Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

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 s*e*xual tension between them both.

Maeve had made things even more 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 to learn how to deal with.

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

waited patiently for the elevator to arrive that would take her up to the 18th floor. Veritas Estates had flourished since she had taken her position at the

selling them on for a profit. Her predecessor had focused only on commercial properties or acquiring failing businesses before s*tri*pping them down and selling

new nests of Vampires or established nests that had been f0rced to move, there was a huge market for

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 months,

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

up in surprise and hurried over

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

Ann chuckled.

Eva. Besides, you know I’d rather be busy with something productive rather than moping about in my

seemed to hesitate a little before

You’ve raised this failing department up to one of the most successful and most

color rise to her cheeks in embarra*s*sment. She had never been good at taking compliments.

Ann. It’s more than that. You’ve made sure that your workers are taken care of too and taken on completely inexperienced members of the packs who wouldn’t have ever stood

Ann laughed.

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,

smiled warmly at

Ada doesn’t mess things up too much for you Ann. You deserve better than what that rotten step -family dealt

life was such a hot topic of gossip,” Ann