’s

your workers are taken care of too and taken on completely inexperienced

Ann laughed.

of your birth shouldn’t limit what you can achieve. By the time I’m too old to run this, I hope that I’ll have children who share the same ethics as I do, otherwise, I’ll put one of my own workers in

smiled warmly at