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.

her lewd suggestions for scratching that itch and Ann had resigned herself to the fact

and was still seething when she entered the company headquarters. Ann swiped her

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

and renovating them, before selling them on for a profit. Her predecessor had focused

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

them know in advance of any properties that would be

it reached her floor

surprise and hurried

early…if at all actually considering everything that’s happened recently…” Eva trailed off,

Ann chuckled.

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

seemed to hesitate a little before

worth Ann, I think you deserve better… I always have. You’ve raised this failing department up to one of the most successful and most profitable under the Veritas Brand… you should be

rise to her cheeks in embarrassment. She had never been good

it’s my

care of too and taken on completely inexperienced members of the packs

Ann laughed.

The circumstances 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

smiled warmly