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.

the fact that her wolf was

and was still seething when she entered the company headquarters. Ann swiped her key card and nodded to the ladies at the reception desk as

the elevator where she waited patiently for the elevator to arrive that would take her

them on for a profit. Her

nests that had been forced to move, there was a huge market for properties that had already been

would be available in the coming months, they too, kept Ann aware of their need for locations and they shared a

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

assistant Eva, looked up in surprise and hurried over to

you in this early…if at all actually considering everything that’s happened recently…” Eva trailed off, her warm smile fading

Ann chuckled.

rather be busy with something productive rather than moping about in my own

and seemed to hesitate

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 proud

the color rise to her cheeks in embarrassment. She had never

Eva… it’s

taken on completely inexperienced members of the packs who wouldn’t have ever stood a chance in the corporate

Ann laughed.

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

warmly