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.

Ann swiped her key card and

where she 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

before selling them on for a profit. Her predecessor had focused only on commercial properties or acquiring

other shifters, new nests of Vampires or established nests

them know in advance of any properties that would be available in the coming months, they too, kept Ann aware of their need for locations and they shared a profitable

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

surprise and hurried over

expecting you in this early …if at all actually considering

Ann chuckled.

rather be busy with something productive

at her seriously and seemed to hesitate

I always have. You’ve raised this failing department up to one of the most successful and most profitable under the Veritas Brand…

to her cheeks in embarra*s*sment. She had never been good at taking compliments. “Really Eva… it’s my

You’ve made sure that your workers are taken care of too and taken on completely

Ann laughed.

about that. The circ*umstances 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

warmly

that Ada doesn’t mess things up too much for you Ann.

was such a hot topic of gossip,”